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61ST ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS GALA
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ȯ Ȯ 61st Annual Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism
Awards Nominees Public Relations PR 1 / Overall Campaign
Kortney Cleveland, Jessica Strong, Greg Buisson Buisson Creative “JCVB Just Imagine Campaign”
The Ehrhardt Group
The Ehrhardt Group “Unification of Orleans Parish Public Schools”
The Ehrhardt Group
The Ehrhardt Group “WWE Takes Over New Orleans for WrestleMania 34” PR 2 / Special Events
Betsie Gambel, Staff Gambel Communications “2018 National Sandwich Day”
Larry Lovell PeterMayer “Antoine's New Orleans Tricentennial Dinner”
Peter Mayer PR Staff PeterMayer “Hibernia Tower Cupola Relighting” PR 3 / Community Relations
Greg Buisson, Kortney Cleveland, Jamie Giorgio Buisson Creative “Gulf Coast Bank 2017 Annual Report”
Jessica Strong, Alex Pierson Buisson Creative “Brother Martin 50th Anniversary Viewbook”
Scott Walker Scott Walker Consulting “Krewe of Hermes – Beyond the Parade” PR 4 / Public Affairs
Deveney Staff Deveney “St. Mary Parish Hospital Service District No. 2 Hospital Management and Community Forum Crisis Mitigation”
The Ehrhardt Group The Ehrhardt Group “Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Passes 2018 Millage”
Jessica Strong, Kourtney Cleveland, Greg Buisson Buisson Creative “Bad Bet for New Orleans” PR 5 / Digital Media
Greg Buisson, Jamie Giorgio, Alex Pierson Buisson Creative “JCVB Just Imagine – A Tour of Bayou Barn”
The Ehrhardt Group The Ehrhardt Group “Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP): Making Louisiana Better”
Tom Gregory tGO Productions “Good Shepherd’s New Home & New Hope” PR 6 / Social Media
Betsie Gambel, Staff Gambel Communications “Children’s Hospital Jazz Half Marathon & 5K Social Media”
Betsie Gambel, Staff Gambel Communications “Tall Ships New Orleans”
Karen Hales, Melissa Izor markit360 “Social Media Campaign” Radio R 1 / Best Radio Story
Jess Clark WWNO - FM “In Central City, Students Add Their Voices To The Post- Parkland Conversation On Guns ” R 2 / Best Radio Show
Laine Kaplan - Levenson WWNO - FM “Sticky Wicket: Louisiana Politics Versus the Press”
Diane Mack WWNO - FM “Inside the Arts: Its All About New Orleans, Tennessee Williams’ The Mutilated Moscow Ballet”
WWOZ Staff WWOZ “Live Broadcast from New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival” Still Photography SP 1 / General News Photo
Sophia Germer The Advocate “Lawanda ‘Tooti’ St. Sauveur Hugs a Friend”
David Grunfeld nola.com “Frozen Interstate”
David Grunfeld nola.com “Treme Double Homicide” SP 2 / Feature Photo
David Grunfeld nola.com “D-Day Commemoration at the National WWII Museum”
David Grunfeld nola.com “Streetcar Reflection”
Scott Threlkeld The Advocate “Fire and Light” SP 3 / Multi-Feature Photo
David Grunfeld nola.com “New Orleans Saints Owner Funeral”
Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, WWOZ Staff WWOZ - FM “Wild Opelousas: a new Mardi Gras Indian tribe Grows Out of a Westbank Charter School”
Staff Louisiana Life “Fat Tuesday Revelations” SP 4 / Portrait
Sophia Germer The Advocate “Femme Fatales”
Greg Miles New Orleans Magazine “Persona”
Greg Miles New Orleans Magazine “The Beat” TV Videography TP 1 / Breaking News Videography
Brian Lukas WWL - TV “Exotic Pet Escape”
Brian Lukas WWL - TV “Varnado Tornado”
Tim Matthews WWL - TV “Tased” TP 2 / General News Videography
TJ Pipitone WWL - TV “School Board Travel Investigation”
