Newhouse Student Awards Summer 2024 Roundup

Cannes Future Lions

Newhouse School creative advertising students Marlana Bianchi ’24 and Molly Egan ’25 won the prestigious Future Lions Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France.

They earned the honor for their “Break the Sound Barrier” entry that addressed a brief, or assignment, from Spotify that asked how the music-streaming service could “spread positivity by using technology to bring listeners closer to the creators and communities they love.” The work was done in an upper-level portfolio course taught by professor of practice Mel White.

Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Win Cannes Future Lions Grand Prix Award

Society of Professional Journalists

Newhouse students claimed two national wins and four finalist spots in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence, one of the top college media contests every year.

Newhouse Students Claim 2 National Wins at SPJ Mark of Excellence Contest

New York State Broadcasters Association

Newhouse School students won big at this year’s New York State Broadcaster Association’s Excellence in Broadcasting Awards, bringing home nine out of the 16 honors in the College Television division. They will be honored at an awards luncheon on Sept. 25 in Syracuse.

Newhouse Students Dominate 2024 NYSBA Excellence in Broadcasting Awards

Telly Awards

Newhouse students and projects picked up 10 honors for this year’s Telly Awards, which recognize the best in television and video awards among professionals and students. Their award-wining work was produced through a variety of Newhouse School outlets, courses and extracurricular opportunities.

Newhouse Students Victorious at 2024 Telly Awards

Newhouse Students Victorious at 2024 Telly Awards

Newhouse students and projects picked up 10 honors for this year’s Telly Awards, which recognize the best in television and video awards among professionals and students. Their award-wining work was produced through a variety of Newhouse School outlets, courses and extracurricular opportunities.

Silver, Student Television: “Syracuse Reacts to Controversial Speaker” by Nicole Aponte (CitrusTV)

Silver, Non-Broadcast Student: “Full Circle” by Murphy McFarlane (The NewsHouse/Fall Workshop)

Silver, Non-Broadcast Student: “Primavera Negra” by Jorge Rosales (Military Program/Newhouse School)

Bronze, Non-Broadcast Student: “Syra-Cruz” by Will Birks (44 Films/Sports Media Center)

Bronze, Student – Online: “Loud & Clear featuring Luna & The Carpets” by Abigail Weber (OTN)

Bronze, Student – Television: “On the Bench” – April 11, 2023 by Cameron Ezeir, Nick Zelaya, Ryan Bridges and Nick Luttrell (CitrusTV)

Bronze, Student – Television: “Market Shares” – Nov. 10, 2023 by Peter Elliott, Bradley Hoppenstein, Jake Morel, Sean Dempsey, Marguerite Bellotti and Dillon Brendle (CitrusTV)

Bronze, Non-Broadcast Student: “The Hunter” by Tim Rose, James McConnell, Daisy Leepson and Kenneth Barrist (OTN)

Bronze, Non-Broadcast Student: “Burn The Flower” by Peipei Liu, Lydia Tan, Yilong Xu, Binhao Ma, Haotong Qin and Tao Wang (OTN)

Bronze, Non-Broadcast Student: “Echoes in the Sand” by Miles Isgrig (OTN)

Newhouse Students Dominate 2024 NYSBA Excellence in Broadcasting Awards

Newhouse School students won big at this year’s New York State Broadcaster Association’s Excellence in Broadcasting Awards, bringing home nine out of the 16 honors in the College Television division. They will be honored at an awards luncheon on Sept. 25 in Syracuse.

Outstanding Spot News Story – “Pro-Palestinian Protestors Gather at Syracuse University” by Peyton Spellacy (CitrusTV)

Outstanding Hard News Story – “Child Poverty Rate in Syracuse Remains High” by Max Williams (NCC News)

Outstanding Series or Documentary – “15 For Life” by Ellis Stanton (44 Films/Sports Media Center)

Outstanding Live On-Scene Reporting – Max Williams (CitrusTV)

Outstanding Evening Newscast – “Live At 6” on 2/29/23 (CitrusTV)

Outstanding Weathercast – Max Williams (CitrusTV)

Outstanding Election Coverage – “Election Special 2023” by Benjamin Schiller, Chilekasi Adele, Olivia Maniscalco and Staff (CitrusTV)

Outstanding Digital Platforms – CitrusTV Sports 

Outstanding Social Media Personality Syracuse University – Ilana Epstein (CitrusTV)

Newhouse Students Claim 2 National Wins at SPJ Mark of Excellence Contest

Newhouse students claimed two national wins and four finalist spots in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence, one of the top college media contests every year.

