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Written by Mike McAndrew
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K evin Maher is one of two winners of the Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Awards. Selwyn Kershaw was an SPC president and copy editor of the Syracuse Herald-Journal noted for his high standards of journalism. Since arriving in Syracuse in 1999, Kevin Maher has become one of the most versatile and honored sportscasters in the market.
He is employed as a sportscaster/show host at WSYR-AM (570) and as a play-by-play commentator for Time Warner Cable Sports in Syracuse. When he’s not on the air, Maher teaches broadcast and digital journalism classes as an adjunct professor at Syracuse University, his alma mater.
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Club Awards--Mike Greenlar |
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Written by Mike McAndrew
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 Mike Greenlar is one of this year's winner of the Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award. Selwyn Kershaw was an SPC president and copy editor of the Syracuse Herald-Journal noted for his high standards of journalism.
A few months ago, Mike Greenlar wanted to photograph the inside of the crumbling North Side building that forced New York to shut down Interstate 81.
The owner asked him if he was sure he wanted to go inside a structure that could topple over.
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Club Honorees-Shawn Milair Wayson |
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Written by Mike McAndrew
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 We continue with our look at Central New York journalists who are receiving special honors at this week's Syracuse Press Club Awards dinner. Shawn Milair Wayson is one of our winners of the Gus Bliven-Joe Ganley-Mario Rossi Career Achievement Award.
Shawn Milair Wayson didn’t want to follow in the footsteps of her father, Alan Milair, who hosted NBC’s "Monster Movie Matinee" and for three decades was one of Syracuse’s best known radio and television personalities.
But broadcasting was in her blood.
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Club Award Honorees--Sean Kirst |
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 The Syracuse Press Club will host its annual scholarship and professional recognition awards dinner on May 15th at Drumlins. In addition to honoring journalists for their work during 2009, we'll also bestow special honors on several journalists for their body of work. over the next several days we'll be sharing their stories.
Our first profile is of Sean Kirst of The Post-Standard. Sean will receive the Gus Bliven-Joe Ganley-Mario Rossi Career Achievement Award. For two decades, Sean Kirst has been one of Syracuse’s most influential storytellers.
His column in The Post-Standard tells of the triumphs and struggles of working families throughout Upstate’s industrial cities in a way that sparks discussions over dinner tables, at Little League fields, and in government offices.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 06 May 2010 22:38 )
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Broadcaster "Red" Parton Dies |
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 More sad news to report. Veteran broadcast Claude A. "Red" Parton died May 5th. He was 90. Calling hours will be Sunday from 4-6pm at the Welter-Price funeral home on James Street in Syracuse. Charitable contributions may be made to Francis House, 109 Micheals Ave. , Syracuse, NY 13208. Services will be held at the funeral home at 10am Monday. burial with full military honors will follow at the onondaga County Veterns Cemetery.
The Press Club would like to express its gratitude for Red's work on behalf of the club and his contributions to Central new York broadcasting. Our condolences for his family. Here is more on the life of "Red" Parton prepared by the late Joe Porcello for "Red's" installation on the Wall of Distinction.
or more than six decades, Claude "Red" Parton reigned as the 'voice of sports’ in Syracuse -- an achievement that earned him the honor of being the first journalist to be inducted in the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 08 May 2010 02:20 )
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