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SUNY Purchase Congratulates Alum Kyle McKenzie On Emmy Victory

A producer for ABC News Live, McKenzie and team received the Emmy News and Documentary Award for Outstanding Live Breaking News.

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The award was for the ABC News Special Report “U.S. Army’s Grand Military Parade.”
The award was for the ABC News Special Report “U.S. Army’s Grand Military Parade.” (SUNY Purchase)

Press release from Purchase College, State University of New York:

A coordinating producer for ABC News Live, McKenzie and team received the Emmy News and Documentary Award for Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage.

Kyle McKenzie ’13 (Journalism) is a coordinating producer for ABC News Live and served on the team that won the 2026 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage for the ABC News Special Report “U.S. Army’s Grand Military Parade.”

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The win this year follows six previous nominations, including 2025 for Outstanding Live News Special: Your Voice Your Vote: The 2024 Election (ABC News); 2024 for Outstanding Live News Program: ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis; and 2023 for Outstanding Live News Special: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission | Liftoff to Space! (ABC News Live).

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This press release was produced by Purchase College, State University of New York. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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