Best Independent Online Student Publication, Winner: “Infodemic,” Infodemic Staff

Radio Sports Reporting, Winner: Playing for something bigger,” Jordan Leonard, WAER

Radio In-Depth Reporting, Finalist: “How museums can misrepresent people and cultures,” Charles Sirey, WAER/Infodemic

Best Ongoing Student Magazine, Finalist: Moody Magazine, Moody Staff

Photo Essay/Slideshow, Finalist: “Southside footsteps,” Xinning Li, The NewsHouse

Television Feature Reporting, Finalist: “Miraculous Marathon Meg,” John Perik, CitrusTV

Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Win Cannes Future Lions Grand Prix Award

Newhouse School creative advertising students Marlana Bianchi ’24 and Molly Egan ’25 have won the prestigious Future Lions Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France.

They earned the high honor this week for their “Break the Sound Barrier” entry that addressed a brief, or assignment, from Spotify that asked how the music-streaming service could “spread positivity by using technology to bring listeners closer to the creators and communities they love.”

Bianchi, as art director, and Egan, as copywriter, worked on their award-winning entry in the Portfolio III course taught by Mel White, professor of practice of advertising. The assignment challenged students to employ new technology and uplift marginalized communities.

Using insight that music-sharing platforms lack features catering to the deaf community, Bianchi and Egan revealed that music is not an inclusive hobby. Their winning entry would make music streaming on Spotify accessible to the full spectrum of hearing.

“In a world with 7,000 spoken languages and 300 visual sign languages, the one universal language which connects us all is music,” AKQA said in announcing the winners. Future Lions is an annual initiative from AKQA—which describes itself as an ideas and innovation company—that celebrates bold and progressive ideas from students all over the world.

Bianchi and Egan conceived partnering with deaf sign language performers who memorize and dance to beats and lyrics, aiming to engage both deaf and hearing fans. They also plan to use deep fake technology to scale performances into over 300 visual sign languages for each song on the platform, breathing life into music sharing for the deaf community.

“The initiative features deaf performances that can be added to songs by leveraging deep fake technology for social good, making music more accessible for all,” AKQA said.

This year, the company partnered with Spotify and The Wall Street Journal on the Future Lions competition, which is in its 19^th year. Spotify and AKQA will collaborate with Bianchi and Egan to bring the idea to life on the Spotify platform. 

2024 Newhouse Student Awards Roundup

Newhouse students John Perik ’24 and Ronald Parrillo ’25 captured first-place honors Thursday night in their respective categories at the Hearst Journalism Awards, capping a banner week for Syracuse University at the prestigious competition.  

Perik, who graduated last month, took first in the National Television Championship, while Parrillo, a senior, won the National Audio Championship. Broadcast and digital journalism (BDJ) majors Perik and Parrillo are the first Hearst national champions from Newhouse since Eric Wellman ’05 in 2004.  

Two more Newhouse students earned distinctions as runners-up at the ceremony in San Francisco: BDJ major Chilekasi Adele in the Television Championship category and Murphy McFarlane, a visual communications major, in the Multimedia Championship category. Both students also graduated in May.  

Newhouse School broadcast and digital journalism students and faculty had a little fun Wednesday night celebrating Syracuse University’s first-place finish in the Intercollegiate Audio & Television category at the Hearst Journalism Awards ceremony in San Francisco.

Syracuse also took third overall in the prestigious Intercollegiate Competition, and third in the Intercollegiate Multimedia category. Check out more photos from the June 5 event on our Instagram feed.

