EDISON, NJ, February 7, 2013 – The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences today honored News 12 New Jersey with 18 New York Emmy^® Award nominations.  The award nominations were announced today at the studios of CUNY-TV in New York City. 

 “Our news team provided New Jersey with excellent coverage of many important stories throughout the year,” said Randal Stanley, News 12 New Jersey’s News Director.  “I am very proud to see the team’s hard work and dedication honored with eighteen Emmy nominations.”

 The 2013 Emmy^® Awards will be presented on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at The Marriott Marquee Times Square in New York City.  The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, founded in 1955, is the preeminent membership organization serving the television industry. NY NATAS encourages the pursuit of excellence and promotes the highest standards of quality in television by conferring the industry’s classic and most-coveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction – the Emmy^®.

News 12 Networks, which is comprised of seven individual local 24-hour news channels across Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, received a total of 82 New York Emmy^® Award nominations this year, more than any other news organization.

 News 12 New Jersey New York Emmy^® Award Nominations: 

 

ENTERTAINMENT: NEWS

ON THE SCENE With John Bathke: The Joe Pantoliano Interview

 

HISTORICAL/CULTURAL: NEWS

Dingman’s Ferry Bridge

 

HUMAN INTEREST: NEWS

Help Portraits

 

MILITARY: NEWS

The Rahway Cemetary

 

ENVIRONMENT: PROGRAM FEATURE/SEGMENT

Garden State Green: Flights of the Heart

 

HEALTH/SCIENCE: NEWS

Janet’s Law Part 1 & 2

 

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT: NEWS

The Finance Director’s Finances

 

SOCIETAL CONCERNS: NEWS

Homeless Attack: Karla Bardiñas Reporting

 

SOCIETAL CONCERNS: PROGRAM/SPECIAL

Black & Blue

 

SPORTS COVERAGE: SERIES

Devils vs. Rangers “Inside the Game”

 

PROMOTION: NEWS PROMO – IMAGE

Click It!

 

ON-CAMERA TALENT: REPORTER – FEATURES

The Death Seat – Kurt Siegelin

 

ON-CAMERA TALENT: REPORTER – FEATURES

Eric Landskroner: Jersey Inc. – Eric Landskroner

 

ON-CAMERA TALENT: REPORTER – FEATURES

Alice Gainer Montage – Alice Gainer

 

ON-CAMERA TALENT: REPORTER – SPORTS

GEORGE FALKOWSKI SPORTS COMPOSITE – George Falkowski

 

ON-CAMERA TALENT: REPORTER – SPORTS

Joey Wahler Compilation – Joey Wahler

 

WRITER: NEWS

Sunflower Maze Family – John Klekamp

 

WRITER: SHORT FORM

Click It! – Patrick Young

  

About News 12 New Jersey

News 12 New Jersey is the exclusive 24-hour local news channel dedicated to serving 14 counties in New Jersey.  The cable exclusive service is currently available on the Cablevision, Comcast, Service Electric Cable & Time Warner Cable systems in Northern & Central New Jersey. News 12 New Jersey is part of News 12 Networks—the first, largest & most watched regional news network.  Launched in 1986, today the network includes seven individual local 24-hour news channels, five traffic & weather channels, the award winning news12.com and News 12 Interactive, channel 612 on Optimum TV. News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.