Video journalists from NJ Advance Media were nominated for 16 New York Emmy Awards and won 2 categories this weekend.
Winners were announced Saturday at a black-tie gala at the in Marriott Marquis New York. The awards are offered annually by the New York Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and recognize outstanding work by television stations, websites and media outlets in the New York City region. The contest, in its 67th year, covers work between Jan. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2023.
Each person on the four-person video team, led by manager Natalie Paterson, earned a nomination this year.
Andre Malok won 2 awards, after having received 11 nominations.
He won in the category of documentary for his thought-provoking and intimate look at a man who survived a horrific car crash and went on to be the first in the world to have a face and double-hand transplant. Associate Director of Multimedia and Projects Jessica Beym assisted as script editor on the video. The documentary was part of a larger project, “The Stranger in the Mirror,” that has already received numerous other recognitions.
Malok also brought home an Emmy for the arts/entertainment category for this creative look at a monster mask maker from New Jersey.
Other work from Malok that was recognized ranged from uplifting the voices of veterans battling Parkinson’s, the use of art to help people with disabilities, and an invasive fish species taking over New Jersey’s waters. He was also nominated for his photography skills and for being a “solo storyteller.”
Malok, who has been with NJ Advance Media and The Star-Ledger since 1996, has now won 15 New York Emmys in his career, going up against storied TV channels with large teams such as ABC, CBS, NBC and Telemundo among many others.
Dwayne Uzoaru, who joined NJ Advance Media in 2019, was nominated for three awards, including two for his storytelling on diversity/equity/inclusion for the only Hindu pipe band in North America, a barber from N.J. who has a gentle approach for clients on the autism spectrum, and for a boxing gym that serves as a safe haven for kids.
Lauren Raposa, a member of the video team since 2022, was nominated in two categories: nostalgia for documenting how the artists behind the neon lights atop many New Jersey diners are grappling with their industry changing, and for a moving medical story about how a bookstore manager’s battle with cancer inspires her community.
Paterson, as manager of the team, was nominated twice for her role as a narrator on two of the team’s videos.
The organization’s video team has now won 28 Emmy awards for NJ.com and The Star-Ledger since 2010.
When the team isn’t honing their craft of long form video journalism, they’re reaching an audience that extends into the hundreds of thousands on short form video platforms like TikTok and Instagram, delivering powerful and innovating storytelling.
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