Earlier this spring, the final round of the Hearst Journalism Awards monthly competitions netted three Top 20 finishes for Newhouse students in the Investigative Writing and Team Multimedia contests. 

• Multimedia Team, 14th Place – “The Class of COVID” by Sydney Bergan, Morgan Calcara, Gracie Carrigan, Isea Kelley, Charlotte Kho, Mykenna Maniece and Katie Scoville 

• Multimedia Team, 19th Place, “Scammers target college campuses with phishing emails” by Emily Baird, Natalia Deng Yuan, Nate Harrington, Ryan Stephens and Christopher Scarglato

• Investigative Writing, 17th Place – “The Digital Cybermule” by Zhixiang Wang

Society of News Design

Newhouse students and campus media outlets took home 11 awards including three top prizes in this year’s Society for News Design’s Student Design Contest.

Best-Designed Student Magazine

• First Place: Moody Magazine
• Second Place: Jerk

Best-Designed Student News Website

• Third Place: ZippedMag.net by Zipped magazine

Special Section Design

• First Place: “The Daily Orange 4/20 Guide 2023” by Bridget Overby and Santiago Noblin 

Standalone Multimedia

• First Place: “Phone Scammers Wreak Havoc on Americans and Their Wallets” by Emily Baird and Matthew Brodsky (Infodemic)
• Second Place: “Scammers Target College Campuses With Phishing Emails” by Emily Baird, Ryan Stephens, Chris Scarglato, Natalia Deng Yuan (Infodemic)

Digital Storytelling Design

• Second Place: “Infodemic” by Natalia Deng Yuan and Emily Baird

Magazine Cover Design

• Second Place: Moody Magazine’s “Foody” issue by Jennie Bull, Mia Hernandez, Emma Lueders, Emma Barbosa 

Art & Illustration Design

• Third Place: “Mom’s Magic Touch” by Jinning Wang (Baked)
• Honorable Mention: “Embracing AI” by Bridget Overby, Flynn Ledoux (The Daily Orange)
• Honorable Mention: “Love is Love” by Samantha Mai Currier (The NewsHouse)

2024 SND Student Design Contest 

Syracuse Press Club Awards

Newhouse School students and members of the WAER staff were recognized with 20 honors including eight First Place awards in this year’s Syracuse Press Club Awards.

Newhouse Students and Staff Shine at 2024 Syracuse Press Club Awards

Society of Professional Journalists

Newhouse students had a great showing at the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards with 10 winners and 17 finalists. The winners will advance to compete against other SPJ regional winners for the national Mark of Excellence Awards announced this summer.

Newhouse Students Win 10 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

Syracuse University Scholars

Nicole Aponte and Yasmin Nayrouz were among the 12 seniors named as 2024 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows. 

2024 Syracuse University Scholars Announced

Hearst

Newhouse School senior Chilekasi Adele took top prize this spring in the Television News competition at the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards. Adele was among several Newhouse students honored by the Hearst Journalism Awards as the competition announced winners over the past few months.

Newhouse Student Wins First Place at Prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards 

White House Correspondent Association Scholarship

Magazine, news and digital journalism sophomore Danielle Blyn is one of 30 students from 16 colleges and universities around the country to be selected for the White House Correspondent Association Scholarship.

2024 Scholarship Winners Announced

Berlin Indie Film Festival

Alexandra Siambekos ’23 won the Best First Time Director, Documentary award in the Berlin Indie Film Festival’s monthly competition. She won for her documentary film “The Keepers of Manari,” which served as Siambekos’s honors thesis while she was a television, radio and film student at Newhouse. 

Newhouse Students Honored in Berlin Indie Film Festival, White House Eyes of History Contest

The White House News Photographers Association

Four Newhouse students earned accolades in this year’s Eyes of History contest—sponsored by The White House News Photographers Association—including three wins for broadcast and digital journalism (BDJ) senior Nicole Aponte and a First Place honor for BDJ senior John Perik. 

