Michael Gormley

Education: State University of New York at Morrisville College

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 & 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.