SAVE___________________ THE DATE 61ST ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS GALA SATURDAY THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF JULY Ǚ ȗǚǒ ȗǖǔǚȗ TICKET PRICE $80 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