now than it was at that time. But I’m still sticking with it.’’ More recently, Mulcahy has discussed things like the Syracuse rally for Breonna Taylor, budget cuts at City Hall, COVID-19 and children, the presidential election and the Supreme Court nominating process. (Find out more about Matt’s Memo Conversation here: www.facebook. com/MattMulcahy4/ )
Long days If you’ve watched Mulcahy since his early days on local TV, you’ve seen his hair transition from youthful brown to distinguished silver. Some of the most memorable stories he has covered include the blizzard of 1993, the Labor Day storm, the September 11 terrorist attacks and the canonization in Rome of Saint Marianne Cope, who ministered in Syracuse and Hawaii. He’s especially proud of the reporting and writing he put into “The Heidi Allen Files,’’ an hour-long investigative report that uncovered documents containing information not previously shared with the public about the disappearance of teenager Heidi Allen in Oswego County in 1994. The documentary, which aired in 2019, earned Mulcahy his fourth New York Emmy Award. Megan Coleman, who co-anchors 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m. newscasts with Mulcahy, says there are some days her friend and colleague is so caught up in gathering information for stories he’s working on that she doesn’t see him until shortly before the news.
October 1998. Mulcahy covers John Glenn’s return to space at Cape Canaveral, Florida from media workspace.
Summer of 1996. Mulcahy with WNBC Chopper 4 covers the explosion of TWA 800 off the coast of Long Island.
Summer of 2000. Interview with First Lady Hillary Clinton in WTVH studios as she prepared her run for senator from New York.
And the Emmy Goes to...
Matt Mulcahy has received 19 nominations for New York Emmy Awards — and won four. The first was for a 2000 documentary he completed while at WTVH-5, “Bosnia: Returning Home.’’ He earned two more for anchoring newscasts: one for a field newscast on the conviction in the murder trial of Dr. Robert Neulander (2015) and another for a newscast devoted to a deadly fire on Martin Street in Syracuse that left six people dead. The most recent is for his 2019 documentary on the Heidi Allen case, “Heidi Allen Files.’’
May 2000. Mulcahy reports from the Scottish Court in the Netherlands on the start of the trial of the accused bombers of Pan Am 103. December 2020 / January 2021 - 55 PLUS
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