Dear Media Professional: Finally, we are happy to announce and list the winners of our 2020 Memorial Journalism Awards. For those who submitted entries, thank you so much for your patience during this COVID-19 pandemic. Live judging kept on being postponed and then we finally decided to mail entries to our judges. You will see the list of winners below. Unfortunately, because of the pandemic and state's related orders on no indoor dining, ours awards ceremony has been cancelled. We will mail your awards by the end of August. Come January, we will start the awards process all over again. By the spring, we surely hope we will be in a better situation and have the awards dinner at Don Pepe's in Newark. Please review your awards below. If you notice a misspelling, please contact Anthony Birritteri at a.birritteri@njbmagazine.com. Meet Our 2020 Winners: Print Spot News
1st Place, Al Sullivan, “JC Rampage Tied to Bayonne Murder,” Tap Into Bayonne
Print General News
Honorable Mention, Al Sullivan, “Death of a TV Station,” Hudson Reporter
Print Feature
2nd Place, Victoria Caruso, “South Plainfield Cop Takes in Dog Left for Dead in Front Street Home,” TAPintoSouthPlainfield
3rd Place, Al Sullivan, “A Family Tradition,” Hudson Reporter
Honorable Mention, Jim Pytell, “With The Right Ingredients, NJ Is A Thriving Food Hub,” New Jersey Business
1st Place, George Saliba, “Live, Work and Play' Environments,” New Jersey Business
2nd Place, Jim Pytell, “Growing The Innovation Economy,” New Jersey Business
3rd Place, Al Sullivan, “Estate Sale Puts Pieces of Bayonne History on the Market,” TAPintoBayonne
Honorable Mention, Tim McEntyre, “NJ's Commercial Real Estate Diagnosis Is...Alive and Well,” New Jersey Business
Print Science, Health & Medical
1st Place, Al Sullivan, “Against All Odds,” Hudson Reporter
Print Education
1st Place, David Karas, “When Dan Rhoton Looks at Camden, He Doesn’t See Crime or Poverty. He Sees Hope,” Christian Science Monitor
2nd Place, Al Sullivan, “A Prom to Remember,” Hudson Reporter
3rd Place, Jim Pytell, “The Importance of Being a Lifelong Learner,” New Jersey Business
Print Lifestyle/Travel
1st Place, Dan Schlossberg, “Baseball Woodstock,” Travel World International
Print Reviews, Entertainment, Literature
1st Place, Dan Schlossberg, “Team Israel Movie Makes Debut,”Forbes.com
2nd Place, Tom Skevin, “A Debut Album From Kinderhook,”NJarts.net
Print Sports News
1st Place, Dan Schlossberg, “Bob Costas Tells College Audience Why He Covers Controversies,” Forbes.com
Print Sports Feature
1st Place, Dan Schlossberg, “Baseball Hall of Fame: Edgar Martinez, Harold Baines Prove DH’s Belong in Cooperstown,” USA Today
2nd Place, Michael Lewis, “Princeton Soccer Association’s Shea Hammond Steps up with US Paralympic National Team,” EDP Soccer.com
Print Sports Columns
1st Place, Dan Schlossberg, “Rain Doesn’t Dampen Roundtable Banter, “Latino Sports
2nd Place, Michael Lewis, “Offside Remarks: Sky Blue FC Needs New Owners and a Move To a Major Market,” FrontRowSoccer.com
3rd Place, Andy Loigu, “Local Sports Was Bill Lunger’s Calling Card,” InsideWarren.com
Print Investigative Reporting
1st Place, Al Sullivan, “Fulop Challenges Bloomberg News Article/Fulop Under Scrutiny Rain Doesn’t Dampen Roundtable Banter, “Latino Sports
2nd Place, Mike Moretti, “Labor Daze, New Jersey Golf Magazine
Print Personality Interviews/Profiles
1st Place, Al Sullivan, “What’s in a Memory? “Hudson Reporter
2nd Place, Dan Schlossberg, “Baseball World Will Miss the Sharp Wit of Jim Bouton,” Forbes.com
Print Series
1st Place, Al Sullivan, Series on Jersey City Shootings at Jewish-owned Supermarket, Insider NJ
2nd Place, Al Sullivan, Series on Gov. Murphy Campaign Volunteer Katie Brennan’s Rape Case Against Al Alvarez, former Murphy Campaign Advisor, Insider NJ
3rd Place, Victoria Caruso, Series on South Plainfield Community Pool Project Issues, TAPintoSouthPlainfield
1st Place, Chandra Bozelko, “Opinion: Felicity Huffman’s Sentence is a Good Thing,” Burlington County Times
2nd Place, Al Sullivan, “To Air BnB or not Air BnB,” Insider NJ
Print Editorial
1st Place, Caren Lissner, “Eulogy for a Small-Town Paper,” GEN/Medium.com