Newhouse Students Honored in Berlin Indie Film Festival, White House Eyes of History Contest

Broadcast Education Association

Newhouse School students and their projects had a phenomenal showing at the 2024 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts with 25 awards, including a Best of Festival honor for the The NewsHouse‘s “Infodemic” reporting project and five First Place wins. 

Newhouse Students Win 25 Awards at BEA Festival of Media Arts

Graphic Design USA

Seven Newhouse School students each won an American Graphic Design Award for their design projects at the 60th annual Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) showcase. It was a remarkable showing in a competition with over 8,000 entries.

Newhouse Students Win 7 GDUSA American Graphic Design Awards

Graphis

Newhouse graphic design majors and multimedia, photography and design graduate students won 22 awards across several categories in this year’s design competition.

Silver

Stamps
Alex Ryberg Gonzalez 
Nicole Beaudet 
Samantha Swiss 
Hailey Lawless 

Type Design
Darren Cordoviz 
Quinn Carletta 

Honorable Mentions

Poster
Ally Manziano 
Elliot Rosenberg-Rappin 
Charlotte Little 

Illustration
Ally Manziano 

Product Design
Olivia Doe

Stamps
Charlotte Little 
Ally Manziano 
Amelia Flinchbaugh 
Lior Edrich 
Elizabeth Vogt 

Type Design
Ita Kim 
Ethan Rujak 
Dean Lourenco 
Cayla Israel 
Zhengrong Chai 
Jonathan Wideman 

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Newhouse students and faculty earned five Gold honors and swept the video/film and advertising categories in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2023-2024 VIMFest Contest. The work will be featured at the AEJMC national conference in Philadelphia in August.

Large School (10,000+ )​ Schoolwide/Multi-class Media Project, Gold – Infodemic by The Infodemic Staff
Student – Video/Film, Gold – Murphy McFarlane​, “Full Circle”

• Silver – Collin Bell, “Bets on a Burning Farm”
• Bronze – Will Birks, Tien Tran, Brett Rood and Jacob Dean, “44 Films: SyraCruz”
• Honorable Mention – L.J. Guerra, Elizabeth Coleman and Justin Dalaba, “Scarification”
• Honorable Mention – Tien Tran, “44 Films: Home”

Student – Advertising, Gold – Brooke Hirsch​ and Charlotte Shea, “Digital Blackout”

• Silver – Matthew Powers​ and Jasmine Chin, “Cruelty Rebranded” 
• Bronze – Meiling Xiong, “The Necessity in Continuation”

• Honorable Mention –  Noah Lourie​ and Dashawn Austin, “Second Favorite Arch”
• Honorable Mention – Tori Aragi and Kayla Beck, “Avoidable Reality”

Student – Interactive and Motion Design, Gold – Emily Baird, “Metanoia”
Faculty – Advertising, Gold – Milton Santiago and Jason Lozada, “Infodemic Launch Spot”

Newhouse Students Capture 2 National Championships at Hearst Journalism Awards 

Newhouse students John Perik ’24 and Ronald Parrillo ’25 captured first-place honors Thursday night in their respective categories at the Hearst Journalism Awards, capping a banner week for Syracuse University at the prestigious competition.  

Perik, who graduated last month, took first in the National Television Championship, while Parrillo, a senior, won the National Audio Championship. Broadcast and digital journalism (BDJ) majors Perik and Parrillo are the first Hearst national champions from Newhouse since Eric Wellman ’05 in 2004.  

Two more Newhouse students earned distinctions as runners-up at the ceremony in San Francisco: BDJ major Chilekasi Adele in the Television Championship category and Murphy McFarlane, a visual communications major, in the Multimedia Championship category. Both students also graduated in May.  

Institutional awards were handed out Wednesday, when Newhouse Dean Mark Lodato and several faculty members joined the students to pick up the award for Syracuse University’s first-place finish in the Intercollegiate Audio and Television category. Syracuse also took third overall in the prestigious Intercollegiate Competition, and third in the Intercollegiate Multimedia category.  

The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2023–24 Journalism Awards Program, which were held in 105 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs. 
  
