Newhouse students have strong showing at SPJ Mark of Excellence regional contest

Newhouse School students had 15 wins and 11 finals in this year’s Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Region 1 competition, which includes work from students throughout the Northeast. Winners will now advance to compete against other regional winners for the national Mark of Excellence awards, which will be announced later this spring.

Congratulations, all!

Winners

Best Independent Online Student Publication
Staff
Upstate Unearthed

Best Use of Multimedia
Staff
The NewsHouse
Visualizing 81

Breaking News Photography
TJ Shaw
The NewsHouse
Racial reckoning

Broadcast/Online Sports Videography
Annie Boos
The NewsHouse
The comeback year

Food/Restaurant Journalism
Julia Fesser
Jerk
The real flavor of Syracuse

General Column Writing (Large)
Joey Pagano
The NewsHouse
The wheelchair quarterback

General News Photography (Large)
Gavin Liddell
The NewsHouse
Candlelight vigil

General News Reporting (Large)
Maggie Hicks, Sarah Alessandrini
The Daily Orange
Interstate 81’s impact on Syracuse community, then and now

Immersion Journalism
Staff
The NewsHouse
Visualizing 81

In-Depth Reporting (Large)
Sydney Gold
The NewsHouse
Our poisoned kids

Radio News Reporting
Sydney Gold
WAER
Our poisoned kids

Sports Column Writing
Anish Vasudevan, Roshan Fernandez, Connor Smith
The Daily Orange
Dino Babers’ 2021-22 season

Sports Writing (Large)
Christopher Cicchiello
The NewsHouse
Why doesn’t Syracuse University pay Otto the Oranges?

Television Breaking News Reporting
John Perik, Ricky Sayer, Chilekasi Adele, Lindsey Fine, Josh Meyers
CitrusTV
Students protest rape culture

Television In-Depth Reporting
NCC Spotlight Team
NCC News
Transparency – private emails, public business

FINALISTS

Best All-Around Television News Magazine
Erin Lyons, Josh Meyers, Katie Lane, Ricky Sayer
CitrusTV
COVID-19 year-in-review/CitrusTV special report

Best Student Magazine
Staff
Globalists

Best Student Magazine
Staff
Baked

General Column Writing (Large)
Margo Moran
Jerk
Columns by Margo Moran

General News Photography (Large)
Wendy Wang
The Daily Orange
Syracuse community protests Columbus statue

Immersion Journalism
Jonathan Harris, Hanna Martin
Upstate Unearthed
Live oaks and dead folks

Immersion Journalism
Sonny Cirasuolo
The NewsHouse
Forging ahead with a winter adventure

In-Depth Reporting (Large)
Kamal Morgan
Upstate Unearthed
BLK in the ADK

Radio Feature
Cole Strong, T. Michael Collier
WAER
How can a computer create art?

Television Feature Reporting
Ricky Sayer
NCC News
Retired Professor Marvin Druger’s lasting legacy at Syracuse University

Television General News Reporting
Colby Yablon
NCC News
Skyline apartment hearing