2nd Place, Al Sullivan, “JC Rampage Tied to Bayonne Murder,” Tap Into Bayonne
Print Headlines
1st Place, Melanie DeStefano, “Lord of the Beans,” InsideWarren.com
Photography Sports Action
1st Place, Frank Wojciechowski, “Not in My Goal,” Town Topic
2nd Place, Frank Wojciechowski, “Just Out of Reach,” Town Topics
Photography Sports Feature
1st Place, Frank Wojciechowski, “A Hug for the Scorer,” Town Topics
Photography Feature
1st Place, Cathy Miller, “Grateful Dead Howie,” InsideWarren.com
Photography Portrait
1st Place, Cathy Miller, “Tattoo Musician,” InsideWarren.com
TV Spot News
1st Place, Eliecer Marte, “Jersey City Shooting,” WNJU Telemundo47
TV General News
1st Place, Eliecer Marte, “New Jersey Expands Pre-School,” WNJU Telemundo47
2nd Place, Eliecer Marte, “Paterson Homicide-Suicide and Experts Speak on Domestic Violence,” WNJU Telemundo47
TV Feature
1st Place, John Bathke, Liberty Mayo, Chuck Wernke, "On the Scene with John Bathke: The Pulmonaries," News12 New Jersey
2nd Place, Bob Towey, "Dolores Huerta: Inspiring the Next Generation of Social Justice Activists" 89.5 FM WSOU
3rd Place - Steve Lubetkin, "PREIT and 1776 Open Co-working Space in Cherry Hill Mall," State Broadcast News
Radio General News
1st Place, Bob Towey, "Newscast - 3/12/19," WSOU
2nd Place, Bob Towey, "Newscast - 5/16/19," WSOU
Radio Feature
1st Place, Dan Schlossberg, “World war 2 Museum,” Travel Itch Radio
2nd Place, Ralph Quidone & Adam Clark, “Latino Immigrants in South Jersey,” Rowan Radio WGLS 89.7
3rd Place, Mandi Devers, “Flip the script LGBT-Q,” Rowan Radio WGLS 89.7
Radio Sports Feature
1st Place, Dan Schlossberg, “Heading Home, Team Israel,” Travel Itch Radio 2nd Place, Mike Pavlichko, "Special Edition of Football USA: Rutgers Hires Greg Schiano," WCTC Radio
Radio Sports
1st Place, Bob Towey, "Play-by-Play: Seton Hall Men's Basketball vs. Florida," WSOU
2nd Place, Wilnir Louis, "Seton Hall Takes on Rutgers for the Garden State for The Garden State Hardwood Classic," WSOU
3rd Place, Jose Feliciano, "Seton Hall MBB vs. St. John's," WSOU
Talk Radio
1st Place, Scott Gurian, “Medicine Man,” Far From Home Podcast
2nd Place, Don Schlossberg, “World’s Most Haunted Hotel,” Travel Itch Radio
3rd Place, Don Buzney, “The Veterans of Menlo Park,” WRSU 88.7 FM
Podcast
1st Place - Scott Gurian, "Far From Home: Mother Russia,” Far From Home Podcast
Podcast- News Feature
1st Place, Bob Mann, “The Anti-Media Tone of the New Clint Eastwood Movie "Richard Jewell,” Hot Media with Bob Mann
2nd Place, Bob Mann, “The power of documentary film with producers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno,” Hot Media with Bob Mann
3rd Place, Steve Lubetkin, “CRE News Hour – Commercial Real Estate,” State Broadcast News
Public Relations/Press Releases
1st Place, Melanie DeStefano, “NJ Organization Helps Thousands …” CHP Communications
2nd Place, Todd Bates, “4D-Printed Materials Can Be Stiff as Wood or Soft as Sponge,” Rutgers Today
3rd Place, Ann Willets, “Broadway Stars Come Home to Jersey,” Axelrod Performing Arts Center
Public Relations/Publications
1st Place, John Chadwick, Ian DeFalco, and Kara Donaldson, “Access Excellence in the Arts & Sciences, Spring/Summer 2019,” Rutgers University
2nd Place, Mike Sanchez, “NJBIA Indicators of Innovation,” NJBIA
3rd Place, Mike Sanchez, “NJBIA Budget Visual Tools Series,” NJBIA
Weekly Paper Layout
1st Place, Terriann Saulino Bish, “Family Guide: Fall 2019,” The Hudson Reporter
Public Relations Marketing Video
1st Place, Mike Moretti, "NJ State Golf Association Hall of Fame," NJ State Golf Association
Magazine Front Cover
1st Place, Terriann Saulino Bish, Alyssa Bredin Quiros, “Threads,” 07030 Hoboken
2nd Place, Mike Sanchez, “Newark Opportunity for All,” NJ Business/Newark Regional Business Partnership
3rd Place, Terriann Saulino Bish, “Artisans 150, 150 Bay Street,” Jersey City Magazine
Feature Story Layout
1st Place, Terriann Saulino Bish, “Rooftop at Exchange Place,” Jersey City Magazine
2nd Place, Terriann Saulino Bish, “Artisans, 150 Bay Street,” Jersey City Magazine
3rd Place, Mike Sanchez, “Anticipating the American Dream,” NJ Business Magazine
Online Publication
1st Place, Mike Sanchez, NJBT, NJ Business/NJBIA |