The 29 Championship finalists were selected from 1,315 entries submitted in 14 monthly competitions this academic year. From June 1-6, finalists participated in the National Championship in San Francisco, where they demonstrated their writing, photography, audio, television and multimedia skills in spot assignments.  Assignments were chosen by media professionals who judged the finalists’ work throughout the year and at the Championships. 

To learn more about the awards program, please visit: http://www.hearstawards.org.

Newhouse Students and Staff Shine at 2024 Syracuse Press Club Awards

Newhouse School students and members of the WAER staff were recognized with 20 honors including eight First Place awards in this year’s Syracuse Press Club Awards.

STUDENT DIVISION

Print/Digital News Story

• First Place: “Experts say governments break law hiding behind nonprofits,” Tyler O’Neill  (Infodemic)
• Second Place: “Scammers target college campuses with phishing email,” Ryan Stephens, Christopher Scarglato, Nate Harrington  (Infodemic)

Print Digital Features Story

• First Place: “‘The best of us’: Chris Snow’s belief, strength helped him leave an impact wherever he went,” Connor Smith (The Daily Orange)
• Second Place: “Fried food, prancing pigs: Spend a day at the New York State Fair,” Rachel Raposas (The Daily Orange)
• Honorable Mention: “How Gen Z became the face of skincare marketing,” Jenny DeStefano (The NewsHouse)
• Honorable Mention: “Scamming the Scammers,” Abby Presson (Infodemic)

Print Digital Sports Story

• Second Place: “LYONS LEGEND: Jim Boeheim’s hometown of Lyons, New York, celebrated with him in 2003,” Anish Vasudevan (The Daily Orange)
• Honorable Mention: “Conspiracies about Damar Hamlin’s injury find traction,” Cameron McKeon  (Infodemic)
• Honorable Mention: “The ending was bizarre, and Jim Boeheim deserved better,” Connor Smith (The Daily Orange)

Television/Video News Story

• First Place: “Zipcar Zooms Out of Syracuse,” John Perik (NCC News)

Television/Video Feature Story

• First Place: “Dandelion,” Wendy Wang (The NewsHouse)
• Second Place: “Kay and Mal,” Collin Bell (The NewsHouse)
• Honorable Mention: “Preaching Pride to the Choir,” Nicole Aponte (NCC News)

Television/Video Sports Story

• First Place: “Local Boxing Gym Gives Hope to Parkinson’s Patients,” Nick Luttrell (NCC News)

Radio/Podcast Story 

• Honorable Mention: “Hidden Identity,” Ronnie Parrillo (NCC News)

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION

Radio/Podcast – Spot News

• First Place: “Police have leads in drive-by shooting of 11-year-old honor student,” Scott Willis (WAER)
• Second Place: “Syracuse Diocese to give sex abuse survivors $100 million,” Natasha Senjanovic (WAER)

Radio/Podcast – Sports 

• First Place: “Playing for Something Bigger,” Jordan Leonard (WAER)

Radio/Podcast – News Feature or Series

• Honorable Mention: “How museums can misrepresent people and cultures,” Charles Sirey (WAER/Infodemic)

Photography – Feature Photo

• First Place: “Rip the Runway fashion show,” Nicole Hopwood (The NewsHouse)

2024 Newhouse Student Awards

Each spring, the Newhouse School recognizes those students whose dedication, ingenuity, academic excellence and creativity exhibit extraordinary talent and effort. We congratulate our 2024 award winners!

