Telling The Story

Michael DelGiudice has won more Emmy awards than the number of weeks in a year. Michael DelGiudice has won more Emmy awards than the number of Super Bowls. Michael DelGiudice has won more Emmy awards than the number in a famous Beatles song. Michael DelGiudice, during his 30-year career in television, has won 65 regional Emmys. The photographer has captured a slew of other awards as well, and he was just named this year's NPPA Photographer of the Year for the East Top region -- an extraordinary honor in what he calls "a dogfight" of a competition. But what most impresses me about DelGiudice is not his award count but his location. He has achieved this type of success, and preached the gospel of storytelling, in the largest market in the country: New York City. The Big Apple has a reputation for wanting the hardest of news; its stations fly through their newscasts, rarely staying on one story for very long. But within those parameters, DelGiudice -- along with the reporters who work alongside him -- has develo