Backdraft – NBC Dateline
Backdraft is a 1994 NBC News Dateline story produced by Steve McCarthy. It told the story of the Watts St. fire which took the lives of three NYC firefighters. It featured Vina Drennan, the wife of Captain John Drennan (Ladder 5), who died because of the fire. It also featured Captain Patrick J. Brown, a friend of McCarthy’s, who stayed with Mrs. Drennan during the 40-day burn center vigil as Captain Drennan clung to life. Winner 1995 Emmy for Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story. Captain “Paddy Brown” would die in the North Tower during the 9/11 attacks.
The Boys of Berkayel – MSNBC
In 2005 McCarthy Productions traveled throughout the Middle East to report on Jihadis going to fight American forces in Iraq. This video blog was produced about a story called “The Boys of Berkayel”. It featured a group of young who went to Iraq to help their fellow Arabs. Berkayel is a small town in the hills of northern Lebanon near the Syrian border.
2020 Election Special: Pennsylvania – PBS Washington Week
On the eve of the 2020 presidential election, McCarthy Productions, Inc produced stories about the vote in Pennsylvania for a special report of PBS’s Washington Week. Featuring Washington Post Reporter Robert Costa, we traveled through the battleground state and reported a very close race. The stories were edited by Ryan McCarthy, with Ken Spooner on camera, Hilary Taylor Associate Producer and Steve McCarthy as Producer and Director of Photography. Click on image above to watch the Special!
HBO Documentary Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists – 2020 NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD WINNER
2020 NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD WINNER Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, celebrating the acclaimed journalists and the city they loved. Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s brilliant, honest and courageous writing defined New York City journalism. For five decades, these colorful columnists and longtime friends spoke for ordinary people and brought passion, wit and literary merit to their reporting on their city and nation. Their writings probed issues of race, class and the practice of journalism that resonate powerfully today. Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists explores the famed writers’ intersecting lives and careers while celebrating New York’s grit and charm during the last great era of print journalism.
Guestbooker.com – Idina Menzel B-roll for USO Press Package
McCarthy Productions filmed and edited this video for Guestbooker.com for Idina Menzel’s Holiday press tour. Idina met families of U.S. troops and signed autographs.
Dan Rather Reports “The Road to Damascus”
Producer Steve McCarthy travels to Damascus to report on the million Iraqi refugees that have flooded into Syria. 21 year old Joey Shene fled from Basra after insurgents tried to shoot him as he went to work for an American contractor. The Syrian government is overwhelmed with the refugees and is concerned about political instability.
PBS “Warming Oceans”
Global warming is front and center in Washington with the passage of the climate bill in the House. Correspondent David Brancaccio looks below the surface at a growing body of evidence that suggests climate change is affecting the chemistry of the seas, which could have potentially catastrophic results on the way we live.
West LA VA – NBC Today
NBC Contributor Jonathan Alter tells the story of a rash of drug overdoses at the nation’s largest Veterans Administration facilities. The problem – the pharmacy is understaffed and began handing out 2 and three weeks supplies of pharmaceuticals.
Voto Latino – PBS
Correspondent Lawrence O’Donnell reports on the get out the vote drive of a group called “Voto Latino.” Spanish language radio and social media are having an effect on driving out this fastest growing demographic to vote.