Undergraduate Awards

Advertising Awards

Deborah Fink Green Award

• Victoria Aragi
• Chloe Powell

Harry D. Meyers Memorial Prize in Advertising

• Samantha Levine
• Jack Levin

Most Promising Advertising Student

• Caitlin Espiritu

Newhouse Advertising Department Award for Academic Excellence

• Chloe Powell

John Philip-Jones Advertising Student of the Year Award

• Philip Lockitt

Bandier Program Awards

Bandier Leadership Award

• Vir Batra
• Liv DuFine

Bandier Innovator/Operator Award

• Michael Divestea

Broadcast and Digital Journalism Awards

Don Edwards Broadcast Journalism Award

• Chile Adele
• Nicole Aponte

The Radio-TV-News Power Producer Award

• Lindsey Fine

Magazine, News and Digital Journalism Awards

Heather L. Fleishman Memorial Scholarship

• Sadiya Kherani
• Emily Bruck
• Alejandro Rosales

Henry J. Leader Memorial Prize in Editing

• Eden Stratton
• Anish Vasudevan

Henry J. Wolff Prize

• Nicole Aponte
• Cole Bambini

Lauretta H. McCaffrey Journalism Prize

• Danny Amron

Maria Riccardi Scholarship

• Ahna Fleming
• Anna Ginnelli
• Julia Kahen
• Stephanie Wright

Newhouse Award for Journalism Excellence

• Katie Hill

The Samuel V. Kennedy III Award for Newspaper Editing

• Kyle Chouinard
• Richard Perrins

William Glavin Award for Excellence in Magazine Writing

• Eden Stratton
• Mattea Vecera

The John Mitchell Award for Sports Reporting

• Connor Smith

All Journalism Awards

Bob Heisler Award for Excellence

• Lilli Ianella
• Karla Perez

Photography and Graphic Design Awards

Bertram J. Davis Scholar Award

• Arthur Maiorella

Dr. Frank Meola Photography Prize

• Murphy McFarlane

Society for News Design/Marshall Matlock Designer of the Year

• Samantha Currier

The Visual Communications Department Prize in Design

• Brett Kaplan

The Visual Communications Department Prize in Immersive Media

• Elizabeth Carlson

The Visual Communications Department Prize in Motion Graphics

• River Taylor

The Visual Communications Department Prize Video Production

• Jess Van

Public Relations Awards

Julie Mendez Diversity and Inclusion Award in Public Relations

• Nyah Jones

The Public Relations Department Chair Award for Leadership

• Samantha Messina

The Public Relations Public Service Award

• Dillon Williams

The William P. Ehling Award

• Aidan Shephard

Television, Radio and Film Awards

Edward L. Hersh Award

• Katherine Cefalo

Glenn Steinfast Award for Excellence in Documentary Film Production

• Jamari McNabb

Gordon J. Alderman Memorial Prize

• Jordan Bullock
• Alexandra Lobel
• Marin Stott
• Abigail Weber

Irene M. Sholkin Prize in Script Writing

• Jessica Whitmire

Oscar Micheaux Filmmaking Award

• Alicia Ingabire

Stan Alten Excellence in Audio Award

• Vir Batra

The Zach Trifone Love of Life and Music Award

• Vir Batra

Armando Doreste Award

• Joy Mao

All Undergraduate Majors

Dean’s Service Award

• Cole Bambini
• Elizabeth Carlson
• Thomas Cohen
• Nhya Gonzalez
• Alexandra Lobel

The Beth Mowins ’90 Award in Sports Media

• Stella Balaskas
• Audrey Glynn

Excellence in Web Development and Coding Award

• Jiaqi Jin
• Claire Ceccoli

Newhouse First-Year Achievement Award

• Lars Jendruschewitz
• Sunny Suaya

George Plavocos Radio Achievement Award

• Rebecca Podd

David Rubin 1st Amendment Prize

• Richard Perrins
• Madison Neuner
• Whitney Williams

Class Marshals

• Nicole Aponte
• Sophia Darsch
• Annie Levin

Newhouse Scholars

• Nicole Aponte
• Victoria Aragi
• Isabel Bekele
• Kayla Black
• Madelyn Doolittle
• Jared Dowling
• Payton Dunn
• Aidan Hayes
• Lilli Iannella
• Murphy McFarlane
• John Perik
• Chloe Powell
• Abigail Weber

Graduate Awards

Graduate School Master’s Prize

• Peri Huling
• Jeannie Jedlicka
• Gloria Rivera
• Madison Neuner
• Carrie Welch
• Justin Dalaba
• Hunter Harpin
• Grace Kos-Dondlinger
• Nathan Krieger
• Christopher Sill

