The Garden State Journalists Association is proud to announce the winners of our 2017 Memorial Journalism Awards (please see below). Winners will be honored at our May 24 Dinner at The Chart House in Weehawken. Honorees and guests can download an invitation by clicking here. Please RSVP by May 17. We will also be mailing invitations to winners via regular mail. The keynote speaker for the Awards Dinner is Nick Acocella, Editor/Publisher, Politifax. If you have any questions, please contact Anthony Birritteri, awards chairman, at a.birritteri@njbmagazine.com or 973-852-6222. Here is a complete list of our 2017 Winners: The Hildy Johnson Award Joseph Passantino The Weehawken Reporter “Smack surges in Hudson County”
Walt Kane News 12 NJ “Dangerous Antibiotic”
Art Schwartz North Bergen Reporter “Coffee with a cop expands”
1 Print/Spot News 1st Place Al Sullivan & Rory Pasquariello Jersey City Reporter “The I’m not telling you vote”
2nd Place Justin Zaremba NJ Advance Media “Sheriff’s officer accused of having sex with drug offender, tipping her off to testing”
2 Print/General News 1st Place Al Sullivan Jersey City Reporter “The first day of her real life”
2nd Place Steven Rodas The Hoboken Reporter “Into the blizzard, then gone …”
3rd Place Art Schwartz North Bergen Reporter “From ‘jungles’ to village’”
3 Print/Feature 1st Place Meredith Kolodner The Hechinger Report “What happens when a college recruits black students others consider too risky?”
2nd Place Christine Sablynski West Essex Tribune “Livingston dad becomes living liver donor for son”
3rd Place Al Sullivan Jersey City Reporter
4 Print/Business-Financial 1st Place Kevin Coyne Seton Hall Magazine “The man with million-dollar ideas”
2nd Place George Saliba New Jersey Business “Reaping the benefits of budgeting”
3rd Place David Karas The Christian Science Monitor “Tom Szaky started TerraCycle to make a profit while helping to ‘de-junk’ the world through aggressive, innovative recycling”
Honorable Mention Andrew George NJBIZ “Tropicana’s big money bet”
5 Print/Science Healthcare Medical 1st Place Anjalee Khemlani NJBIZ “Late-night snack inspires medical group’s plan for a 24-hour office”
2nd Place Todd Bates Rutgers Today “Future brain therapies for Parkinson’s possible with stem cell bioengineering innovation”
3rd Place Greg Trevor Home News Tribune “9/11 continues to have impact on the mental well-being of survivors, too”
7 Print/Lifestyle 1st Place Ellen Lazer West Essex Tribune “Resident Turns Adversity into Opportunity”
2nd Place Christine Sablynski West Essex Tribune “Family pet becomes therapy dog for autistic son”
8 Print/Review 1st Place Al Sullivan Jersey City Reporter “Trust Me: Honsho offers a very special sushi experience”
9 Print/Sports News 1st Place Dan Schlossberg USA Today Sports Weekly “Hall of fame paths much different”
10 Print/Sports Feature 1st Place Joe DePaolo Inside Jersey Magazine “Legendary N.J. boxing promotion company is contender once again”
2nd Place Dan Schlossberg USA Today Sports Weekly “World class but no Word Series”
3rd Place Drew Casey WFUV “Lindor is leading the Indians to a new era”
12 Print/Investigative Reporting 1st Place Anjalee Khemlani NJBIZ “Operating margins are key to nonprofit hospitals’ property tax concerns”’
2nd Place Joseph Passantino & Al Sullivan Bayonne Community News “Electronic cheating? School district investigates possible smart-phone cheats”
3rd Place Steven Rodas The Hoboken Reporter “Fixing problems in public housing projects”
13 Print/Profile 1st Place Ellen Lazer West Essex Tribune “Kasan celebrates 50 years and counting as Rabbi, advocate and activist”
2nd Place Joan Quigley The Jersey Journal / NJ.com “Phil Murphy: A big smile and big plans for New Jersey”
3rd Place Ellen Lazer West Essex Tribune “Livingston sixth grader wins $10,000 on Chopped Junior”
14 Print/Series 1st Place Marilyn Baer & Caren Matzner Hoboken Reporter “Deadly train crash”
2nd Place Steven Rodas Hoboken Reporter “Washington Street Renovation”
3rd Place Ricardo Kaulessar The Montclair Times “My name was put in mud”
15 Print/Column 1st Place Joan Quigley The Jersey Journal “No Trump, but a chance meeting with Putin”
2nd Place Steve Lubetkin State Broadcast News “CompuSchmooze: Up periscope now means live video everywhere”
15 Print/Editorial 1st Place Michelle Bent West Essex Tribune “Let’s not turn our backs”
2nd Place Michelle Bent West Essex Tribune “Do as we say, not as we post”
