Syracuse Press Club Awards Dinner May 7. Collectively, they earned 17 1st Place prizes in many student and professional categories.
Also, broadcast and digital journalism senior Moriah Humiston won the $2,000 Devestry-Williams Scholarship as the top student journalist from Central New York, while WAER General Manager Chris Bolt was recognized with the 2022 SPC Professional Standards Award.
STUDENT AWARDS
Radio/Podcast News Story
2nd Place: “Our Poisoned Kids,” Sydney Gold (Deconstructing the Divide)
Radio/Podcast Feature Story
1st Place: “A team effort to help the homeless in New York City,” Nicole Aponte (NCC News)
2nd Place: “Personal Taste,” Abby Fritz (The NewsHouse)
Best Use of Multimedia
1st Place: “Deconstructing the Divide,” Deconstructing the Divide Staff
2nd Place: “Upstate Unearthed,” Upstate Unearthed Staff
Print/Digital News Story
1st Place: “Visualizing 81,” Amanda Paule (Deconstructing the Divide)
2nd Place: “Syracuse grapples with COVID one year later,” The NewsHouse Staff (The NewsHouse)
Honorable Mention: “Social Media Support,” Nhari Djan (Deconstructing the Divide)
Print/Digital Feature Story
1st Place: “Underrepresented on the Road,” Nhari Djan (Upstate Unearthed)
2nd Place: “Welcome to the COVID Rush of Seeds, Weeds & Foraged Leaves,” Vivian Whitney (Upstate Unearthed)
Honorable Mention: “Honey the neighbors are bullying us on Facebook again,” Eleanor Quarles (The NewsHouse)
Print/Digital Sports Story
1st Place: “Why Doesn’t SU pay Otto the Oranges,” Christopher Cicchellio (The NewsHouse)
2nd Place: “The rise and fall of Syracuse’s northeast recruiting base,” Connor Smith (The Daily Orange)
Honorable Mention: “Don’t Use the F-word When You Talk Disc Golf,” Dominick Pfisterer (Upstate Unearthed)
Honorable Mention: “Syracuse’s defense is forcing turnovers and flipping momentum,” Dean Zulkofske (The NewsHouse)
Television/Video News Story
1st Place: “Syracuse Students Perform Impromptu Rooftop Concert,” Ricky Sayer (CitrusTV)
2nd Place: “Restaurant Workers Left Off Vaccine Eligibility List,” Ricky Sayer (NCC News)
Television/Video Feature Story
Honorable Mention: “Where do Syracuse’s COVID-19 tests go?,” Moriah Humiston (NCC News)
1st Place: “Holiday,” Gloria Lepko, Bethanie Ryan (The NewsHouse)
2nd Place: “At 87, a Retired Syracuse University Professor Still Works to Leave a Lasting Legacy,” Ricky Sayer (NCC News)
Television/Video Sports Story
1st Place: “The Comeback Year,” Annie Boos (The NewsHouse/Sports Media Center)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Carl Single Award for Spot News Photography
2nd Place: The Stand Newspaper, “March for Justice for I-81,” Mike Greenlar
Feature Photo
1st Place: “Fighting Food Insecurity,” Zachary J. Krahmer (Deconstructing the Divide)
2nd Place: “Rip the Runway,” Max Mimaroglu (The NewsHouse)
Photo Essay
1st Place: “Welcome to the Spot,” Gavin Liddell (Upstate Unearthed)
Honorable Mention: “For the Win,” TJ Shaw (Deconstructing the Divide)
Portrait
2nd Place: The Stand Newspaper, Photo Walk, Lisa Salisbury Hackley
Sports Photo
1st Place: “Flying High,” Isaiah Vazquez (The NewsHouse)
2nd Place: “Reflecting on a Win,” Isaiah Vazquez (The NewsHouse)
Front Page Design
2nd Place: The Stand Newspaper, Ashley Kang, Kevin Camelo Bonilla
Spot News
1st Place: The Stand Newspaper, “First Pop-Up COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Held in the South Side,” Violet Lazarus
Column
2nd Place: The Stand Newspaper, “Homegrown Opera,” Reggie Seigler
Honorable Mention: The Stand Newspaper, “Opinion: Gerrypandering,” Jeff Kramer
PRINT NON-DAILY
Sports Story
2nd Place: The Stand Newspaper, “The Darkness Before Light,” Kambui Bomani
News Feature or Series
1st Place: The Stand Newspaper, “One in 10 Syracuse Children Have Elevated Blood Lead Levels,” Sydney Gold
Human Interest Feature or Series
2nd Place: The Stand Newspaper, “Speaking Their Love Language,” Marnie Munoz
RADIO/PODCASTS
Human Interest Feature or Series
1st Place: WAER 88.3FM, “Syracuse Neighborhood Food Pantry Needs More Space,” Katie Zilcosky
Spot News
2nd Place: WAER 88.3FM, “Swift Reactions to Jan 6th insurrection at US Capitol from local representatives, law experts,” Chris Bolt
Investigative Story or Series
1st Place: WAER 88.3FM, “Why are COVID Vaccinations Lagging in Certain Communities?,” Chris Bolt
News Feature or Series
1st Place: WAER 88.3FM, “Syracuse School Resource Officers; Necessary?,” Katie Zilcosky
Sports Show
2nd Place: WAER 88.3FM, SportsNight Basketball Preview, Matt Bonaparte, Ben Shulman
Sports Story
1st Place: WAER 88.3FM, “The Portal,” Calvin Christoforo