There&rsquo;s nothing quite like breaking news.

I&rsquo;ve stood on the edge of wildfires in California, tracked serial killers across the country and sat in living rooms of families, sharing the heartbreak of losing a loved one.

I do it because these stories need to be told.

My dad taught me that, when he was the editor of a newspaper in our sleepy Colorado mountain town. He knew how hard the work was and the responsibility of listening to what people have to say.

The best part of my job is doing something different every day. I might be running to a fire, or a court, or speaking with experts to unpack complicated issues.

I have the privilege to tell the stories of people on Long Island and to report on the issues that matter to Long Islanders. I don&rsquo;t take the stories I have to tell lightly. I know what it&rsquo;s like to speak with a grieving mother and the most vulnerable populations.

I&rsquo;ve been covering breaking news for nearly 20 years, including 10 years at Newsday.

I started my career in Southern California, where I covered criminal justice and public safety. I learned there are great stories everywhere; you just have to find them.

I came to Newsday because I knew it was a great publication. It puts resources back into the community so its team of reporters, photographers and broadcasters can tell their stories.

I live on Long Island and I&rsquo;m raising my family here. My children go to local schools and I&rsquo;m in touch with local issues.

I know the complexities of local government and I know who can get us the right information, quickly.

On Long Island, I&rsquo;ve chronicled the recovery after Superstorm Sandy, the search of a suspect&#39;s home in the Gilgo Beach killings, protests throughout both counties and the heartache of first responder funerals.

I hope that every day I can earn readers&rsquo; trust, because I know how much Newsday means to this community.

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John has spent nearly two decades chasing breaking news and covering everything from California wildfires to Superstorm Sandy. As a Newsday reporter for 10 years, he works hard to earn the trust of Long Islanders every day.

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	Michael Gormley covers the governor, Legislature, state government, politics and state issues. He joined Newsday in 2013 after working as capitol editor of The Associated Press in Albany; assistant city editor for projects, projects reporter and government reporter at the Times Union of Albany; bureau chief and project reporter for the Binghamton Press &amp; Sun-Bulletin; reporter and projects reporter for The Recorder in Amsterdam; and reporter for the Oneida Daily Dispatch and the Catskill Daily Mail. He co-authored two nonfiction books on baseball.



	Honors and Awards: More than 20 awards, including the Walter T. Brown Award for state and political reporting in Albany, 2020; first place, New York State Publishers Association distinguished state government coverage of excellence, 2016; first place, Associated Press Association, continuing coverage, 1993; first place, national Associated Press Sports Writing Award, co-winner, 1990.

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When I was growing up in New Jersey, one of the best days of each school year was when the Scholastic book fair order form came home, and my parents let me circle as many choices as I wanted. As a kid, I would also create my own books, stapling construction paper together to bind &ldquo;Diary of a School Desk&rdquo; or &ldquo;The Lost Cow.&rdquo;

After reading a biography of Nellie Bly, a journalist who went undercover to report on a mental institution, I thought, &ldquo;This is the perfect career for me.&rdquo; Not only could I write for a living, I would explore important and interesting topics.

I headed to the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. After graduation, I joined the Peace Corps, teaching English in a village school in West Africa.

My first journalism jobs included covering the city of Sarasota for the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune, followed by stints at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale and The Miami Herald. I also worked for The Asbury Park Press &mdash; my hometown paper in Bruce Springsteen territory at the Jersey Shore.

But I was no stranger to Long Island. My mother&rsquo;s sister lived in Oakdale, and when I was a kid we would drive out often, my father cursing the traffic on the Southern State Parkway. The six cousins would sleep on cots downstairs while the grownups played Pinochle up in the dining room. One of my best memories was a trip we took on the ferry to Fire Island. A boat! To the beach! What could be more exciting?

In 1993 I joined Newsday, covering the Hispanic community and, coincidentally, Fire Island. In fact, I met my son&rsquo;s father on a July Fourth weekend at a happy hour at Flynn&rsquo;s in Ocean Bay Park. My family now spends time in Fair Harbor or Ocean Beach every summer.

News stories I have worked on include the Long Island Rail Road shootings and the crash of Flight 800. For the latter, I share a newsroom Pulitzer Prize. I became an assistant Long Island editor, then feature writer and columnist. I have been an adjunct professor at Columbia University&rsquo;s Graduate School of Journalism. And, I wrote a real book &ndash; not one stapled together by me &ndash; called &ldquo;The Match: &lsquo;Savior Siblings&rsquo; and One Family&rsquo;s Battle to Heal Their Daughter.&rdquo;

I currently write for Explore Long Island, covering families.

Beth Whitehouse

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Beth turned her passion for writing into a successful journalism career. She joined Newsday in 1993 and covered some of the most important stories of the past few decades. Today, she is committed to highlighting the experiences of families across Long Island.

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