The Fair Media Council will honor legendary newsman Ernie Anastos with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Folio Awards Luncheon on April 22 at Crest Hollow Country Club on Long Island. Doing the presentation honors will be WNYW/FOX5’s News Director, Byron Harmon.
FMC’s Folio Awards is the biggest media event on Long Island, drawing about 600 business and community leaders to congratulate and recognize the best in news, as chosen by the public. About 40 Long Island leaders adjudicated the Folio Awards this year, which involves watching, reading and listening to more than 100 hours of news stories, submitted by the media to be judged by the ultimate critic: The public.
The Fair Media Council is one of the oldest, most successful media watchdog organizations in the country. A 501c3 nonprofit founded in 1979, FMC advocates for quality local news and works to create a media savvy society.
Tables, tickets and online journal ads for the Fair Media Council’s Folio Awards are on sale now. Download the mail-in form or purchase online. Please contact info@fairmediacouncil.org with questions, or call 516-224-1860, ext. 1.
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About Byron Harmon
Very few media executives have the diverse experience and unique background of Byron Harmon.
The son of a career US Army officer, Byron was born in Frankfurt, Germany. Byron is himself a US Army combat veteran who served in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.
He’s worked in Baton Rouge, Tulsa, Baltimore, Washington DC. He’s worked at WCBS twice as a producer and Executive Producer and produced WNBC’s Live at Five. He even spent four years overseeing the global news operations for CNN International in London, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and the US.
He’s had a front row seat at some of the biggest breaking news stories of our time like 9/11, The DC Sniper, The Earthquake in Haiti, The Arab Spring. He’s also produced global Sports events lime the 2010 World Cup and The inaugural grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.
He’s the author five published novels, has written and produced a traveling stage play. He has also produced an independent film.
He’s currently the Vice President of News at WNYW. Under his leadership the station has experienced a number successes such as Good Day New York beating GMA and the Today Show for the first time ever.
At the moment he is spearheading a movement to change local news in New York City by focusing less on traditional fare like fires, traffic accidents and gratuitous crime.