Central and northern New York newsrooms gathered under one roof to celebrate the best of local journalism at the 2022 Syracuse Press Club awards. Over 200 guests attended the banquet on Saturday, May 7 to receive their awards and placements. Frankie Jupiter of CNYCentral and Nicole Sommavilla of NewsChannel 9 served as esteemed hosts...
The Syracuse Press Club board is proud to announce the 2022 winner of our prestigious $2,000 Devesty-Williams Scholarship. Congratulations to Moriah Humiston, a senior broadcast and digital journalism major at Syracuse University. Originally from Rome, New York, she has lived in the greater Central New York area for 22 years. During her time at...
The Syracuse Press Club is proud to announce our 2022 inductee for the SPC Wall of Distinction. This is the club’s highest honor. WWNY’s longtime news director and reporter Scott Atkinson has been named to the Syracuse Press Club’s Wall of Distinction! Scott Atkinson’s nearly 50-year career in journalism has been one dedicated to exceptional...
The Syracuse Press Club is thrilled to announce the winner of our 2022 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 Chris Bolt, the general manager of WAER. Chris Bolt, Ed.D. has covered the Central New York...
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 Buffalo. ...
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....
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 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,...