Chris Russell WVUE - TV “Air of Uncertainty”
John Snell WVUE - TV “Coast in Crisis: Rock the Coast” TP 3 / Feature Videography
Megan Mackel WDSU-TV “NOLA Chef in the Bay Area”
Charlie Steiner WWOZ “Second Line for 'Tee Eva' Perry Adams”
Derek Waldrop WWL-TV “Claiborne Avenue Then & Now” TP 4 / Best Photo Essay
Adam Copus WWL-TV “Fire Hose Fashionista”
Kevin Mumphrey Channel 13 St. Tammany Parish Public Schools “Jazz Ensemble”
Grant Yenni Channel 13 St. Tammany Parish Public Schools “Courtney Cole: Country Singer” TP 5 / Sports Videography
Lance Washington WVUE-TV “Fight for Gold”
David Williams Channel 13 St. Tammany Parish Public Schools “Girls Soccer”
Steve Wolfram WWL-TV “Saints Fans on Gameday” TP 6 / Best Video Editing
Tom Gregory WYES - TV “The Mighty Mississippi River”
Jon Turnipseed WVUE - TV “Misjudged”
Jon Turnipseed WVUE - TV “River Pilots” TP 7 / Best Visual Storytelling
Owen Hornstein WDSU - TV “Schooled: One App”
TJ Pipitone WWL - TV “Shattered Lives”
Steve Wolfram WWL - TV “Fire Ops 101” Print / Writing P 1 / Breaking News Reporting
Les East CrescentCitySports.com “Tom Benson was a winner and made his teams winners”
Alan Smason Crescent City Jewish News “Anti-Semitic graffiti removed from NJC temple building”
Alan Smason Crescent City Jewish News “City Council meets amid rancor, withdraws controversial Resolution R-18-5” P 2 / General News Reporting
Katy Reckdahl Next City “A Divided Neighborhood Comes Together Under an Elevated Expressway”
Katy Reckdahl Splinter News “The Case of the ‘Perfect’ Undocumented Immigrant”
Ramon Antonio Vargas The Advocate “Jesuit High Sex Abuse Settlements Kept Quiet; One Victim Speaks Out for First Time” P 3 / Feature Reporting
Tristan Baurick The Times-Picayune “Tabasco’s Homeland Fights for Survival in Louisiana against Storms and Rising Seas”
Larry Holder The Athletic “Forgive and Forget: New Orleans still Embraces Marcus Williams after 'Minneapolis Miracle'”
Hanna Krueger nola.com “Over 10,000 Days of Life Spent Digging Graves for New Orleans’ Dead” P 4 / Continuing Coverage
Tristan Baurick nola.com “Insect Invaders Feast on Louisiana Wetlands”
Donna Bush Slidell Magazine “Continuing Coverage of Louisiana Heroes During Natural Disasters”
Nicholas Hamburger The Louisiana Weekly “Our Tricentennial: 300 Years Later, Is New Orleans an International City?” P 5 / Investigative Reporting
David Hammer WWL - TV “Terrebonne Sex Trafficking”
Hanna Krueger nola.com “Bicyclists Struck by Hit-and-Run Drivers Face a Long Road to Justice”
Michael Isaac Stein The Lens “Series: Power Plant Astroturfing” P 6 / Medical - Health Reporting
Helen Freund Gambit “How the New Orleans restaurant industry is tackling substance abuse”
Leslie Snadowsky Biz New Orleans Magazine “Getting To The Heart Of Employee Health” P 7 / Environmental - Science Reporting
Katy Reckdahl The Weather Channel “A Neighborhood Requiem: Part of Climate Migration Series”
Mark Schleifstein, Drew Broach Nola.com “‘Thick Invisible Fog’ over Harahan, River Ridge Raises New Questions about Jefferson Landfill”
Michael Patrick Welsh 64 Parishes “Fishing for Answers” P 8 / Governmental - Political Reporting
David Hammer WWL - TV “Female OPSO Deputies Sexually Harassed”
Katy Reckdahl Juvenile Justice Information Exchange / The Advocate “Attorneys Struggle to Address JLWOP Resentencing Hearings in Louisiana”
Michael Isaac Stein The Lens “June Drug Bust Shows Potential Pitfalls of Citywide Surveillance System, Defense Attorneys Say” P 9 / Business Reporting
Ashley McLellan Biz New Orleans Magazine “Will Our Plates Ever be Too Full?”
