Andrew Ehinger
Encyclopedia
Andrew Ehinger is an American
news reporter for News 12 Long Island
.
a private school on Manhattan's
Upper West Side
. He then attended Syracuse University
graduating with a degree in Arts and Sciences with a concentration in Political Science
from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
.
While at Syracuse Ehinger worked at WAER-FM as a reporter and then weekend morning anchor for the NPR
affiliate. He also was the News Director
for the campus television station UUTV which produced a 5 night a week half hour newscast. Campus 7 News was seen on the campus cable system in addition to being rebroadcast on the local Public-access television
cable TV channel.
Ehinger's first full time job in television news was at WTAJ-TV
the CBS affiliate in Altoona, PA beginning in May 1992. While there as a general assignment reporter he covered major stories such as the crash of USAir Flight 427
outside Pittsburgh, PA and Congressman Tom Ridge's
campaign for Pennsylvania Governor.
From October 1995 to May 1997 Ehinger was the Winston-Salem, NC bureau chief for WFMY-TV
in Greensboro, NC. While there he covered such notable stories as the federal trial of Food Lion vs ABC (Prime Time Live)
and numerous hurricanes. Ehinger also filled in as the weekend morning news anchor.
In May 1997 Ehinger moved to Atlanta, GA to pursue a career as a freelance journalist until he landed a job at the Gwinnett Daily Post's cable news venture Gwinnett News and Entertainment Television (GNET). Beginning in January 1998 Ehinger ran the assignment desk at GNET in addition to reporting and anchoring full time. He also served as the stations interim news director before leaving in December 1999.
Ehinger was hired at News 12 Long Island
in December 1999 as a night and weekend reporter. Ehinger's reporting experience was quickly put into place covering the attacks on September 11, 2001. Ehinger was in Manhattan
that morning and was one of the first News 12 reporters to arrive at the scene of the terror attacks. He reported from ground zero for News 12 Networks
and the national news service CONUS
for more than a month. His other notable stories were covering the Daniel Pelosi
trial for the murder of East Hampton millionaire Ted Ammon
, and hurricanes Frances
, Ivan
and Katrina
. Ehinger covers the consumer beat for News 12 Long Island and won a New York Emmy Award for an undercover investigation of full service gas stations in 2001. In addition to the consumer beat Ehinger also hosts a twice weekly feature called "The Download" (Facebook fan page) that focuses on new technology and consumer electronics. The highly stylized reports have become a popular segment on News 12 and is currently sponsored by PC Richard and Son. "The Download" is one of the only features that is seen regularly on the other News 12 Network
stations. In 2010 Ehinger was nominated for a New York Emmy Award for "The Download."
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
news reporter for News 12 Long Island
News 12 Long Island
News 12 Long Island is a regional 24-hour cable news television channel reaching more than 800,000 television homes on Long Island, New York. The channel is the flagship of the News 12 Networks, which is touted by owner Cablevision as the "first, largest and most watched regional news network" in...
.
Life and career
Ehinger was raised in New York City, New York. In 1987 he graduated from Trinity SchoolTrinity School
-Australia:*Trinity College, Perth*Trinity Grammar School *Trinity Grammar School -Spain:*Trinity Language School, a private accredited Spanish language school in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz-United Kingdom:...
a private school on Manhattan's
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
Upper West Side
Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River and between West 59th Street and West 125th Street...
. He then attended Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
graduating with a degree in Arts and Sciences with a concentration in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is the public policy school of Syracuse University...
.
While at Syracuse Ehinger worked at WAER-FM as a reporter and then weekend morning anchor for the NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
affiliate. He also was the News Director
News Director
A news director is an individual at a broadcast station or network or a newspaper who is in charge of the news department. In local news, the news director is typically in charge of the entire news staff, including journalists, news presenters, photographers, copy writers, television producers,...
for the campus television station UUTV which produced a 5 night a week half hour newscast. Campus 7 News was seen on the campus cable system in addition to being rebroadcast on the local Public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV channel.
Ehinger's first full time job in television news was at WTAJ-TV
WTAJ-TV
WTAJ-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Allegheny area of Pennsylvania that is licensed to Altoona, Pennsylvania. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32. It is owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group...
the CBS affiliate in Altoona, PA beginning in May 1992. While there as a general assignment reporter he covered major stories such as the crash of USAir Flight 427
USAir Flight 427
US Air Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Pittsburgh, with a final destination of West Palm Beach, Florida...
outside Pittsburgh, PA and Congressman Tom Ridge's
Tom Ridge
Thomas Joseph "Tom" Ridge is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives , the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania , Assistant to the President for Homeland Security , and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security...
campaign for Pennsylvania Governor.
