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

Communication Arts Student Showcase

Newhouse creative advertising students Tori Aragi ‘24 and Jordan Leveille ‘24 were honored as winners in the Communication Arts Student Showcase for the March/April 2024 issue. Aragi’s standout campaigns included eBay’s “Just Let It Go” for Outdoor Advertising, McDonald’s “Fries Over Friends” for Print Advertising and Raycon’s “Too Tired To Function” for Print Advertising. Leveille was recognized for Aveeno’s “Bad Hair Day” and Hydro Flask’s “Hydroscape” in Print Advertising, as well as charity: water’s “I’m Thirsty” in Experiential. All work was created in Portfolio I and III courses taught by Professor Mel White.

ADDY Awards

ADDY District Two American Advertising Federation Awards

Newhouse School creative advertising students also won three ADDY AAF District Two American Advertising Federation Awards, including one Best in Show, one Gold and one Silver. Sophia Donio ‘24 and Jenna Byers ‘24 won the Best in Show and Gold Award for their Tile campaign, “It’s Obvious.” Greta Hartwyk ‘23 and Meghan Gulley ‘23 won a Silver Award for their Heineken campaign, “Frienemies.” All work was created in Portfolio II and III courses taught by Professor Mel White. Winners were announced in April 2024.

American Advertising Award D2 Club Info

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

ADDY Awards

Rochester American Advertising Federation Awards

Newhouse School creative advertising students won 12 out of 14 ADDY Rochester American Advertising Federation awards, including all three Best in Show honors, one Mosaic Award for promoting equity and inclusion, four Golds and four Silvers. Our students secured all three Best in Show scholarships for the amounts of $1,250, $750 and $500. All work was created in portfolio courses taught by Professor Mel White and Kevin O’Neill. Winners were announced at the ADDYs award show on Feb. 29.

Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Win Big at ADDY AAF Awards in Rochester

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, Volvo AI digital campaign, “Digital Blackout”

• Silver – Matthew Powers​ and Jasmine Chin, Peta AR digital campaign, “Cruelty Rebranded”
• Bronze – Meiling Xiong, Pilot Pen print campaign, “The Necessity in Continuation”

• Honorable Mention –  Noah Lourie​ and Dashawn Austin, McDonald’s print campaign, “Second Favorite Arch”
• Honorable Mention – Tori Aragi and Kayla Beck, Volvo DALL-E AI and VR digital campaign, “Avoidable Reality”

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

Communication Arts Advertising Awards

Newhouse creative advertising students earned three Shortlist Awards in the Communication Arts Annual Advertising Awards for the November/December 2023 issue. Victoria Aragi ‘24 and Kayla Beck ‘23 were recognized for their integrated ad campaign “Just Let It Go” for eBay. Charlotte Shea ‘23 and Brooke Hirsch ‘24 received a shortlist for Volvo’s “Digital Blackout” in the Positive World Impact category. Linxin Wan ‘24 and Maggie Mallon ‘24 were honored for “Mean Well” for Apple, also in Positive World Impact. All work was created in Portfolio III, a course taught by Professor Mel White.