Central and Northern New York newsrooms gathered under one roof to celebrate the best of local journalism at the 2024 Syracuse Press Club Professional Recognition Awards. 200 guests attended the banquet on Saturday, May 4 to receive their awards and placements. Glenn “Gomez” Adams of TK99 and Violet Scibior of CNY Central served as esteemed...
Julie Halpin, NY Coalition for Open Government win 2024 SPC Transparency Awards
The Transparency Award, formerly known as the President’s Award for Best News Source, is given to those who provide access, information, and insight to journalists covering stories important to the citizens of Central New York....
Violet Scibior, Glenn ‘Gomez’ Adams to host 2024 Syracuse Press Club Awards
SPC is delighted to share Violet Scibior of CNY Central and Glenn “Gomez” Adams of TK99 will host the Syracuse Press Club Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 4, 2024! Meteorologist Violet Scibior joined CNY Central’s Weather Authority Team in June 2021. Violet grew up in Utica, N.Y., where her passion for weather began. Following her dreams, Violet went to SUNY...
Donna Ditota, Mike Waters named to Syracuse Press Club Wall of Distinction
The Syracuse Press Club is pleased to announce two longtime sportswriters Donna Ditota and Mike Waters of Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard have been named to the SPC Wall of Distinction for 2024! This is the club’s highest honor. Born in Syracuse, Donna Ditota went to St. Bonaventure on a basketball scholarship, where she was a 4-year starter...
Glenn Coin of Syracuse.com, The Post-Standard named 2024 Journalist of the Year
Congratulations to Glenn Coin, the weather, environment and science reporter for syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. He also covers Micron Technology's plans to build a $100 billion chip plant in Central New York....
Charles Ellis of The Palladium-Times selected for 2024 SPC Professional Standards Award
The Syracuse Press Club is pleased to announce the winner of our 2024 Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award. This award is presented to individuals whose high standards in performing their work serve as an inspiration to others. Congratulations to Charlie Ellis, the managing editor of The Palladium-Times. Charlie wanted to work for newspapers for as...
Darian Stevenson wins 2024 Newcomer Award by Syracuse Press Club
The Syracuse Press Club is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 A. Brohmann Roth Newcomer Award, based on stellar work by a young reporter in 2023. Congratulations to Darian Stevenson, a crime and public safety reporter at Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard. She was selected from a competitive group of talented new journalists in Central New York....
Thomas Cafarella selected for SPC Devesty-Williams Scholarship
Thomas is a senior at SUNY Oswego with a broadcast and mass communication major with a minor in political science. ...
Syracuse Press Club announces 2023 Professional Recognition Awards finalists
The finalists for each category are listed alphabetically by the first author's last name. ...
Syracuse Press Club announces 2022-2023 award winners
(Andy Wolf of CNYCentral / WSTM/WTVH, photo by Herm Card) Central and northern New York newsrooms gathered under one roof to celebrate the best of local journalism at the 2023 Syracuse Press Club awards. Nearly 200 guests attended the banquet on Saturday, May 6 to receive their awards and placements. Brad Vivacqua of Spectrum...