Finalists announced in 2015 Syracuse Press Club Professional Recognition Awards
Thanks to the efforts of judges around the country, more than 300 entries to our 2015 Syracuse Press Club Professional Recognition Awards have been evaluated and first- and second-place winners selected. The winners are listed below (in scrambled order). The winners will be announced in their correct order at our awards dinner on Saturday, April 30, at Drumlins Country Club - more information on that will follow.
Congratulations to all of our winners!
2015 categories
ONLINE JOURNALISM CATEGORY
MULTIMEDIA STORY cnycentral.com, Matt Mulcahy and Andy Wolf, “TAVR: New heart valve, no operation” cnycentral.com, Matt Mulcahy, Nia Towne and Rae Fulkerson, “911 dispatch delay”
BREAKING NEWS Syracuse.com, Staff, “NCAA coverage” wrvo.com, Jason Smith and Ryan Delaney, “NCAA penalties on SU basketball boach Jim Boeheim”
NEWS WEBSITE UrbanCNY.com CNYCentral.com
BLOG auburnpub.com, Robert Harding, “Eye on NY” urbancny.com, Ken Jackson, “The Hall Monitor”
RADIO
SPOT NEWS WRVO-FM, Ellen Abbott, “State Fair visit gets personal for Gov. Andrew Cuomo” WAER-FM, John Smith, “Teachers send Governor Cuomo a message at the State Fair”
NEWS FEATURE WAER-FM, Scott Willis, “Lake cleanup also means habitat restoration” WRVO-FM, Julia Botero, “Military and veteran suicide”
INVESTIGATIVE STORY WRVO-FM, Julia Botero, “To call or not to call: New Canadian border rules confuse boaters on the St. Lawrence” WRVO-FM, Ryan Delaney, “Inaccessible housing”
"HUMAN INTEREST" FEATURE WAER-FM, Chris Bolt, “Tubman was here: New York school children creating art and learning history” WRVO-FM, Mark Lavonier, “Michelle Dorrance: Tapping is music”
SPORTS STORY WRVO-FM, Julia Botero, “It took almost 20 years, but pro baseball returns to Watertown” WAER-FM, Andrew Scaglione, “End of Archbold Stadium”
SPORTS SHOW WAER-FM, Sam Hyman, Jonny Wincott, J.P. Chunga, “Countdown to Kickoff: Syracuse University v. LSU"
SPECIAL PROGRAM WAER-FM, Chris Bolt, “Bringing the Paris Climate Talks home” WRVO-FM, Grant Reeher and Jason Smith, “Campbell Conversations: Joanne Shenandoah”
DAILY PRINT MEDIA
INVESTIGATIVE STORY / SERIES The Post-Standard, Douglass Dowty, “Criminals owe millions and roam free while victims go empty- handed” The Post-Standard, John O’Brien, “Why did district attorney's staff destroy video recordings?”
NEWS FEATURE / SERIES The Citizen, Greg Mason and David Wilcox, “Fingerlakes Mall’s troubles” The Post-Standard, James Mulder, “From Holy Trinity Church to Mosque of Jesus Son of Mary”
HUMAN INTEREST FEATURE / SERIES The Citizen, David Wilcox, “Barry Crimmins profile” The Post-Standard, Marnie Eisenstadt, “How do you keep your TV career when multiple sclerosis attacks your voice?”
SPORTS STORY The Post-Standard, Donna Ditota, “See Lizzy run” The Post-Standard, Donnie Webb, “’I thought I was going to die,’ said the high school QB”
NON-DAILY PRINT MEDIA
NEWS FEATURE / SERIES Syracuse New Times, Larry Dietrich, “Je Suis Charlie” Syracuse New Times, Shelwyn Becker, “A closed book”
"HUMAN INTEREST" FEATURE Eagle Star-Review, Ashley Casey, “Joe B.’s last stop” The Stand, Ashley Kang and Ben Cleeton, “Moving forward.”
SPORTS STORY Syracuse New Times, Matt Michael, “Coming distractions” New York Horse Magazine, L.A. Pomeroy, “Time and again”
SPECIAL INTEREST PRINT MEDIA
MAGAZINE New York Horse Magazine, Janis Barth and Darren Sanefski CNY The Good Life, Linda Bien and Sue Santola
ALL PRINT
SPOT NEWS The Eagle Bulletin, Hayleigh Gowans, “Jamesville dog rescued after falling into crevice” The Post-Standard, Patrick Lohmann and Samantha House, “Exclusive coverage from inside church crime scene”
COLUMN The Cortland Standard, Todd R. McAdam, “Governors’ ban would aid ISIS” The Citizen, Kristin Wolford, “No winners in Union Springs”
CRITIQUE The Reporter, Rabbi Rachel Esserman, “The difficult parts of life” The Post-Standard, Chris Baker, “I wish I could dance like Rachael Price”
EDITORIAL Eagle Star-Review, Sarah Hall, “Opting out sends a strong message – but will Albany hear it?” Baldwinsville Messenger, Sarah Hall, “Town had no business writing petition for residents”
HEADLINE WRITING The Post-Standard, Chris Wagner The Post-Standard, Mark Libbon
CARL SINGLE AWARD FOR SPOT NEWS PHOTO The Post-Standard, Gary Walts, “Crashes on I-81” The Citizen, Sarah Jean Condon, “Water rescue”
FEATURE PHOTO Syracuse New Times, Michael Davis, “Scholastic Chess Tournament” The Post-Standard, Kevin Rivoli, “Love in the digital age”
PHOTO ESSAY The Post-Standard, Michael Greenlar, “A day at the House of Hair”
SPORTS PHOTO Syracuse New Times, Michael Davis, “Tyler Roberson and Rakeem Christmas in the game against Duke” The Post-Standard, Dennis Nett, “WWE Superstar Ryback”
SCENIC PHOTO Syracuse New Times, Michael Davis, “A foggy road in Madison County” The Post-Standard, Michael Greenlar, “Beautiful sunset”
PORTRAIT New York Horse Magazine, Jessica Berman, “Domino – lightly frosted”
FRONT PAGE DESIGN: The Syracuse New Times, Meaghan Arbital and Michael Davis The Post-Standard, Susan Santola and Tom Schmitt
GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION The Post-Standard, Tom Schmitt, “Winter outlook – it’s all over the page” Syracuse New Times, Meaghan Arbital, “Je Suis Charlie.”
