62nd Annual Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards Nominees Public Relations PR 1 / Overall Campaign Buisson Team Buisson Creative “Jefferson Parish Oyster Trail” The Ehrhardt Group The Ehrhardt Group “Grow Louisiana Coalition Change of Scenery Campaign” Maggie Robert, Larry Lovell PETERMAYER PR “Louisiana Children’s Museum Grand Opening in New Orleans City Park” PR 2 / Special Events The Ehrhardt Group The Ehrhardt Group “GLAC 2019 Industry Day” The Ehrhardt Group The Ehrhardt Group “The Roosevelt Hotel NOLA Chef Pop Up Series” Kim Bergeron Kim Bergeron Productions / RightBrainDiaries.com “Blackout & Gold Second Line Parade – 2019 Super Bowl Sunday, New Orleans” PR 3 / Community Relations Arthur Hardy, David Johnson Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc. “Fifty Famous Easton Eagles” Arthur Hardy, David Johnson Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc. “Warren Easton’s Musical Legacy” Kacey M. Hill PETERMAYER PR “Evangeline Maid Bread ‘Toasts’ 100 Years of Baking” PR 4 / Public Affairs Buisson Team Buisson Creative “Don’t Let Trial Lawyers Buy Our Supreme Court” Buisson Team, Kortney Cleveland, Greg Buisson Buisson Creative “Protect Louisiana PAC” PR 5 / Digital Media Buisson Team, Kaitlyn Cleveland Buisson Creative “Just Imagine Vignettes” Tom Gregory tGO Productions “The Mission of the Good Shepherd” PR 6 / Social Media Melinda Daffin Ochsner Health “Ochsner Health ‘Pictures from the Past’ ” The Ehrhardt Group The Ehrhardt Group “Galatoire’s ‘33’ Bar & Steak Rebrand” Maggie Robert, Larry Lovell, Kacey Hill PETERMAYER PR “Zatarain’s Launches New Cajun & Andouille Smoked Sausages” Radio R 1 / Best Radio Story WWOZ Staff & Volunteers WWOZ-FM “WWOZ Stories: The History of WWOZ” R 2 / Best Radio Show Diane Mack WWNO-FM “Inside the Arts: Essence Music Milestone, Music Showcase Winners, MAAFA Tribute” WWOZ Staff & Volunteers WWOZ-FM “WWOZ Live Broadcast from the 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival” Still Photography SP 1 / General News Photo Max Becherer The New Orleans Advocate / nola.com “Controlled Demolition at Hard Rock” Sophia Germer The New Orleans Advocate / nola.com “Officer-Involved Shooting on Bourbon Street” David Grunfeld The New Orleans Advocate / nola.com “Reaching for her Aunt” SP 2 / Feature Photo Sophia Germer The New Orleans Advocate / nola.com “Ace Jefferson Gets a Haircut” Matthew Hinton Very Local New Orleans “Blackout & Gold Parade” Michael DeMocker Very Local New Orleans “Carolers Fill Jackson Square with Holiday Cheer” SP 3 / Multi-Feature Photo Donna Bush Slidell Magazine “Red Headed Woodpecker” Monique Verdin 64 Parishes “Treading Water” WWOZ Staff and Volunteers WWOZ-FM “Best of Jazz Fest 2019” SP 4 / Portrait David Grunfeld nola.com “Emancipation of Slavery” David Grunfeld nola.com “Super Sunday” Akasha Rabut 64 Parishes “Photo of Darrell Bourque” TV Videography TP 1 / Breaking News Videography WVUE Staff WVUE-TV “Hurricane Barry” Brian Lukas WWL-TV “CBD Flooding” TP 2 / General News Videography Adam Copus WWL-TV “Protecting Teen Athletes in the Summer Heat” Derek Waldrip WWL-TV “Shattered” WWOZ Staff & Volunteers WWOZ-FM “Second Line – Dr. John Memorial” TP 3 / Feature Videography Eric Carle