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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Education: BA St. John&rsquo;s University, MA Stony Brook University



	I started working at Newsday at 19, answering phones hoping to find the next great story about high school sports. Then came years of covering the New York Yankees during the days of George Steinbrenner, Joe Torre and Derek Jeter.



	Since then, my curiosity has led me across Long Island &ndash; evaluating the safety of helmets worn by high school football players, talking to hospital nurses about the lack of personal protective equipment early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and investigating why Long Island&rsquo;s police forces have not diversified.



	Over my 25 years at Newsday, my job has changed, but my mission has not: I spend each day focused on reporting the stories that matter most to the people who live here.



	Born and raised on Long Island, I grew up devouring Newsday&rsquo;s sports pages and dreamed of doing this job. Whereas most kids went to Shea Stadium eager to meet the Mets players, I was busy also looking for Newsday&rsquo;s sportswriters. I wanted to interview them!



	Sports drew me into this business, but it&rsquo;s the journalism that motivates me. Reporting a story is similar to building a sandcastle on the beach. There&rsquo;s always more work you can do to make the product better.



	I like the tireless nature of the job. I scour public records at every level of government in the name of transparency. I scrutinize board meeting agendas and minutes for hard-to-find information. I&rsquo;m politely persistent.



	Being a Newsday reporter gives me a platform to connect with new people every day and hear about their experiences. It&rsquo;s satisfying to be the person who answers a question, exposes an issue or helps solve a problem affecting others who live here.



	It&rsquo;s a daily challenge to hold those in power accountable. Long Islanders depend on us.

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Jim grew up on Long Island and began working for the high school sports desk when he was 19. His tireless work ethic includes covering high school football helmet safety, the coronavirus pandemic and more. He now works on the investigations team reporting on the issues that matter.

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	Tim Healey covers the Mets. He joined Newsday in 2018 after covering sports for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, MLB.com and a variety of outlets in Boston.



	Honors and Awards: Top 10 beat writing category (over 175,000 circulation), Associated Press Sports Editors, 2019.

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