Kim Singletary Biz New Orleans Magazine “Thinking Outside the Final Box”
Kim Singletary, Rebecca Friedman
Biz New Orleans Magazine “The Status of Women in Business in Louisiana: Are We Really That Bad?” P 10 / Lifestyle Reporting
Jyl Benson, Melanie Spencer, Sarah George Louisiana Life “Woman’s Work”
Kathy Bradshaw Where Y’at Magazine “Tricentennial Tipples: 300 Years of Cocktails”
Susan Langenhennig, Liz Jurey Preservation in Print “Clear Connection: A contemporary glass passageway creates a seamless transition between a Creole cottage and a Greek Revival townhouse in the French Quarter” P 11 / Education Reporting
Marta Jewson The Lens “Brady’s Room: One Family Navigates Special Education in New Orleans”
Katy Reckdahl Hechinger Report “Getting a GED While Still Enrolled in High School”
Katy Reckdahl Hechinger Report “Held Back, But Not Helped” P 12 / Best Editorial
Larry Brook Southern Jewish Life “‘Gotcha’ as Journalism”
Errol Laborde New Orleans Magazine “Speaking Out – Negative Politics”
Alan Smason Crescent City Jewish News “The Spray of Hate” P 13 / Best Critical Review
Dominic Massa WWL - TV “New NOMA exhibit a fitting tricentennial gift from the Duke of Orleans to his city”
Alan Smason Crescent City Jewish News “Menken-Schwartz’s Hunchback of Notre Dame is finest JPAS work ever”
Alan Smason Crescent City Jewish News “Shelbie Mac soars into the Stratos with Peter Pan” P 14 / Best Column
Chelsea Brasted nola.com “A Night with Stormy Daniels, and Other Columns”
Jarvis DeBerry nola.com “Jarvis DeBerry Personal Columns”
Alison Fensterstock 64 Parishes “Disturbance in Your Mind: Exploring Esoteric Louisiana” P 15 / Community News
JC Canicosa The Maroon “Class registration order pushes seniors out”
Susan Langenhennig, Liz Jurey Preservation in Print “Hallowed Halls for a New Generation”
Tyler Wann The Advocate “Step inside Snake and Jake's Christmas Lounge” P 16 / Best Cover
Tiffany Reding Amedeo New Orleans Magazine “Tacos”
Brandon Ballengee, Erin Theriot 64 Parishes “Winter 2018 Cover”
Liz Jurey Preservation in Print “It's a Mod World: PRC celebrates Mid-Century Modern architecture with fun summer series” P 17 / Best Layout - Design
Tiffani Reding Amedeo New Orleans Magazine “Bywater Bounce”
Staff Louisiana Life “Crescent City Classic Feature”
Ali Sullivan, Theresa Cassagne, Tracee Dundas St. Charles Avenue “Spring Protocol” P 18 / Best Headline
Kathy Bradshaw Where Y’at Magazine “The Krewe of Zulu Puts the Sublime in the Coconut” + Others
Kim Singletary Biz New Orleans Magazine “Re-Born on the Bayou” + Others
Leslie Snadowsky Biz New Orleans Magazine “Dumpster Diving Delivers Dividends For Benjamin Bullins” + Others P 19 / Best Editorial Illustration
Ron Domingue, Michael Fulkerson, Josh Danzig Where Y’at Magazine “Beyonce & Jay-Z: On the Run II”
David Johnson, Arthur Hardy Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide “2019 Mardi Gras Guide Cover”
Arthur Nead New Orleans Magazine “The Goats of Canal Street” P 20 / Best Sports Feature
Les East CrescentCitySports.com “Drew Brees is Always the Percentage Play”
Helen Freund The Advocate “A League of Their Own”
Larry Holder The Athletic “He's as Important as Anybody: Meet Pete Carmichael Jr., the Unsung Hero of One of the NFL’s Most Potent Offenses” P 21 / Best Sports Column
Les East CrescentCitySports.com / SaturdayDownSouth.com “Les East Sports Columns”
Ralph Malbrough WWL - TV “Forecast Saints Columns”
Chris Price Biz New Orleans Magazine “Biz Sports Columns” P 22 / Best Magazine
Tiffany Reding Amedeo, Errol Laborde, Ashley McLellan New Orleans Magazine
Josh Danzig, Michael Fulkerson Where Y’at Magazine