Jr., Carla Hockley YurView “Steamboat Natchez” Brian Lukas WWL-TV “The Real Terminator” WWOZ Staff WWOZ-FM “Funeral of Flaming Arrows Queen Shirley Goodman” TP 4 / Best Photo Essay Whitney Hill WDSU-TV “Through the Eyes of a Hurricane Hunter” Brian Lukas WWL-TV “Remembering Art Neville” Kevin Mumphrey, Rhett Sharpe Channel 13 St. Tammany Parish Public Schools “Lion’s Paw Coffee Shop” TP 5 / Sports Videography Garland Gillen WVUE-TV “LSU Upsets Alabama” Edwin Goode WVUE-TV “Saints vs. Seahawks” Alvin Moore WDSU-TV “Nola No Call Pass Interference” TP 6 / Best Video Editing Adam Copus WWL-TV “Treme: Death of a Neighborhood, Survival of a Culture” Chris Russell WVUE-TV “Vinyl Revival” Derek Waldrip WWL-TV “The Forgotten East” TP 7 / Best Visual Storytelling Mark Chapman WDSU-TV “Human Trafficking Series” Jon Turnipseed WVUE-TV “Cost of Choice” Derek Waldrip WWL-TV “Chauvin Sculpture Garden” Print / Writing P 1 / Breaking News Reporting Laura McKnight nola.com “ ‘Very Unfortunate and Tragic’: 2 Dead in Blaze after Car, which Evaded Traffic Stop, Crashes into Salon” Laura McKnight nola.com “ ‘A Wall of Fire’: 5 Alarm Blaze in Central City Damages 3 Residential Buildings” Ramon Antonio Vargas The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate “Ex-N.O. Deacon George Brignac Jailed” P 2 / General News Reporting Matthew Hinton Very Local New Orleans “ ‘On to New Orleans, Freedom or Death’: Hundreds to Reenact 1811 Slave Revolt” Ramon Antonio Vargas The New Orleans Advocate “Man Committed Weeks before Killings: Metairie Shootings Suspect Called Himself the Devil” Rose Wagner The Maroon “College Democrats Pushed to Uninvite Pro-Abortion Rights Speaker” P 3 / Feature Reporting James Karst 64 Parishes “Young Satchmo” Kerry Myers 64 Parishes “View from a Windowless Room” Katy Reckdahl Hechinger Report / The New Orleans Advocate “As a 6-year old, Leona Tate Helped Desegragate Schools. Now She Wants Others to Learn that History.” P 4 / Continuing Coverage Tristan Baurick The Times-Picayune “The River’s Revenge” Sara Pagones, Katie Moore The New Orleans Advocate / nola.com “Accuser Speaks out Publicly, says ex-Tammany Sheriff Jack Strain Molested him as a Child” Times-Picayune / New Orleans Advocate Staff The Times-Picayune / New Orleans Advocate “Hard Rock Hotel Collapse” P 5 / Investigative Reporting Marta Jewson The Lens “Kennedy High School Graduation Scandal” Sara Pagones, Mike Perlstein The Times-Picayune – The New Orleans Advocate / WWL-TV “Paradise Lost: Global Wildlife Center Draws Fire from Ex-Employees, Visitors for Animal Injuries, Alleged Neglect” Mark Schleifstein, Tristan Baurick, Sara Sneath nola.com “Louisiana: Polluter’s Paradise” P6 / Medical – Health Reporting Leslie Snadowsky BiZ New Orleans “Louisiana Cancer Research Center Infuses City, State with Research, Cash” Leslie Snadowsky Biz New Orleans “Tackling Costly Saints Stress” P 7 / Environmental - Science Reporting Donna Bush Slidell Magazine “Bonnet Carre Spillway” Donna Bush Slidell Magazine “The Mystery of Monarch Butterflies” Mark Schleifstein nola.com “How to Better Explain Hurricane Threats? Barry Showed ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ of Storm Risk Assessment” P 8 / Governmental - Political Reporting