News 12 Westchester Anchor/Reporter Tara Rosenblum Breaks Two New York Emmy Records in 2014

News 12 Westchester is pleased to announce that award-winning anchor/reporter Tara Rosenblum broke two long standing New York Emmy® records this year.  She received the most 2014 New York Emmy® award nominations of any reporter in the competition, and she received more individual craft nominations in the history of the New York Emmy® awards.   Ms. Rosenblum’s work is being recognized in a variety of categories, including journalistic enterprise, reporting and news writing.  She achieved seven individual craft categories nominations, as well as another five nominations for programming categories.  

"Tara is a very talented anchor and reporter who everyday shows her commitment to delivering the most accurate and thorough local news to our viewers,” said Janine Rose, News Director, News 12 Westchester. “We are proud that she is a member of our News 12 family and congratulate her on this professional achievement.”

Said Ms. Rosenblum of the honor: “I am fortunate to have a career that I am truly passionate about, and feel honored to work for an organization like News 12 and report on the issues that matter most to the Westchester community.”  

Ms. Rosenblum joined News 12 in 2004 as a reporter and fill-in anchor.  Since then she has earned more than 100 major industry awards, including four Emmy® awards and 35 Emmy® nominations, four of those nominations were  for New York’s top “General Assignment” reporter.  While at News 12, Ms. Rosenblum has reported on a number of major events, including the conviction and sentencing of Bernard Madoff, the 9/11 emergency responders’ health crisis, the Virginia Tech massacre, Hurricane Katrina and more.  She was a Walter Cronkite political fellow and spends much of her time producing, writing and reporting News 12’s political coverage.  Before joining News 12, she began her career interning at CNN’s White House unit and worked at CBS News during the 2000 presidential elections.  Additionally, Rosenblum worked at two NBC affiliates before planting roots in Westchester.

Tara Rosenblum’s 2014 New York Emmy® Award Nominations:

Craft categories:

·       Journalistic Enterprise

·       On Camera Talent: Reporter-Features/Human Interest

·       On Camera: Reporter-General Assignment

·       On Camera Talent: Reporter-Political (“Coverage of the DNC”)

·       On Camera Talent: Reporter-Investigative (“Broken Trust”)

·       On Camera Talent: Reporter-Specialty Assignment

·       Writer: News

Programming categories:

●     Arts News: “Scarsdale Strings” – producer

●     Education News: “Scarsdale Strings” – reporter

●     Business/consumer news: “Picture Perfect Success” – reporter

●     Religion program: “Broken Trust” – reporter

●     Societal concerns news: “Waiting for DOMA” – reporter

The 2014 Emmy® Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, 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®.

About News 12 Westchester

News 12 Westchester is the exclusive 24-hour local news channel dedicated to serving the county of Westchester, New York.  The cable exclusive service is currently available to households on the Cablevision and Time Warner Cable systems in Westchester, and the Comcast system in Putnam County.  News 12 Westchester is part of News 12 Networks, the country’s first, largest, and most watched regional news network.  Launched in 1986, today the network includes seven individual local 24-hour news channels, five traffic and 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.