The Newhouse School students were honored with nearly two dozen awards at the College Media Association (CMA) Pinnacle College Media Awards, announced at the #MediaFest22 Conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
Out of the 23 awards, there were three First Place honors: two to alumnus Gavin Liddell ’20, G ’22 for photo essays for The NewsHouse and Upstate Unearthed, and one to the Entitled to Equality social media team in the Best Social Media Strategy category. Work published by Jerk, The OutCrowd and Newhouse’s military program’s SALT magazine also were recognized.
In CMA’s Film & Audio Festival, also announced at #MediaFest22, broadcast and digital journalism alumna Moriah Humiston ’22 won a pair of honors for her videos “Bocce” and “Where do Syracuse’s COVID-19 Tests Go.”
According to organizers, more than 2,900 entries were submitted for this year’s awards.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Best Photo Package
1st Place: Gavin Liddell, “Grit & Glory,” The NewsHouse
2nd Place: Gavin Liddell, “Welcome to The Spot,” Upstate Unearthed
Sports Multimedia Story
1st Place: Gavin Liddell, “Welcome to The Spot,” Upstate Unearthed
3rd Place: Dean Zulkofske, “Seeking Better Representation on the Sidelines,” Entitled to Equality
Video Feature Package
1st Place: Moriah Humiston, “Bocce”
Video News Package
2nd Place: Moriah Humiston, “Where do Syracuse’s COVID-19 Tests Go”
Best Social Media Strategy
1st Place: The Entitled to Equality Staff, “Entitled to Equality”
Best Photo Illustration
2nd Place: Lydia Herne, “Mother & Daughter,” Entitled To Equality
Sports News Photo
2nd Place: Isaiah Vazquez, “Flying High,” The NewsHouse
Best Magazine Sports Spread
2nd Place: SALT’s “A Culture of Discipline” by Jack Gnosca
Best Audio Slideshow
3rd Place: Sarah Slavin, “Where the Wild Newbies Went,” Upstate Unearthed
Best Sports Feature Photo
3rd Place: Gavin Liddell, “Welcome to The Spot,” Upstate Unearthed
Honorable Mention: Gavin Liddell “Grit & Glory,” The NewsHouse
Best Multimedia Feature Story
3rd Place: The Entitled to Equality Staff, “Entitled to Equality“
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Harris & Hanna Martin, “Live Oaks and Dead Folks: Exploring Oakwood Cemetery and its Loyal Caretakers,” Upstate Unearthed
Best Sports Feature
3rd Place: Madelyn Geyer, “Something was wrong and needed to be addressed,” Entitled to Equality
Honorable Mention: Dominick Pfisterer, “Don’t Use the F-word When You Talk Disc Golf,” Upstate Unearthed
Sports Investigative Story
3rd Place: Christopher Cicchiello, “Why doesn’t SU pay Otto the Oranges,” The NewsHouse
Best Investigative Story
Honorable Mention: Kate Brennan, “Aloha Aina,” The NewsHouse
Best Editorial Illustration
Honorable Mention: Cassie Cavallaro, “My Adventures with a Quija Board for the Modern Era,” Upstate Unearthed
Best Infographic
Honorable Mention: Maggie Sullivan, “The Power of Dirt,” Upstate Unearthed
Best Magazine Contents Spread
Honorable Mention: Jerk’s March Table of Contents by Callen Moore and Lucinda Strol
Best Magazine Entertainment Spread
Honorable Mention: Jerk’s “The Problem with Porn” by Olivia LaCour
Best Viral Video
Honorable Mention Maclara Cardoso, “Introducing The OutCrowd Editors as Queer Icons,” The OutCrowd
Best Feature Photo
Honorable Mention: Gavin Liddell, “Welcome to The Spot,” Upstate Unearthed