Larry Brook Southern Jewish Life “Scalise, Activists Spar over Antisemitism” Marta Jewson The Lens “School District Can’t Access Federal Funds Assigned to Harney Elementary” Michael Stein The Lens “New Orleans Department of Safety & Permits: Businesses in Most of City Can’t Host Outdoor Live Music” P 9 / Business Reporting Davis Allen Preservation in Print “Coming Soon on Canal Street” Kimberley Singletary Biz New Orleans Magazine “Aiming Higher with Hospitality” Samantha Sunne The Lens “Company that Received Large Incentive Package to Create Jobs in New Orleans Plans to Hire Overseas, Records Show” P 10 / Lifestyle Reporting Jeff Boudreaux, Josh Danzig Where Y’at Magazine “A Musical Trip through St. Louis Cemetery #2” Christie Matherne Hall 64 Parishes “Notes from a Gumbo Road Trip” Susan Langenhennig Preservation in Print “Historic Heart, Sustainable Soul” P 11 / Education Reporting Marta Jewson The Lens “A Mother’s Year-Long Fight Reveals Charters Don’t have to Offer Services” Marta Jewson, Greg LaRose The Lens “Five Years after Settlement in Citywide Special Education Suit, some New Orleans Families still Struggle for Services” Katy Reckdahl Hechinger Report / The New Orleans Advocate “New Orleans Loses Teachers at Double the Rate of Other Cities Like it” P 12 / Best Editorial Errol Laborde New Orleans Magazine “Speaking Out” Katy Reckdahl The New York Times “John Bel Edwards Wasn’t a Soul Mate, but a Perfect Match in Louisiana” Alan Smason Crescent City Jewish News “Closed Door Policy” P 13 / Best Critical Review Rien Fertel 64 Parishes “Sea Changes” Alan Smason Crescent City Jewish News “Dody Piper Astounds in SLT’s ‘She Loves Me’” Alan Smason Crescent City Jewish News “Golabek's "Pianist of Willesden Lane" Deeply Moving, Personal Journey, Concert” P 14 / Best Column John Case Slidell Magazine “The Storyteller” Errol Laborde New Orleans Magazine “Streetcar” Chris Rose New Orleans Magazine “Chris Rose” P 15 / Community News Susan Langenhennig, Kim Chatelain Preservation in Print “Rising Concern” Emma Ruby The Maroon “Police Chief Offers Updates on Assaults” Rose Wagner The Maroon “RTA Ramps Up Accessibility” P 16 / Best Cover Josh Danzig, Maxfied Bala Where Y’at Magazine “Best of Big Easy” Richard Fuentes Slidell Magazine “The Color Purple” Liz Jurey, Susan Langenhennig Preservation in Print “Fighting Fire with Prevention” P 17 / Best Layout - Design Tiffani Reding Amedeo New Orleans Magazine “Bars” Tiffani Reding Amedeo New Orleans Magazine “Pit Perfect” Ali Sullivan St. Charles Avenue “Spring Fashion” P 18 / Best Headline Kathy Bradshaw Where Y’at Magazine “The Greatest Thing since French Bread: Where to get a Good Loaf around New Orleans + 2” Leslie Snadowsky Biz New Orleans “Entrepreneur Jackson’s ‘Selfie Genes’ Stitched into her DNA + 2” Rose Wagner, Erin Snodgrass The Maroon “Learning to ‘Concentrate’ + 2” P 19 / Best Editorial Illustration Nicole Gerke The Maroon “Squeeze” David Johnson, Arthur Hardy Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide “2020 Magazine Cover Illustration – a 60’s Mardi Gras Experience” Storm Wells The Maroon “We are the Future” P 20 / Best Sports Feature Amie Just The New Orleans Advocate / nola.com “For Demario Davis, it was Faith that