Syracuse Press Club Winners List, scrambled Radio / Podcasts Spot News • Chris Bolt, WAER-FM, “Child Sex Abuse Victims Get Reminder About Open Window for Old Cases Under NY Child Victims Act” • Ellen Abbott, WRVO-FM, “SU students walk out of forum to address racism, chancellor agrees to majority of demands” • Scott Willis, WAER-FM, “New Syracuse Opioid Court Aims to Help Addicts, Not Punish Them” News Feature or Series • Maiya Focht and Chris Bolt, WAER-FM, “Dietary & Health Supplements: Balancing Benefits with Cautions” • Tom Magnarelli, WRVO-FM, “For struggling farmers out of options, FarmNet offers help” • Elliott Lewis, WAER-FM, “Local Stories Show Realities of Biracial Identity for People and Families” Human Interest Feature • Payne Horning, WRVO-FM, “The legacy of Oswego’s Safe Haven is its lessons” • Chris Bolt and Tom Honan, WAER-FM, “Woodstock Golden Anniversary Offered Musical & Spiritual Look Back” • Katie Zilcosky, WAER-FM, “Cooking Workshop to Prove Healthy Eating is Relatable & Affordable” Sports Story • Jonah Karp, WAER-FM, “Syracuse Basketball Player Rehabbing Injury Suffers Stroke: Gets and Gives Lesson in Life” • Jenna Fink, WAER-FM, “Syracuse Sled Hockey Opens Sport to New Participants” Sports Show • Jon Banner and Sportsnight Staff, WAER-FM, “A Look Back and Ahead for Syracuse Basketball Fans: Disappointment Replaced by Hope” • Tim Leonard, Corey Spector, Jack McMullen and Brendan Mortensen, WAER-FM, “Countdown to Kickoff: Syracuse vs. Clemson Football Pregame Show” • JD Raucci, Jonathan Hoppe, Corey Spector and Jack McMullen, WAER-FM, “Countdown to Tipoff: Syracuse vs. Virginia Basketball Pregame Show” Special Program • Katie Zilcosky, Chris Bolt, Kevin Kloss and Allegra Craver, WAER-FM, “Syracuse Speaks: Engaging the Community in Climate Change Conversations” • Mark Lavonier, Leah Landry, Jason Smith and Catherine Loper, WRVO-FM, “Take Care: Legalizing recreational use of marijuana, revisiting medical use” All Print Spot News • staff, The Post-Standard (Chris Libonati, Elizabeth Doran, Tim Knauss, Chris Baker, Rick Moriarty, Samantha House, Jacob Pucci, Katrina Tulloch, Dennis Nett), “Black Friday shooting at shopping mall” • staff, The Post-Standard (Douglass Dowty, Sarah Moses Buckshot, Patrick Lohmann, Mike Waters), “Jim Boeheim’s fatal car accident” Robert Haggart Award for Best Column • Brent Axe, The Post-Standard, “It’s time for Syracuse University to honor female athletes with retired jerseys at the Dome” • Jacob Pucci, The Post-Standard, “If Syracuse were a food, it would be a salt potato” • Kevin Conlon, The Cortland Standard, “A ship lost in the storm” Front Page Design • Steve Sbelgio, The Cortland Standard • Al Vieira, The Cortland Standard Editorial • Rabbi Rachel Esserman, The Reporter, “Broken promises and lost lives” • Seth Wallace, The Palladium Times, “Pax Cuomana” • Seth Wallace, The Palladium Times, “A story we will unfortunately probably have to run soon” Critique • Katrina Tulloch, The Post-Standard, “Cardi B is worth the wait in Syracuse” • David Wilcox, The Citizen, “Fantastic ‘Loch Ness’” • Geoff Herbert, The Post-Standard, “All hail Nas and Mary J. Blige” Headline Writing • Bill DeLapp, Syracuse New Times • Sonja Meyer Duntley, The Post-Standard • Al Vieira, The Cortland Standard Non-Daily Print Best Magazine • Mary Jo Kravec and Amy Bleier Long, CNY The Good Life, “March / April 2019” • Jennifer Wing, Homegrown, “Spring Edition” • Mary Jo Kravec and Amy Bleier Long, CNY The Good Life, “May / June 2019” Best Newsletter or Trade Publication • Amber Smith, Jim Howe, Susan Keeter and Leah Caldwell, Upstate Medical University, “Upstate Health Magazine” • Steve Guglielmo and Robin Barnes, Family Times, “Welding and Gases Today Q4” • Maria Simmons, Janet Gramza and Ryan Wood, Rosamond Gifford Zoo, “MyZoo Magazine” News Feature or Series • Ashley M. Casey, Eagle Star-Review, “Bridgeport homeowners at odds over Airbnb” • Ashley Kang and Nabiha Asim, The Stand, “Uncertain Future” • Kenneth Sturtz, Oswego County Business Magazine, “Gun Shops Still Thriving in CNY” Human Interest Feature or Series • Ashley M. Casey, Eagle-Star Review, “A sign for Shannon” • Ashley Kang and Ben Cleeton, The Stand, “Unconditional Love” • Kenneth Sturtz, 55 Plus Magazine, “African Odyssey: CNY woman finds purpose building library in Ghana” Sports Story • Tom Maguire, The Catholic Sun, “Coach V and the way to be” • Jeff Kramer and Cherilyn Beckles, The Stand, “Cycling forward” • Phil Blackwell, Eagle Star-Review, “C-NS football heading to finals” Daily Print Investigative Story or Series • Tim Knauss and Michelle Breidenbach, The Post-Standard, “Syracuse’s unfair property tax system” • Chris Baker, The Post-Standard, “Inside Syracuse's worst slumlords” • Julie McMahon, The Post-Standard, “How