From October 1995 to May 1997 Ehinger was the Winston-Salem, NC bureau chief for WFMY-TV
WFMY-TV
WFMY-TV is a television station in Greensboro, North Carolina. Owned by the Gannett Company, WFMYis the CBS affiliate for the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem area...
in Greensboro, NC. While there he covered such notable stories as the federal trial of Food Lion vs ABC (Prime Time Live)
Food Lion
Food Lion LLC is an American grocery store company headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina that operates approximately 1,300 supermarkets in 11 Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states as well as Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia under the Food Lion, Harveys Supermarket, Bloom, Bottom Dollar...
and numerous hurricanes. Ehinger also filled in as the weekend morning news anchor.
In May 1997 Ehinger moved to Atlanta, GA to pursue a career as a freelance journalist until he landed a job at the Gwinnett Daily Post's cable news venture Gwinnett News and Entertainment Television (GNET). Beginning in January 1998 Ehinger ran the assignment desk at GNET in addition to reporting and anchoring full time. He also served as the stations interim news director before leaving in December 1999.
Ehinger was hired at News 12 Long Island
News 12 Long Island
News 12 Long Island is a regional 24-hour cable news television channel reaching more than 800,000 television homes on Long Island, New York. The channel is the flagship of the News 12 Networks, which is touted by owner Cablevision as the "first, largest and most watched regional news network" in...
in December 1999 as a night and weekend reporter. Ehinger's reporting experience was quickly put into place covering the attacks on September 11, 2001. Ehinger was in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
that morning and was one of the first News 12 reporters to arrive at the scene of the terror attacks. He reported from ground zero for News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks comprises seven regional cable news television channels in the New York metropolitan area. The channels offer local news 24-hours a day and reach approximately 3.8 million television households in the tri-state area...
and the national news service CONUS
Conus
Conus is a large genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, with the common names of cone snails, cone shells or cones. This genus is placed in the subfamily Coninae within the family Conidae. Geologically speaking, the genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent ...
for more than a month. His other notable stories were covering the Daniel Pelosi
Daniel Pelosi
Daniel Pelosi is the convicted murderer of Wall Street financier Ted Ammon, and the widower of Generosa Ammon.- Relationship :...
trial for the murder of East Hampton millionaire Ted Ammon
Ted Ammon
Robert Theodore Ammon was an American financier and investment banker. He was murdered by Daniel Pelosi, the boyfriend of his estranged wife Generosa....
, and hurricanes Frances
Hurricane Frances
Hurricane Frances was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The system crossing the open Atlantic during mid to late August, moving to the north of the Lesser Antilles while strengthening. Its outer bands affected Puerto...
, Ivan
Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season...
and Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
. Ehinger covers the consumer beat for News 12 Long Island and won a New York Emmy Award for an undercover investigation of full service gas stations in 2001. In addition to the consumer beat Ehinger also hosts a twice weekly feature called "The Download" (Facebook fan page) that focuses on new technology and consumer electronics. The highly stylized reports have become a popular segment on News 12 and is currently sponsored by PC Richard and Son. "The Download" is one of the only features that is seen regularly on the other News 12 Network
News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks comprises seven regional cable news television channels in the New York metropolitan area. The channels offer local news 24-hours a day and reach approximately 3.8 million television households in the tri-state area...
stations. In 2010 Ehinger was nominated for a New York Emmy Award for "The Download."
Awards & Honors
- NATAS-NY 2010 Emmy Award Nomination Business / Consumer Reporting
- NATAS-NY 2010 Emmy Award Nomination Crime: Programming
- NATAS-NY 2009 Emmy Award Nomination Crime: News
- NATAS-NY 2009 Emmy Award Nomination Societal Concerns: News
- Long Island Press Club 2011 First Place Television Business/Economic/Financial News
- Long Island Press Club 2009 First Place Television Business/Economic/Financial News
- Long Island Press Club 2008 First, Second & Third Place Television Business/Economic/Financial News
- Long Island Press Club 2005 First Place Television Deadline News
- NATAS-NY 2004 Emmy Award Nomination Business / Consumer Reporting
- NATAS-NY 2003 Emmy Award Nomination Business / Consumer Reporting
- NATAS-NY 2001 Emmy Award Winner Business / Consumer Reporting
- New York Press Club 2002 Special 9/11 Award – Best Television Continuing Coverage
- New York Festivals 2004 International Television Programming: News Special Report - Finalist
- Long Island Press Club 2003 First Place Television Consumer Reporting
- American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2003 Television Award for Merit
- New York State Masons 2002 DeWitt Clinton Community Service Media Award for 9/11
- Long Island Press Club 2002 First Place Television Consumer Reporting
- L.I. Coalition for Fair Broadcasting 2002 FOLIO Award First Place Consumer Reporting
- Associated Press of Georgia 1998 First Place General Reporting
- Radio/Television News Directors Association 1993 First Place Spot News NE Region
- Society of Professional Journalists 1992 First Place Television Breaking News
- Society of Professional Journalists 1992 First Place Television Feature
External links
- http://www.andrewehinger.com
- http://twitter.com/TheDownload
- https://www.facebook.com/TheDownload