SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Press Club has named Megan Acker, a Syracuse University student from Fulton, as the recipient of its 2026 DeVesty-Williams Scholarship, recognizing her commitment to local journalism and her dedication to serving communities through fact-based reporting. The DeVesty-Williams Scholarship awards $2,000 annually to a promising journalism student who demonstrates strong...
The Syracuse Press Club has released the finalists for the 47th annual Professional Recognition Awards. The contest received 390 entries across 56 categories. Judges from partner press clubs in California, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin had the daunting task of reviewing and ranking the top entries for each category. On average, fewer...
The Syracuse Press Club is thrilled to announce the winner of our prestigious 2025 Bill Carey Award for Journalist of the Year. The club annually recognizes one journalist who stands out among peers for contributions to news coverage in a 12-month period (2024). Congratulations to Marnie Eisenstadt, our 2025 Journalist of the Year! Marnie Eisenstadt...
The Syracuse Press Club has released the finalists for the 47th annual Professional Recognition Awards. The contest received 390 entries across 56 categories. Judges from partner press clubs in California, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin had the daunting task of reviewing and ranking the top entries for each category. On average, fewer...
Join us for another meeting of the media minds at Syracuse Press Club’s 4th annual Media Mixer, featuring a panel of experts in AI from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. What AI tools are quickly gaining interest among reporters, media professionals and students? What are best practices and industry standards? What media jobs are most likely to change as...
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...
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....
The finalists for each category are listed alphabetically by the first author's last name. ...
(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...
The Syracuse Press Club is pleased to announce Urban CNY’s longtime news editor and publisher Ken Jackson has been named to the SPC Wall of Distinction for 2023! This is the club’s highest honor. Ken has served as writer, publisher and editor of Urban CNY (The Constitution) for almost 35 years. As an original resident of...