Author of ‘To Catch a Predator: Protecting Your Kids from Online Enemies Already in Your Home’

(Long Island, N.Y.) Find out who’s the best in local news and which businesses have mastered social media, as the Fair Media Council presents the Folio Awards on April 30, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, N.Y. Keynoting the event is Dateline NBC correspondent Chris Hansen, best known for his work on “To Catch a Predator.”
 
“The Folio Awards signify the highest of honors in news and social media, because it is the public who judges the work for relevance to the community,” said Jaci Clement, executive director of the Fair Media Council.  “This event is a powerful way to talk back to the local news, and it serves to illustrate what the community wants and needs from its news. Chris Hansen’s work has been a great public service and we are thrilled he and so many of the best names in local news participate in this program. ”

Hansen joined NBC in 1993, as a correspondent for “Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric.” In 2004, he began his breakthrough investigative reporting on online sexual predators. Eleven dramatic hidden camera investigations exposed over 250 men who targeted teenagers over the Internet.  In April 2007, he reported in “To Catch an ID Thief,” an unprecedented investigation into the massive billion-dollar epidemic of identity theft. He has earned seven Emmy Awards, four Edward Murrow awards, three Clarion awards, the Overseas Press club award, an IRE, the National Press Club Award  and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Award, among others.

Serving as Folio Award presenters will be a host of on-air television talent, including WPIX’s Jim Watkins, ABC7′s Sarah Wallace, My9′s Harry Martin, FOX5′s Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly and many more, including Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano making his debut as a Folio Award presenter. WALK Radio’s Patrick Shea is this year’s Folio announcer. The event is taped for broadcast to 5 million viewers by WVVH-TV, Hamptons Television.

The Fair Media Council’s annual awards luncheon attracts more than 600 business, community and media leaders.  The Fair Media Council is a 501c not-for-profit organization that advocates for quality local news coverage and educates the public to get media savvy. 
 
Sponsorships, souvenir journal advertising and tickets are available at www.fairmediacouncil.org or by calling 516.224.1860.