Grant Parpan
Newsday Suffolk/Federal Courts reportergrant.parpan@newsday.comMy first job was going door to door in Suffolk County asking residents one question: Would you like to subscribe to Newsday?
Fast forward 30 years and I’m once again asking questions on behalf of Long Island’s daily paper, even occasionally knocking on doors.
I consider it a great privilege and responsibility to share these stories with Newsday readers and work tirelessly to find the cases most relevant to you.
My mother, a now-retired school teacher, claims I taught myself to read before entering kindergarten by fetching the paper from our yellow Newsday mailbox so I could learn about my beloved Mets.
When I was 7 years old, my dad, Pete Parpan, took a job in the art department at Newsday, designing ads for 22 years before retiring in 2008. I also had a cousin who worked many years on the printing press, and as a kid I’d visit them both at the former Newsday headquarters on Pinelawn Road.
That childhood experience, and a natural curiosity about how the world operates, inspired me to become a journalist – and I’ve since held nearly every type of job in a newsroom.
I began my journalism career covering sports in Southern California. When I moved back to Long Island three years later, I went to work as a reporter and editor for East End weeklies, spending the next 16 years covering everything from school boards to town meetings, business news and court cases. A former editor once referred to me as a “Swiss Army Knife of a journalist,” one heckuva headstone epitaph.
I’m proud to spend my 20th year in journalism with the newspaper whose stories educated me about the island I was raised on. Newsday also has afforded me my first opportunity to focus on a single beat: courts.
The stories that come out of the courthouses in Riverhead and Central Islip are among Newsday’s most read … and most sensitive. I consider it a great privilege and responsibility to share these stories with Newsday readers and work tirelessly to find the cases most relevant to you.
My door-to-door sales days may be a distant memory, but I’m thrilled to now be working with the talented Newsday journalists who always have made Long Island journalism worth paying for.
Grant Parpan's Work
- LI man charged in kidnapping, rape of 14-year-old girl indicted, attorney saysGrant ParpanJanuary 9, 2025 4:03 pm
- Thomas Valva's mother demands more money to settle lawsuit in death of her son, attorney saysGrant ParpanJanuary 8, 2025 4:09 pm
- DA Tierney makes pitch for 4 more yearsGrant ParpanJanuary 7, 2025 7:03 pm
- LI man charged with rape, kidnapping in girl's disappearance, court records showGrant ParpanJanuary 7, 2025 6:20 pm
- Suffolk police officer charged with child sex abuse, suspended without payGrant ParpanJanuary 7, 2025 5:26 pm
- Accused LI serial killer's defense seeks to exclude expert testimony related to DNA evidenceGrant ParpanJanuary 7, 2025 10:01 am
- 2 dead in single-car crash in LevittownMaureen MullarkeyJanuary 5, 2025 8:28 pm
- Long Island weather: Colder than normal, but little snowTracy TullisJanuary 5, 2025 10:56 am
- Nassau judge sets congestion pricing court date for after program's launchPeter GillDecember 24, 2024 12:50 pm
- MTA scores 2 wins in court on congestion pricingGrant ParpanDecember 23, 2024 6:41 pm
- Suffolk DA to probe Holtsville zoo animal neglect allegationsTracy Tullis and John AsburyDecember 23, 2024 12:45 pm
- Christmas tree outside Massapequa ice rink now also honors Connor KasinGrant ParpanDecember 22, 2024 9:40 pm
- 'He saved a newspaper article from 30 years before his arrest'Grant ParpanDecember 20, 2024 5:01 am
- Alleged Gilgo Beach killer kept news articles as 'souvenirs' of his alleged crimes, court papers showGrant ParpanDecember 20, 2024 5:00 am
- Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer charged with murder in 7th homicide, court papers showGrant ParpanDecember 17, 2024 8:40 am
- Gilgo Beach killings investigators say they will announce 'significant development' in the caseGrant ParpanDecember 16, 2024 6:36 pm
- Ingrid Lewis-Martin, chief adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, quitsGrant ParpanDecember 15, 2024 5:27 pm
- Cops: Huntington Station man driving drunk when he fatally struck pedestrianGrant ParpanDecember 8, 2024 11:04 pm
- Lynbrook man accused of firing gun while 'violently resisting arrest' in ElmontGrant ParpanDecember 8, 2024 8:57 pm
- Service restored on LIRR between Jamaica, Hicksville, MTA saysGrant ParpanDecember 8, 2024 7:09 pm