Kendra Maness Slidell Magazine
Digital I 1 / Best News Website
Ashanti Bailey WVUE-TV “NolaWeekend.com”
Kelly Massicot, Suzanne Tafur Biz New Orleans Magazine “BizNewOrleans.com”
WWL-TV Staff WWL-TV “wwltv.com” I 2 / News Blog
Errol Laborde Renaissance Publishing “The Editor’s Room”
Pamela Marquis Biz New Orleans Magazine “Labors of Love”
Leslie Snadowsky Biz New Orleans Magazine “Leslie’s List” I 3 / Sports Blog
Les East CrescentCitySports.com “Crescent City Sports / Football Blog”
Sean Fazende WVUE - TV “After Further Review”
Chris Price Biz New Orleans Magazine “The Pennant Chase” I 4 / Lifestyle Blog
Ashanti Bailey WVUE - TV “NOLA Weekend”
Clint Durrett, Mary Staes, Very Local New Orleans Staff Very Local New Orleans “Very Local New Orleans”
Eve Peyton New Orleans Magazine “Joie d’Eve” I 5 / Special Section
Summer Suleiman The Distillery “New Orleans Based Female Founder Raises $2M to Rewire Civic and Govtech”
Tom Wright The Lens “Behind The Lens: A Podcast by TheLensNOLA.org”
WVUE Digital Staff WVUE - TV “Coast in Crisis” I 6 / Best Use of Facebook
Chris Finch WVUE - TV “360 Degree View of Carnival”
WWL - TV Staff
WWL - TV “3 dead, 7 injured as bullets sprayed outside popular Daiquiri shop”
WWOZ Staff WWOZ - FM “WWOZ's 38th Birthday Celebration” I 7 / Best Use of Twitter
Sam Winstrom, Sean Brennan WWL - TV “Saints Season on Twitter”
WVUE Staff WVUE - TV “Saints March to Home Field Advantage”
WWOZ Staff WWOZ - FM “Jazz Fest” I 8 / Best Use of Instagram
Davis Allen Preservation in Print “Architecture Quiz of the Week”
Staff Renaissance Publishing “Acadiana Profile Magazine”
WWOZ Staff and Volunteers WWOZ - FM “Takin’ It to the Streets” I 9 / Best Social Video
Kia Callia WVUE - TV “Robert Aquarius: New Orleans Folk Artist”
Eric Desrosiers WDSU - TV “Skull Scavenger Hunt”
Crista Rock Very Local New Orleans “The Locals: Gene’s Po-Boys” I 10 / Best Social Media Campaign
Davis Allen, Liz Jurey Preservation in Print “#preserveNOLA300”
Sam Winstrom, Caegan Moore, Mary Staes WWL - TV “Food Bracket Challenge”
WWOZ Staff WWOZ - FM “Tricentennial Music Moments” Television T 1 / Breaking News Reporting
Kevin Duckworth WVUE - TV “Varnado Tornado Damage”
Akili Franklin, Scott Burke
WDSU - TV “May 18th Flooding”
Paul Murphy, Danny Monteverde, WWL-TV Staff WWL - TV “The List: Catholic Church Sex Abuse” T 2 / General News Reporting
Kimberly Curth WVUE - TV “Richard Windmann Child Sex Abuse”
Katie Moore WWL - TV “Justice for Amelia”
Lee Zurik WVUE - TV “State of Unrest” T 3 / Feature Reporting
Meg Farris WWL-TV “The Horse Whisperer”
Dave McNamara WVUE - TV “Heart of Louisiana: Driftwood Art”
Nancy Parker WVUE - TV “The Gift of Life” T 4 / Continuing Coverage
Kimberly Curth, Rob Masson, Amanda Roberts WVUE - TV “Church Sex Abuse Cases”
Juliana Mazza WDSU - TV “JP Landfill”
Katie Moore, David Hammer WWL - TV “Watching Your Wallet” T 5 / Investigative Reporting
David Hammer WWL - TV “The Toxic Truth”
Natasha Robin WVUE - TV “New Orleans Low Bonds Investigation”
Lee Zurik, Nancy Decorte, Tom Wright WVUE - TV “Misjudged” T 6 / Medical – Health Reporting
Meg Gatto WVUE - TV “Audubon Autism Inclusive”
Paul Murphy WWL - TV “Take the Dragon Out”
Lee Zurik WVUE - TV “Costly Care” T 7 / Environmental – Science Reporting
Juliana Mazza WDSU - TV “Jefferson Parish Landfill”
John Snell WVUE - TV “Coast in Crisis: A Tale of Two Fishermen”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright WVUE - TV “Left for Dead” T 8 / Governmental – Political Reporting
Chris Slaughter, Travers Mackel WDSU - TV “Government: Cops Not Practicing What They Preach”
Lee Zurik WVUE - TV “Spears Investigation”