19 Print/Non-Fiction Book 1st Place Dan Schlossberg “The New Baseball Bible”
19 Print/Headlines 1st Place Bill Slossar Twin-Boro News “Wear, oh wear have traditional dress codes gone?”
2nd Place Bill Slossar Twin-Boro News “Theft is suspected in the case of a poached egg”
20 Photography/Spot News 1st Place Joseph Passantino TAP into Bayonne “Sad Day”
21 Photography/General News 1st Place Joseph Passantino TAP into Bayonne “Just super”
2nd Place Joseph Passantino TAP into Bayonne “A tale of two bridges”
3rd Place Art Schwartz North Bergen Reporter “Is Kennedy Blvd. too dangerous?”
24 Photography/Feature 1st Place Art Schwartz North Bergen Reporter “Fairs to return to Braddock Park”
2nd Place Caren Matzner Hoboken Reporter “Autumn rain”
25 Photography/Portraits & Personality 1st Place Joseph Passantino TAP into Bayonne “My Turn”
2nd Place Joseph Passantino TAP into Bayonne “May I help you?”
26 Photography/Essay 1st Place Caren Matzner Hoboken Reporter “Signs of the city”
2nd Place Joseph Passantino Bayonne Community News “Snow daze; After the blizzard”
3rd Place Art Schwartz North Bergen Reporter “Four trillion tons of snow”
27 Broadcast TV/Online Spot News 1st Place Melissa Estock WMBC-TV “Rip Current Rescue”
2nd Place Maria Vargas-Pion Univision Nueva York “Killed Under the eyes of her brother”
3rd Place Natalie Patterson FIOS 1 News “Muslims React”
28 Broadcast TV/Online General News 1st Place Richard French WRNN-TV “One-on-one with Gov. Christine Todd Whitman”
2nd Place Richard French WRNN-TV “Bridgegate trial coverage”
3rd Place Steve Lubetkin & Jake Kozmor State Broadcast News “George Sowa named CEO of Trenton Economic Development Corp.”
29 Broadcast TV/Online Feature 1st Place Natalie Paterson FIOS 1 News “Long Branch Skating”
2nd Place Maria Vargas-Pion Univision Nueva York “Lead in Home Water Testing”
3rd Place Richard French & Kimberly Wallace FIOS1 News “Walk to Washington”
31 Broadcast TV/Online Sports Feature 1st Place CJ Papa FIOS 1 News “NY NJ taking the field” 2nd Place Keven O’Malley WFUV “Genesis of our national pastime”
3rd Place FIOS 1 Sports “No one fights alone”
32 Broadcast TV Investigative 1st Place Walt Kane New 12 NJ “Drug deals”
2nd Place FiOS1 News Team “McGuire AFB investigation”
3rd Place Walt Kane New 12 NJ “Sandy Grants: Waste & Inefficiency”
Honorable Mention Courtney Kane FiOS1 “Solar panel problems”
34 Broadcast Radio General News 1st Place Steve Lubetkin State Broadcast News “Three former governors on jobs, schools, public safety”
2nd Place Kelly Green, Alyssa Compa, Geneva Gerwitz & Matthew Zawodniak Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM “Decision 2016”
35 Broadcast Radio Feature 1st Place Dan Schlossberg Travel Itch Radio “Visit to Santa Fe”
2nd Place Don Buzney, Danny Scott, Mike Pavlichko, Priya Ashish, Claudia Jackson, Wesley Poriotis, Radmilla Cody, and Gladys Bryant WRSU 88.7 FM “Navajo code talkers”
3rd Place Julia Kanter WGLS FM “Sexual assault on campuses”