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
SPOT NEWS TWC News, Brian Dwyer and staff, “Massive pileup on I-81” WSYR-TV, Staff, “Richard Matt shot”
INVESTIGATIVE STORY WWNY-TV, Brian Ashley, “Melisa Schonfield interview” CNY Central, Matt Mulcahy, “911 dispatch delay”
NEWS FEATURE WSYR, Christie Casciano, Tammy Palmer, Jack Estabrook and Bill Goldschmidt, “Heroin: Too close to home” CNY Central, Matt Mulcahy and Andy Wolf, “TAVR innovative heart surgery”
"HUMAN INTEREST" FEATURE CNY Central, Matt Mulcahy and Lewis Karpel, “Up close with supermodel Emme” WSYR-TV, Grant deBruin, “The Spirit of St. Louis”
SPORTS STORY WWNY-TV, Mel Busler, “’Sweet’ memories at a boxing clubs new home” Time Warner Cable Sports, Tadeusz Fundalinski, Michael Cleland, Patrick Sloan, Benjamin Smith, “Game Changers: Bill Aris, Fayetteville Manlius Cross Country”
SPORTS SHOW TWC News, Staff, “First and Ten” WSYR-TV, Steve Infanti, Sal Maneen and Shannon Shepherd, “Orange Nation, Feb. 5, 2015”
REGULARLY SCHEDULED SPORTSCAST WKTV, Spencer Davidson, “Sportscasts with Spencer Davidson” CNY Central, Niko Tamurian and Lewis Karpel, “Life in perspective during March Madness”
REGULARLY SCHEDULED LOCAL NEWSCAST WSYR-TV, Staff, “Boeheim Plans to Retire, SU Appeal: NewsChannel 9 at 5:00, March 18, 2015” WSYR-TV, Staff, “Sweat Captured: NewsChannel 9 Weekend at 11, June 28, 2015”
SPECIAL PROGRAM CNY Central, Matt Mulcahy, Andy Wolf, Lewis Karpel and Quindell Williams, “Up close with Matt Mulcahy” CNY Central, Matt Mulcahy, Rae Fulkerson, Andy Wolf and Staci-lyn Onofre, “Your voice, your future: The poverty problem in Syracuse”
VIDEO JOURNALISM TWC News, Tom Walters WSYR, Scott Irving
PHOTO ESSAY TWC News, Cara Thomas, “Trooper Fredenburg funeral” WSYR-TV, Tom Cunningham and Scott Irving, “Holiday mail carrier”
PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS WRVO.org, Tom Magnarelli, “Officials swim in Onondaga Lake as protesters say it is still not clean.”
Student Contest
BEST RADIO SPORTS STORY NCC News, Dan Silverman, “Game Day at NBT Stadium” NCC News, Connor Morrissette, “Iroquois Nationals profile”
BEST RADIO NEWS STORY 92 WICB, Kelli Kyle, Elena Piech and Riley Ludwig, “’No Confidence’ votes and context” NCC News, Colleen Callander, “One family’s Christmas will be joyous again after three years of hardship”
BEST RADIO FEATURE STORY NCC News, Connor Hakan, “Does a new 9/11 virtual reality game go too far?” 92 WICB, Kelli Kyle, Elena Piech and Riley Ludwig, “Cayuga’s watchers”
BEST PRINT NEWS STORY The Overview, Haley Everts, “Learning center provides help to students seeking help academically”
BEST PRINT FEATURE STORY The Overview, Rebecca Cosgrove, “The Bistro: A hidden gem within the dining hall.”
BEST TELEVISION SPORTS STORY ICTV, Michael Schwartz, “Cortaca Game Promo.” NCC News, Benjamin Stevens, “SU student and aspiring bodybuilder spreads a healthy message on Instagram”
BEST TELEVISION NEWS STORY ICTV, Jay O’Brien, “Word of Life Church coverage ” NCC News, Irfan Uraizee, “Counterfeit money is an ‘epidemic’ in Central New York ”
BEST TELEVISION FEATURE STORY NCC News, Hunter Saenz, “The flying busman: Offering more than a ride” WTOP-TV, Robert Hackford, “Dave Longley: Overcoming the odds”
BEST MULTIMEDIA STORY NCC News, Broadcast & Digital Journalism students in BDJ 364.2 Fall 2015 Newhouse School, “Adoption Day ceremony” The Newshouse, My Housing Matters staff, “My housing matters”
ALL MEDIA
BILL CAREY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD CNY Central, Matt Mulcahy