El Chapo empire fueled Syracuse fentanyl, heroin crisis’ News Feature or Series • Douglass Dowty, The Post-Standard, “As bosses did little, Syracuse cop coerced women for sex, they say; ‘I was terrified’” • Julie McMahon, The Post-Standard, “Meet Central NY’s crack-dealing motel and convenience store owner. He delivers, too” • Samantha House, The Post-Standard, “What made Carson – a goofy, smart, helpful kid – take his own life?” Human Interest Feature or Series • David Figura, NewYorkUpstate.com, “Painfully hooked: Adirondack hospital fishing lure display is no joke” • Patrick Lohmann, The Post-Standard, “As 100 runaway bison annoy the neighbors, rancher turns to apples, dart gun and patience” • Elizabeth Doran, The Post-Standard, “A gun, a click, then terror: Chili’s survivor struggles to live after brush with death” Sports Story • Nate Mink, The Post-Standard, “Chris Gedney’s struggle: The pain he carried, and the pain he left behind” • Justin Ritzel, The Citizen, “The next arm epidemic” • Lindsay Kramer, The Post-Standard, “Syracuse basketball star and cancer warrior Tiana Mangakahia” Photo Feature • Kevin Rivoli, The Citizen, “Planetarium open again” • Dennis Nett, The Post-Standard, “Oh, the glory of summer days!” • Michael Greenlar, The Post-Standard, “Put to the test” Sports • Scott Schild, The Post-Standard, “Unabashed celebration” • Scott Schild, The Post-Standard, “Giant block” • Dennis Nett, The Post-Standard, “Hang on a second” Scenic • N. Scott Trimble, The Post-Standard, “Autum glory in NY” • Lauren Long, The Post-Standard, “First snowscape of the season” • Kevin Rivoli, The Citizen, “Horse at sunset” Portrait • N. Scott Trimble, The Post-Standard, “Not your typical running coach” • Robert Mescavage, Upstate Medical University, “Everyday Hero” • Dennis Nett, The Post-Standard, “Oh say can you see” Photo Essay • Michael Greenlar, The Post-Standard, “Band of four brothers part of Honor Flight Syracuse Mission 14” • Michael Greenlar, The Post-Standard, “Rare look inside a NY draft horse auction” • Maranie Staab and Jim Howe, Upstate Medical University, “Pint-Sized Patient” Television Spot News • Tommy Sladek, CNY Central, “Body Camera Footage of Fenton Street Shooting” • Steve Altieri, Chloe Vincente, Josh Rosenblatt, Paul Mueller, WBNG-TV, “December Snowstorm” • Erin Bischoff, WWNY-TV, “Swatting victim: I just need it to stop” Investigative Story or Series • Chloe Vincente and Dan Conklin, WBNG-TV, “Contaminated: 40 Years Later” • Matt Mulcahy and Andy Wolf, CNY Central, “Heidi Allen Investigation Series” • Diane Rutherford, Patrick Malowski and Cassie Weed, WWNY-TV, “What happened at the mine?” News Feature or Series • Josh Martin, WSYR-TV, “Oswego Friendly’s Workers Get New Jobs” • Anne Sparaco and Chris Overby, WBNG-TV, “Prescription for Danger” • Andrew Donovan and Jack Estabrook, WSYR-TV, “World War II Reunion” Human Interest Feature or Series • Josh Martin and Bill Goldschmidt, WSYR-TV, “Mexico Might Mite” • Katie Benoit, WWNY-TV, “Meet Charlie Solar” • Abbey Buttacavoli, WWNY-TV, “Urban Garden” Sport Story • Steve Infanti and Maria Palmeri, WSYR-TV, “The Melvin Beard Story” • Andy Malnoske, WETM-TV, “Vision Quest – Blind Corning Wrestler Jake Cole’s Journey” • Niko Tamurian and Andy Wolf, CNY Central, “Tough for T: Syracuse Orange Basketball star Tiana Mangakahia beats breast cancer” Sports Show • staff, Spectrum News, “First and Ten” • Nicole Menner, Jacob Seus and Rex Henry, WBNG-TV, “Sports Overtime High School Football” • staff, Spectrum News, “Orange Empire: The Next Step” Regularly-Scheduled Sportscast • Niko Tamurian and Isis Young, CNY Central, “From the Basketball Court to the TV Studio” • Niko Tamurian and Matt Hauswirth, CNY Central, “Syracuse Mets force one-game playoff” • Niko Tamurian and Matt Hauswirth, CNY Central, “Syracuse Mets Take over the Carrier Dome” Special Program • staff, WSYR-TV, “Celebrating Women” • Dan Cummings, Scott Irving, Mark Folsom and Jack Estabrook, WSYR-TV, “Veterans Voices” • Jennifer Sanders and Jack Estabrook, WSYR-TV, “Hidden History: The End of the 15th Ward” Photo Essay • Matt Landers, CNY Central, “Bubble Express at NYS Fair” • Tom Walters, Spectrum News, “Dickens Christmas” • Tom Walters, Spectrum News, “Red Cross Real Hero: Youth Good Samaritan” Video Journalism • Justin Bachman, Spectrum News • Matt Landers, CNY Central, “Ice House, Over the Edge, Catching up with Laura Hand” Regularly-Scheduled Local Newscast • staff, CNY Central, “Boeheim’s Tragic I-690 Crash WSTM 6 pm” • staff, WSYR-TV, “NewsChannel 9 at 6:00 I-81 Report” • staff, WSYR-TV, “NewsChannel 9 at 6:00 Snowstorm Clean Up Weekend” Best Weathercast • Kate Thornton, WSYR-TV, “Thanksgiving Weather 11/27/19” • Damon Matson, WBNG-TV, “December Storm” • Howard Manges, WBNG-TV, “Stormtrack