36 Broadcast Radio Sports Feature 1st Place Dan Schlossberg Braves Banter “Interview with Brian Snitker”
2nd Place Drew Casey WFUV “Blissful bedrooms”
3trd Place Cody Cronin WGLS FM “Taking strides”
37 Broadcast Radio Sports 1st Place Drew Casey WFUV “Fordham Softball: 2016 Atlantic 10 Tournament”
2nd Place Drew Casey WFUV “Play-by-play: Fordham Softball v. #5 Oregon”
39 Broadcast Radio Talk 1st Place Bob Mann, Duff Sheffield, Mike Philips, Kenny O’Boyle WFDU-FM Radio “Of mutual concern – NJ gas tax”
2nd Place Brother Greg Cellini WSOU – FM “Thank God for Monday: Cokie Roberts interview”
3rd Place Bob Mann & Nick Amabile Caldwell University “Let’s consider the source: Lesson in leadership”
40 ENG News 1st Place Cameron Bowman & Chu Wu Rutgers Today “Rutgers’ New Research Boat”
2nd Place Alan Katana WMBC TV “Pokemon Go”
41 ENG Feature 1st Place Cameron Bowman & Alex Rosenberg Rutgers Today “A dancer who can’t hear music”
2nd Place Alan Katana WMBC TV “Wreck Pond Project”
3rd Place Cameron Bowman Rutgers Today “Underwater basket weaving”
45 PR House Organ 1st Place Josh Speert, Naeran Rubio and Brianna Chamberlain Sharp Imaging & Information Co. “Connections: Quarterly News for SIICA Employees
2nd Place Mike Sanchez NJBIA “NJBIA logo guidelines”
46 PR Publications 1st Place John Chadwick, Kara Donaldson & Ian DeFalco Rutgers University School of Sciences “Access, Excellence in the Arts & Sciences”
2nd Place Pegeen Hopkins Seton Hall University “Seton Hall Magazine”
3rd Place Greg Trevor & Rutgers Today Staff “Rutgers Revolutionaries”
Honorable Mention Mike Sanchez NJBIA “Halloween infographic”
47 PR Marketing Video 1st Place Cameron Bowman Rutgers Today “Lonely during Winter Break”
48 Layout & Design Daily 1st Place Thomas Skevin The Record of Bergen County Record Sports, P S-6
49 Layout & Design Weekly 1st Place Lisa Cuthbert Hoboken Reporter Sunday, July 15, 2016 edition
2nd Place Lisa Cuthbert Bayonne Community News Wednesday, October 12, 2016
50 Layout Magazine Front Cover 1st Place Lisa Cuthbert & Victor M. Rodriguez. Bayonne - Life on the Peninsula Bayonne Bridge – Summer 2016
2nd Place Mike Sanchez New Jersey Business Cybersecurity = July 2016
3rd Place Mike Sanchez New Jersey Business Women in Business – Sept 2016
51 Feature Story Layout Magazine 1st Place Lisa M. Cuthbert 07030 Hoboken “Go! Live more!”
2nd Place Lisa M. Cuthbert Bayonne – Life on the Peninsula “Here she comes”
3rd Place Terriann Saulino Bish Jersey City Magazine Spring/Summer 2016 “Broa”
Honorable Mention Mike Sanchez New Jersey Business Magazine “Navigating 2017”
53 Layout Online Publication 1st Place Mike Sanchez New Jersey Business Magazine
2nd Place Eric Stauss & Emily Bader NJBIZ
53 Layout Electronic Newsletter 1st Place Mike Sanchez New Jersey Business Magazine New Jersey Business Today
2nd Place Eric Stauss & Emily Bader NJBIZ NJBIZ Daily |
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