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Newsday is honored to have been recognized at the 2026 Folio Awards, celebrating excellence in journalism, storytelling, and community impact. These awards reflect the dedication, talent, and passion of journalists, editors, photographers, designers, producers, and support teams who work every day to inform and serve our communities. Congratulations to this year's Newsday Folio Awards Winners: Watchdog Issues: Broken Practice: Altered Lives Bobby Cassidy, Executive Producer; Keith Herbert, Executive Producer; Arthur Mochi Jr., Executive Producer; Belisa Morillo, Producer/Writer Public Spending & Government Finance: Top 3 earners’ pay slips, obtained by Newsday , illustrate lucrative LIRR contract provisions, Alfonso Castillo A. Castillo, Transportation Reporter, Newsday Ethics Reporting: Former Top NUMC Executives Spent Thousands On Expenses Amid Financial Woes, Reports Show, Candice Ferrette, Reporter, Newsday Elections Coverage: “Blakeman and Koslow vie for Nassau County Executive seat, where crime and immigration emerge as core themes,” Bahar Ostadan, Reporter, Newsday Employment & Work Issues: AI is speeding up work at tech firms but also reducing need for staff, Victor Ocasio, Reporter, Newsday Business News Coverage: Accountant shortage forcing Long Island firms to boost pay, Tory Parrish N. Parrish, Reporter, Newsday Positive News Coverage: Bedrooms of the Fallen, Virginia Huie, Reporter; Randee Daddona, Photographer; Susan Yale, Editor, Newsday Historical Reporting: Picture This: That Time Hell Rained Down on Cove Neck, Macy Egeland, Reporter; John Paraskevas, Reporter; Howard S., Videographer; Alejandra Villa Loarca, Videographer; Susan Yale, Video Editor; Eric Minkoff, Graphic Designer; Dorothy Guadagno, Research; Laura Mann, Research; Caroline Curtin, Research, Newsday Data Journalism: COVID-19 fraud approaches $100M on LI, James T. Madore, Reporter, Newsday Breaking News: Team coverage of the eastern Long Island brush fires Robert Brodsky, Reporter; Peter Gill, Reporter; Maureen Mullarkey, Reporter; Grant Parpan, Reporter; Tracy Tullis, Reporter; Joe Werkmeister, Reporter; Joseph Ostapiuk, Reporter; Janon Fisher, Reporter; @Tara Smith, Reporter; Mark Harrington, Reporter; Sam Kmack, Reporter, Newsday Housing Reporting: $242G: The salary you need to buy a house on Long Island, Brianne Ledda, Reporter, Newsday Media Innovator of the Year How newsroom personalities and video strategy helped Newsday’s Facebook following increase by 194%, Gabriella Vukelic, Director of Social Media; Priscila Korb-Kane, Social Media Producer; Vincent Matula, Social Media Producer, and Newsday Staff, Newsday Media Newsletter of the Year Dangerous Roads, Alfonso A. Castillo, transportation reporter, Newsday #Newsday #FolioAwards #Journalism #LocalNews #MediaExcellence #LongIsland #Storytelling #CommunityImpact