Newhouse School Wins 9 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
The Newhouse School had nine Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence regional winners from The NewsHouse, CitrusTV, The Daily Orange, Jerk and NCC News among the 28 finalists for this year’s contest. The winners were announced May 2 in New York City at the SPJ Region 1 conference.
The regional winners now advance to compete against the 11 other regional winners for the national winners, which will be announced this summer.
Winners
Personality Profile Writing (Large)
“Bows up: Freshman Elijah Moore brings signature elbow celebration to SU” — by Aiden Stepansky, The Daily Orange
General News Photography
“A pierce-ing devotion” — by Jack Henry, The NewsHouse
Feature Photography
“The Dollhouse is the ‘most inclusive house’ for CNY bands” — by Lars Jendruschewitz, The Daily Orange
Illustration
“New York Jazz” — by Dorothea Dolan, Jerk
Photo Illustration
“The American Dream” — by Zobayer Joti, Jerk
Podcast (Conversational)
“We the Students: LGBTQ+ in America” — by Sophia Moore, Alejandro Rosales, Tommy DaSilva, The NewsHouse
Television Feature Reporting
“Welding with a purpose” — by Moira Vaughan, NCC News
Collaborative Journalism
“A Tale of Two Cities: Reclaiming Niagara Falls and Salinas” — by A Tale of Two Cities staff, The Newhouse School, Syracuse University, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
Retail/Small Business Journalism
“Parthenon Books emphasizes shopping local | Juice and Java” — by CitrusTV staff, CitrusTV
Finalists
General Column Writing
Daily Orange columns — by Sarhia Rahim, The Daily Orange
Best Ongoing Student Magazine
-Baked — by Baked staff, Baked
-Jerk — by Staff, Jerk
Best Affiliated Web Site
The Daily Orange — by The Daily Orange staff, The Daily Orange
Photo Essay/Slideshow
-“Otto Tunes’ first ICCA semifinals is the result of a close knit brotherhood” — by Cassandra Roshu, The Daily Orange
-“A look inside local recycling” — by Arthur Maiorella, The NewsHouse
Best Use of Multimedia
“Impact unveiled: Wildfire smoke” — by Zach Nemirovsky, The NewsHouse
Feature Videography
“On the Fly diner brings Cajun food to Syracuse with ‘labor of love’” — by Joe Zhao, The Daily Orange
Radio In-Depth Reporting
“The green black market” — by Jamie Korenblat, AudioFiles
Television Breaking News Reporting
“Psi Upsilon hazing allegations” — by Michael Lamorte, Staff, CitrusTV
Television General News Reporting
-“Rumor has it” — by Nicole Aponte, NCC News
-“Child poverty rate in Syracuse remains high; How the community is responding” — by Max Williams, NCC News
Television Feature Reporting
“Central New York drive-in opens for first time in 40 years” — by Max Williams, NCC News
Television In-Depth Reporting
-“CitrusTV Election Night 2024” — by Margueritte Bellotti, Brandon Myers, staff, CitrusTV
-“Green black market” — by Zach Richter, Jamie Korenblat, Nardeen Saleep, Josh Feldstein, Newhouse Spotlight Team
Television Sports Reporting
ACC Women’s Soccer coast-to-coast travel feature — by Nico Horning, ACC Network Extra
Investigative Reporting
“Chipped away” — by John Perik, Lilli Iannella, Finn Lincoln, Julie Gilchrest, NCC News
Regional Political Reporting
“Talking Points” — by Margueritte Bellotti, Luke Radel, Jake Morel, Ben Bascuk, CitrusTV
Science/Environment/Climate Reporting
“Catch of the day: The round goby” — by Grace McConnell, Julia Virnelli, Dan Klosowski, Gloria Rivera, The Canal Keepers