The Syracuse Press Club is pleased to announce the winner of our 2025 Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award. This award is presented to individuals whose high journalistic standards serve as an inspiration to others.
Congratulations to David Wilcox, the managing editor of The Citizen in Auburn and auburnpub.com!
David has been working at The Citizen in Auburn since 2006, shortly after finishing his M.A. in arts journalism at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. He began as a features writer, was promoted to features editor in 2009 and became executive editor in 2023.
While leading the newspaper and its website, auburnpub.com, he continues to produce content regularly in the areas of business, crime, arts and culture, and more. Over the course of his career he has won more than 40 awards from the Syracuse Press Club, New York State Associated Press Association, New York News Publishers Association and more. He lives in Auburn with his wife, Alaina, and two dogs, Louie and Bernie.
Congratulations David, we look forward to recognizing you at the 2025 SPC Awards on Saturday, May 3! Buy your tickets here before Monday, April 14.
Meet past winners:
- Charles Ellis of The Palladium-Times selected for 2024 Professional Standards Award
- Andy Wolf selected for 2023 SPC Professional Standards Awards
- WAER’s Chris Bolt selected for 2022 SPC Professional Standards Award
- Syracuse.com’s Jason Murray selected for 2021 Professional Standards Award
- Cortland Standard’s Al Vieira selected for 2020 Professional Standards Award