A. William Bluem Award

• Hayden August
• Chris Sill
• Nathan Krieger
• Eva Casey

Catherine L. Covert Research Award

• Xi Liu
• Benjamin Tetteh (Honorable Mention)

Charnice Milton Award for Community Journalism

• Za’Tozia Duffie

Public Relations Certificate of Achievement

• Mindan Chen
• Alexandra Hosilyk
• Emma Reville
• Abigail Kludt
• Grace Kos-Dondlinger

The Magazine, News and Digital Journalism Graduate Achievement Award

• Julia Carden
• Greta Stuckey

The William Doescher Outstanding Public Relations Master’s Degree Student

• Grace Kos-Dondlinger

Newhouse Students Win 10 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

Newhouse students had a great showing at the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards with 10 winners and 17 finalists in the regional contest honoring work from the past year.

The winners will advance to compete against other SPJ regional winners for the national Mark of Excellence Awards announced this summer.

Print/Online

Best Independent Online Student Publication, Winner: “Infodemic,” Infodemic Staff

Best Ongoing Student Magazine, Winner: Moody Magazine, Moody Staff

Finalist: Jerk, Jerk Staff

Feature Writing (Large Schools), Finalist: “How Gen Z became the face of skincare marketing,” Jenny DeStefano, The NewsHouse

Sports Writing (Large Schools), Finalist: “Colleges lacks resources for addiction to online sports gambling,” Lizzy Reardon, The NewsHouse

Best Affiliated Web Site, Finalist: Zipped, Zipped Staff

Finalist: Moody Magazine, Moody Magazine Staff

Art/Graphics/Multimedia

Photo Essay/Slideshow, Winner: “Southside footsteps”, Xinning Li, The NewsHouse, 

Photo Illustration, Winner: “Fresh Squeezed Sports Podcast” covers, Cole Ross, The NewsHouse

Finalist: Doechii live in concert, Maxine Wallace, The NewsHouse

Feature Videography, Winner: “Kay & Mal,” Collin Bell, The NewsHouse

Finalist: “Dandelion,” Wendy Wang, The NewsHouse

Breaking News Photography, Finalist: “Take Back the Night,” Bennett Hense, The NewsHouse

Sports Photography, Finalist: “Flippin’ football,” Kayla Breen, The NewsHouse

Audio

Radio In-Depth Reporting, Winner: “How museums can misrepresent people and cultures,” Charles Sirey, WAER/Infodemic

Finalist: “Phone scammers wreak havoc on Americans and their wallets,” Alejandro Rosales, WAER/Infodemic

Radio Sports Reporting, Winner: “Playing for something bigger,” Jordan Leonard, WAER

Radio News Reporting, Finalist: “Hidden identity,” Ronnie Parrillo, NCC News

Podcast (Conversational), Finalist: “To tell the truth: An NCC News Spotlight podcast,” Jared Johnston; Zach Goldman; Jack Oberlander; Kamryn Page, NCC News Spotlight Team

Broadcast

Television Breaking News Reporting, Winner: “Pro-Palestinian protestors gather at Syracuse University,” Peyton Spellacy, CitrusTV

Television General News Reporting, Winner: “Syracuse reacts to controversial speaker,” Nicole Aponte, CitrusTV

Finalist: “Zipcar zooms out of Syracuse,” John Perik, NCC News

Television Feature Reporting, Winner: “Miraculous Marathon Meg,” John Perik, CitrusTV

Finalist: “Preaching pride to the choir,” Nicole Aponte, NCC News

Television Sports Reporting, Finalist: “Is Syracuse/Clemson really a rivalry?” Chilekasi Adele, CitrusTV

Best All-Around Television Newscast, Finalist: “CitrusTV News Live at 6,” CitrusTV Staff

All Platform

Food/Restaurant Journalism, Finalist: “Full Circle,” Murphy McFarlane, The NewsHouse 

Learn more about the many other Newhouse students who have been recognized so far this spring semester for their outstanding work.