Newhouse Students Honored With Syracuse Press Club Awards

It was another impressive showing by Newhouse students in this year’s Syracuse Press Club (SPC) Awards. In all, the Newhouse School had 14 students who were finalists between the college and professional divisions. Awards will be presented during ceremonies at Drumlins on May 6.

COLLEGE

BEST RADIO SPORTS STORY

NCC News, Tim Scott, “Rally Time for the National Pastime: How Declining Numbers Hurt Youth Baseball”;
NCC News, Cole Zimmerman, “Breaking Barriers: How the Disabled Community Plays Hockey”

BEST RADIO FEATURE STORY

NCC News, Joe Bloss, “The Lost Tapes: How the Cassette Found Its Way Back”

BEST TELEVISION SPORTS STORY

NCC News, Jonathan Gordon, “Syracuse Goalie Overcomes Setback to Become a Star”

BEST TELEVISION NEWS STORY

NCC News, Nick Papantonis, “Drug ring busted”
NCC News, Brooke Glatz, “Remembrance Scholar Jamie Weiss Profile”

BEST TELEVISION FEATURE STORY

NCC News, Meghan Mistry, “The Bottle Man Dedicates His Life to Breast Cancer Fundraising”
NCC News, Nick Papantonis, “Despite area trend, local manufacturer expands”

BEST MULTIMEDIA STORY

NCC News, Broadcast Journalism Master’s Students 2016-17, “Syracuse Black Lives Matter Protest Stays Peaceful”
The NewsHouse, The Dome 35 Team, “Dome 35: The Legend and Future of Syracuse’s Carrier Dome”

PROFESSIONAL

SPORTS STORY

WAER-FM, Jared Barton, “The Reformation of the Big East”
WAER-FM, Dan Silverman, “Legacy of Pearl Washington & Syracuse Basketball”

SPORTS SHOW

WAER-FM, Marco Socci, Michael Tricarico, Jared Barton, Sean Salisbury, “Countdown to Kickoff: Syracuse vs. Virginia”
WAER-FM, William Wheeler, Chris Polera, Andrew Carter, Noah Wolfe, “WAER’s Sportsnight Reflects on the World Series”

NON-DAILY PRINT MEDIA – INVESTIGATIVE STORY / SERIES

The Stand, Ashley McBride, “High utility builds”

NEWS FEATURE / SERIES

The Stand, Ashley Kang and Rachel George, “Neighborhood trauma”

‘HUMAN INTEREST’ FEATURE

The Stand, Ryan Raigrodski and Ashley Kang, “Finding Purpose: We Rise Above the Streets distributes needed meals to homeless”