Newhouse Students and Media Outlets Win 10 First Place Honors at Syracuse Press Club Awards
Newhouse School students and media outlets won 10 first place honors in the professional and college categories at the annual Syracuse Press Club (SPC) Awards on May 3. Public radio station WAER earned another six first place honors.
Among the 25 winners recognized this year were the NCC News/Spotlight Team, Driving Force collaboration with USA Today Network-New York and Central Current, Canal Keepers podcast, The Daily Orange, The NewsHouse, NCC News and CitrusTV.
Newhouse also had ties to three of SPC’s top annual honors. First-year broadcast and digital journalism student Ryan Storie was awarded SPC’s Devesty-Williams Scholarship, a $2,000 prize for a top journalism student originally from central New York.
Student
Student Audio News Story, First Place – WAER Syracuse Public Media, “Why a small Adirondack mountain has made big, even Olympic, waves in skiing,” Nate Harrington
Student Podcast, First Place – “Canal Keepers: Eerie Encounters,” Sophia Anastasakis, Gloria Rivera, Dan Klowsowski
Student Best Use of Multimedia, First Place – Canal Keepers, Canal Keepers Staff
Student Print/Digital News Story
First Place – The Daily Orange, “Eroding education: The state of African American Studies at Syracuse University,” Ahna Fleming, Kendall Luther
Second Place – The Daily Orange, “Falk College restructure leaves faculty, students with uncertainty,” Kendall Luther
Student Print/Digital Feature Story
First Place – The NewsHouse, “Forever Young,” Seth Quinn
Second Place – The Daily Orange, “Syracuse Mets host the only minor league baseball game on eclipse day,” Aiden Stepansky
Honorable Mention – The Daily Orange, “Dan Engelstad’s unorthodox journey led him to Syracuse assistant role,” Zachary Wolf
Student Print/Digital Sports Story
First Place – The Daily Orange, “IMMORTAL: Paul Gait’s revolutionary lacrosse life encapsulates jersey retirement at SU,” Cooper Andrews
Second Place – The Daily Orange, “Joey Spallina searching to lead USA Box Lacrosse to 1st-ever gold medal,” Zachary Wolf
Honorable Mention – The Daily Orange, “STILL HERE: Gerry McNamara has remained consistent through promotion to associate head coach,” Henry O’Brien
Student Television/Video News Story
First Place – NCC News, “NY-3: The Special Election to Replace Santos,” Chilekasi C Adele
Second Place – NCC News, “Child Poverty Rate in Syracuse Remains High; How the Community is Responding,” Max Williams
Honorable Mention – Citrus TV, “Remembering Annie Eisner,” Tyler Oldano, CitrusTV News Staff
Student Television/Video Feature Story
First Place – NCC News, “Welding with a purpose: empowering women at Ironwood Studios,” Moira Vaughan
Second Place – NCC News, “Central New York Drive-In Opens for First Time in 40 Years,” Max Williams
Professional
Digital Journalism: Multimedia Story, First Place – Newhouse Spotlight Team, “Chipped Away,” John Perik, Lilli Iannella, Finn Lincoln, Julie Gilchrest
Print/Digital News: Investigative Story/Series, First Place – USA TODAY Network-New York, Syracuse University, Central Current, “Driving Force” series, Maria Birnell, Evan Butow, Kayla Canne, Daniel DeLoach, Anna Ginelli, Jon Glass, Seth Harrison, Nausheen Husain, Hayden Kim, Chris Libonati, Finn Lincoln, Beryl Lipton, Tina MacIntyre-Yee, Peter Pietrangelo, William Ramsey, David Robinson, Kyle Slagle, Eden Stratton, Sarah Taddeo, Jodi Upton, Marili Vaca
Television: Investigative Story/Series, First Place – Newhouse Spotlight Team, “Green Black Market,” Zach Richter, Jamie Korenblat, Josh Feldstein, Nardeen Saleep
Audio Journalism: Human Interest & Features, First Place – WAER Syracuse Public Media, “How Marathon New York is providing relief for Hurricane Helene victims,” Sean Tessler
Audio Journalism: Investigative Story/Series, First Place – Newhouse Spotlight Team, “Green Black Market,” Jamie Korenblat, Josh Feldstein
Audio Journalism: News Features/Series
First Place – WAER Syracuse Public Media, “SU Student fights conduct sanctions over pro-Palestinian protests,” Natasha Senjanovic and Patrick McCullough
Second Place – WAER Syracuse Public Media, “Onondaga County voter registration soars; election commissioners request more staff,” Scott Willis
Audio Journalism: Sports Story, First Place – WAER Syracuse Public Media, “Remembering Syracuse Football Coach Dick MacPherson,” Tyler Aitken
Audio Journalism: Special Series, First Place – WAER Syracuse Public Media, “Syracuse Speaks: A deep dive into the evolving opioid epidemic in Onondaga County,” Scott Willis, John Smith, Kat Kollins, Bob Beck, Natasha Senjanovic