This week, we are welcoming Chris R. Vaccaro onto the Long Island Legends Podcast!
Chris R. Vaccaro is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award–winning media executive, author, and professor from Long Island. As VP of Digital Technology and Communications, Vaccaro has built a media consulting agency that focuses on client-first multiplatform storytelling and brand management. He served as VP of News 12 for several years, leading the tri-state network’s digital, social, and streaming efforts. He also served for many years as the Editor-in-Chief of Topps. Vaccaro’s work has been published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Associated Press, and The Athletic, among hundreds of others.
Locally, he is the president and founder of the Sachem Alumni Association and the Sachem Education Foundation, and he also runs the Sachem Athletic Hall of Fame and Sachem Hall of Honor. In addition, Vaccaro has been President of the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame since 2017 and is a board member and educational director of the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society. He is also the National President of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the nation’s oldest professional journalism organization.
