The New York State Broadcasters Association is announced the award winners for their 2021 Excellence in Broadcasting Awards, showering honors on WAER and CitrusTV. The awards will be presented at the Regional Awards Luncheons this month.
Outstanding Feature
WAER: “How to warn kids about dangers of vaping? Cornell program shows through a microscope.”
Outstanding Sports Coverage
WAER: “Overdue: Retire a woman’s jersey.”
Outstanding Feature:
WAER: “The pride of Syracuse”
Outstanding Public Affairs Program or Series
CitrusTV: “Talking Points, October 5, 2020”
Outstanding Spot News Story
CitrusTV: “Special Report: #NotAgainSU and Syracuse University Fail to Reach Agreement, Occupation to Continue”
Outstanding Hard News Story
CitrusTV: “The Mental Toll of Protesting”
Outstanding Feature News Story
OUTSTANDING FEATURE NEWS STORY
CitrusTV: “SU Student Looks Back and Acts Forward with Music”
Outstanding Live On-Screen Reporting
CitrusTV – Ricky Sayer/#NotAgainSU Protests Winter Live Coverage
Outstanding Specialty Programming
OUTSTANDING SPECIALTY PROGRAMMING
CitrusTV: “Special Report: Faculty Under Pressure”
Outstanding Evening Newscast
CitrusTV: “News Live at 6: February 25, 2020”
Outstanding Morning Newscast
CitrusTV: “Juice and Java: February 22, 2020”
Outstanding Social Media Personality
CitrusTV: Ricky Sayer Twitter Profile
Outstanding Breaking News Coverage
CitrusTV: “Citrus TV #NotAgainSU Protest Tweets”
Congratulations, all!