Lee Zurik WVUE - TV “Unexcused Absenses” T 9 / Business Reporting
Danny Monteverde WWL - TV “Advocate Buys Gambit”
Leslie Snadowsky Biz New Orleans Magazine, WUPL - TV “Biz New Orleans Biz-Cast #1”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright WVUE - TV “Harrah’s Conflicts” T 10 / Lifestyle Reporting
Dominic Massa WWL - TV “Fess Fundamentals: New Exhibit Honors Professor Longhair’s Legacy”
Dave McNamara WVUE - TV “Roots of Music”
Nancy Parker WVUE - TV “Peace in Painting” T 11 / Education Reporting
Nancy Parker WVUE - TV “Trail of Hope: The McDonogh Three”
Mike Perlstein WWL - TV “School Board Travel”
Gina Swanson, Katy Reckdahl WDSU - TV “Schooled: One App” T 12 / Best On-Air Talent
Tom Gregory WYES - TV / WLAE - TV / Cox Sports TV
Travers Mackel WDSU - TV
Christina Watkins WDSU - TV T 13 / Best Documentary
Marcia Kavanaugh, Paula Pendarvis, Larry Roussarie WYES - TV “ReShaping a Greater New Orleans: Assignment Education”
Ron Yager, Jim Dotson, Jan Gross WLAE - TV “Catholics in the Crescent City – The St. Louis Cathedral”
Lee Zurik WVUE - TV “Medical Waste” T 14 / Best Public Affairs
Marcia Kavanaugh, Paula Pendarvis, Larry Delbert WYES - TV “Reshaping a Greater New Orleans: Good Eating Good Health”
Margaret Orr, Jaune Jackson WDSU - TV “Get Ready Now 2018”
Ann Wills, Robert Berning III, Leslie Snadowsky Community Health Heroes “Community Health Heroes: November 2018” T 15 / Best Talk Show
Marcia Kavanaugh, Errol Laborde WYES - TV “Informed Sources: Water Advisories, Use of Public Funds and Private Investments and Taxes for Seniors”
Errol Laborde, Marcia Kavanaugh WYES - TV “Informed Sources: New Orleans Media in the Digital Age”
Travers Mackel WDSU - TV “WDSU Hot Seat: Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Debate” T 16 / Best Planned Event
Akili Franklin, Scott Burke WDSU - TV “Election Coverage”
Peggy Scott Laborde, Jim Moriarty, Barbara Sillery WYES - TV “2018 Rex Ball and Meeting of the Courts of Rex and The Mistick Krewe of Comus”
Dominic Massa WWL - TV “Bacchus 50th Anniversary Parade” T 17 / Best Station Promotion
Erin Finnegan, Joseph Bird WDSU - TV “WDSU Digital Anthem”
Nick Chabarria, Paul Corcoran, Josh Meza WWL - TV “WWL - TV Transformation”
WVUE Marketing Staff WVUE - TV “Welcome Back to School” T 18 / Best Promotional Campaign
Erin Finnegan, Stephen Burke, David Bell WDSU - TV “MeTV New Orleans Rockin’ Dopsie”
Erin Finnegan, Stephen Burke, David Bell WDSU - TV “WDSU Making 300”
WVUE Marketing Staff WVUE - TV “Fox 8 Knows NOLA” T 19 / Best Sports Feature Reporting
Sharief Ishaq WDSU - TV “The Bayou Ninja”
Juliana Mazza WDSU - TV “Drew Brees Athon”
Doug Mouton WWL - TV “The Referee Shortage” T 20 / Best Sports Special
Doug Mouton, Danny Rockwell WWL - TV “Eye on the Saints: Wildcard Special”
Doug Mouton, Danny Rockwell, Adam Ney WWL - TV “Tulane’s Perfect Season: 20 Years Later”
WVUE Staff WVUE - TV “Jim Henderson: A Legend Signs Off” T 21 / Best Sports Show
Doug Mouton, Danny Rockwell WWL-TV “4th Down on 4”
WVUE Sports Staff WVUE - TV “The Final Play”
WVUE Sports Staff WVUE - TV “Fox8 Live Tailgate: Saints vs. Cowboys” T 22 / Best Sportscast
Chris Hagan WVUE - TV
Doug Mouton WWL - TV
WDSU Sports WDSU - TV
T 23 / Best Weathercast
David Bernard WVUE - TV
Alexandra Cranford WWL - TV
Kweilyn Murphy WDSU - TV T 24 / Best Newscast
Christina Jenkins, Katie Moore, Derek Waldrip WWL - TV “The Asterisk Super Bowl”
Dannah Sauer WVUE - TV “Fox 8 News at 10” The End SAVE______THE DATE
61ST ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS GALA
SATURDAY THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF JULY Ǚ ȗǚǒ
ȗǖǔǚȗ TICKET PRICE $80
ȯ Ȯ