
Robert Brodsky
Breaking news reporterrobert.brodsky@newsday.comWhen 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’s face when I asked her for a second 10-page essay booklet because I wasn’t done writing yet.
“I still have more to say,” I told her.
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.
I still do.
For more than 25 years, I’ve been a reporter for newspapers, investigative websites and magazines, both large and small, in New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
I’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’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’s skies are suddenly shrouded in an eerie orange hue, I’m often the man tasked with digging out the details.
“Brodsky,” my editor will often instruct (my mother is the only one who still uses my first name), “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.”
It’s still a rush, breaking news on deadline, scooping the competition and helping shape the public discourse.
And to do so in my hometown, where I’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.
Robert Brodsky's Work
- New report sheds light on allegations of sexual assault, harassment at U.S. Merchant Marine AcademyRobert BrodskyJuly 28, 2025 3:52 pm
- LI couple gets reduced sentences in sex pill schemeRobert BrodskyJuly 25, 2025 6:13 pm
- LI drug treatment experts, veterans advocates divided over psychedelic treatmentRobert BrodskyJuly 25, 2025 5:00 am
- Increase in Nassau rabies cases defies recent trend, figures showRobert BrodskyJuly 23, 2025 4:37 pm
- Advocates: Immigration crackdown could lead to worker shortages at elder care facilitiesRobert BrodskyJuly 17, 2025 5:00 am
- Montauk Highway reopens after brush fireRobert BrodskyJuly 16, 2025 6:39 pm
- Fire Island Inlet Bridge 'safe for travel,' state saysRobert BrodskyJuly 16, 2025 6:38 pm
- Police charge Coram man in robbery, shootingRobert BrodskyJuly 15, 2025 11:16 pm
- Pool worker in Plainview hospitalized after chemical spillRobert BrodskyJuly 15, 2025 6:39 pm
- High heat and humidity settling in on LI Wednesday, ThursdayRobert BrodskyJuly 15, 2025 9:28 am
- Cops: Man hit last week by motorcycle has diedRobert BrodskyJuly 14, 2025 10:29 pm
- Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employeesJuly 14, 2025 3:27 pm
- Ground stops lifted at LaGuardia, Kennedy; rain continuesRobert BrodskyJuly 14, 2025 12:52 pm
- Exec who spearheaded UBS Arena project, indicted in TexasRobert Brodsky and Jim BaumbachJuly 10, 2025 3:52 pm
- Audit: Lack of prompt inspection by NYS left critical problems unsolved in adult care facilitiesRobert Brodsky and Michael GormleyJuly 9, 2025 5:21 pm
- Suffolk DA starts new probe of 1966 murder of Selden woman found in carMichael O'KeeffeJuly 9, 2025 3:53 pm
- Proposed Nassau bill would mandate AEDs in all county parks, courtsRobert BrodskyJuly 9, 2025 12:36 pm
- Lawsuit: Nassau police injured Lyft driver in false arrestRobert BrodskyJuly 8, 2025 5:00 am
- Crowds fill Long Island parks on Independence DayRobert BrodskyJuly 4, 2025 5:00 am
- NYPD widow from LI sues for money paid by city to her husband's killers, court documents showRobert BrodskyJuly 3, 2025 8:52 am
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