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)