When I was a junior in high school, I took an English essay final on a subject that escapes me to this day. But what I remember most was the look on my teacher&rsquo;s face when I asked her for a second 10-page essay booklet because I wasn&rsquo;t done writing yet.&nbsp;



	&ldquo;I still have more to say,&rdquo; I told her.



	I still do.



	For more than 25 years, I&rsquo;ve been a reporter for newspapers, investigative websites and magazines, both large and small, in New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C.&nbsp;



	I&rsquo;ve spent the past 12-plus years covering every subject imaginable for Newsday, from the failed efforts to build a new Nassau Coliseum to sex abuse scandals at one of the nation&rsquo;s only federal service academies and the first to admit women.



	I wake up every day to a new assignment, one that I cannot plan for. Whether a plane crashes on its way to MacArthur Airport, a police officer is injured in the line of duty or Long Island&rsquo;s skies are suddenly shrouded in an eerie orange hue, I&rsquo;m often the man tasked with digging out the details.&nbsp;



	&ldquo;Brodsky,&rdquo; my editor will often instruct (my mother is the only one who still uses my first name), &ldquo;run to the scene. Get the details. Find the documents. And pump out a first draft of the story before getting a second one ready for print.&rdquo;



	It&rsquo;s still a rush, breaking news on deadline, scooping the competition and helping shape the public discourse.&nbsp;



	And to do so in my hometown, where I&rsquo;ve lived for 15 years and where my daughters, Shayna and Reese, go to school, and will hopefully raise their own family one day, never gets old.



	Every day is a new adventure, one where I get to interview local heroes, unlikely scoundrels, and every-day Long Islanders who, like me, thankfully still have plenty to say.

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Robert lives for the rush of breaking news on deadline, has a relentless dedication to uncovering the truth and a passion for his hometown on Long Island. He can be spotted on the scene or in the newsroom as he dives into the heart of each story in pursuit of what matters to you.

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	The first day I walked onto the grounds of the White House complex and into the White House Briefing Room, I couldn&rsquo;t help but get goosebumps &ndash; here I was walking the same path as generations of other reporters.



	The moment spoke volumes to me about how much Newsday cares about its readers getting the complete picture of how decisions in Washington, D.C., impact everyday life on Long Island. During a time when so many local newspapers are pulling back reporters from bureaus, Newsday continues to invest in making sure we have all of our bases covered &ndash; from Amityville to Albany to Wyandanch to Washington.



	It&#39;s my job as Newsday&rsquo;s White House correspondent to find unique Long Island and New York angles, and to explain in our coverage how the administration&rsquo;s decisions are impacting things back home. So often I have found &ldquo;there&rsquo;s always a Long Island connection&rdquo; &ndash; from writing about White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre&rsquo;s Long Island roots to profiling Navy Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, a Long Island native who was tapped by former President Donald Trump in 2020 to lead the federal government&rsquo;s collection and distribution of medical supplies during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.



	I&rsquo;ve also written about former Trump attorney Michael Cohen&rsquo;s upbringing in Nassau County, and the Jericho roots of the high-profile D.C. attorney Mark Zaid representing the anonymous whistleblower who set off the impeachment inquiry into Trump&rsquo;s dealings with Ukraine.



	My favorite stories involve helping readers understand how the laws passed in Washington are impacting their lives. I&rsquo;ve written several Q&amp;A pieces about the stimulus payments that were doled out during the pandemic and the temporary child tax credit expansion passed as part of the pandemic relief package. Often I found myself fielding emails from readers who were missing checks, or had questions about their payments and I was happy when I was able to point them in the right direction or where to seek help for their specific case.



	I grew up wanting to be a journalist to help people. I remember being in elementary school and reading an article in a New York City tabloid about a wheelchair-bound individual who could not leave a walk-up apartment without help. The coverage of the person&rsquo;s story helped spur action that led them getting into a wheelchair-friendly, first-floor apartment. It was the first time I was able to connect how words and pictures on paper could directly help someone&rsquo;s life.



	I am thankful for the opportunities Newsday has given me to help in my own small way since I joined the newsroom in 2012 as a politics reporter.



	Honors and Awards: UNITY/United Nations Reporting Fellowship, 2011; Florida Press Club- First Place General Excellence in Minority News Writing, Second Place General Excellence in Business Writing, Third Place General Excellence in General News Writing; Florida Society of Newspaper Editors-Second Place Business Reporting, 2006

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A journalist with a passion for uncovering the truth, Laura&rsquo;s coverage of the White House gives readers insight on complex laws and policies coming out of the nation&rsquo;s capital and how they impact Long Island.

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	Kimberly Jones joined Newsday in 2022 to cover the New York Giants after working for the NFL Network, YES Network, Newark Star-Ledger and Centre (Pa.) Daily Times.

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