The Syracuse Press Club is thrilled to announce the third of our 2022 special club honors. We congratulate Deanna Ryan for winning the 2022 Philip A. Hofmann Transparency Award! Deanna is the supervising public health administrator and the public information officer for the Cayuga County Health Department. 2022 marks her fifteenth year working for...
The Syracuse Press Club is excited to announce the winner of our prestigious 2022 Bill Carey Award for Journalist of the Year. Patrick O’Toole is a managing editor at Spectrum News 1. In his role, he oversees the planning and production for “Your Morning on Spectrum News 1” in Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and...
SPC is delighted to share NewsChannel 9’s Nicole Sommavilla and CNYCentral’s Frankie Jupiter will host the Syracuse Press Club awards banquet on Saturday, May 7, 2022! Frankie Jupiter anchors Today in Central New York. Frankie joined CNYCentral in May of 2019. Frankie is from New Orleans, Louisiana. Yes, Frankie Jupiter is his real name....
SPC's annual Newcomer Award is presented to promising young individuals who are just beginning their careers in journalism. The award recognizes raw talent and high potential....
The Syracuse Press Club congratulates the finalists for the 44th annual Professional Recognition Awards. The finalists for each category below are listed alphabetically by the first author’s last name. We will reveal which entries placed first, second, or received an honorable mention during our awards banquet on May 7, 2022. For more information and...
NOTICE: The Syracuse Press Club Board of Directors at its October 2021 meeting proposed changes to the bylaws governing the club. In accordance with the bylaws, the changes must be posted to the organization’s website and social media in the month prior to adoption by the board for input by the membership. The proposed...
NOTICE: The Syracuse Press Club Board of Directors at its November 2021 meeting nominated the following slate of candidates as its board for the next year. Pursuant to the club’s bylaws, the slate is published for a month before a vote is held at a board meeting, scheduled for Dec. 9, 2021 at 6 p.m....
Congratulations to all the winners! You can view the virtual announcement of the winners on the Syracuse Press Club Facebook Page. Thanks to our hosts George Kilpatrick of “Inspiration for the Nation,” Megan Coleman of NBC3 and CNYCentral and Sunny Hernandez of syracuse.com and nyup.com. All Media Covering Covid Award WSYR-TV, Andrew Donovan Syracuse.com,...
By Marie Morelli and Renée K. Gadoua We pause to remember longtime Syracuse journalist Larry Dietrich, who died on July 20, 2021. He was 64. We who knew Larry professionally over his 32 years at the Syracuse Newspapers, and later at the Syracuse New Times, knew him as the calm eye in the hurricane of...
The Syracuse Press Club is excited to announce the winner of our prestigious Bill Carey Award for Journalist of the Year. Congratulations to Patrick Lohmann of The Post-Standard and syracuse.com! The club annually recognizes a Journalist of the Year who stands out among peers for contributions to news coverage in a 12-month period (in...