Announcing Our 2020 GSJA Memorial Journalism Award Winners

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


1st Place, Cathy Miller, “His Eyes on the Sky - And Everything Else,” Inside Warren

 

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

 


Print Business/Financial

 

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


Honorable Mention, Faith Ballantine-Armonaitis, Series on Jamie Woyce’s 190-mile run across three states to raise funds and awareness for MS, TAPintoHasbrouckHeights/Wood-Ridge/Teterboro

 


Print Column

 

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