Press Club of New Orleans
2017
Awards Finalists
SECTION ONE
Print Categories
Part 1 of 2
COMMUNITY NEWS - PRINT
Danielle Del Sol
Preservation in Print “Spirits Soar: The Revitalization of Sophie B. Wright School”
Danielle Garcia
nola.com “Ben Franklin Elementary students make 'sweet' signs for Beignet Fest”
Loyola Staff
nola.com “Treme kids learn science, math, music and more from church program”
SPECIAL SECTION - PRINT
Meg Ferrante, Geovanni Velasquez
New Orleans Living Magazine
“Spirit of Creativity”
Tiffani Reding Amedeo, Morgan Packard, Sarah Ravits
New Orleans Magazine
“People to Watch”
HEADLINE - PRINT
Leslie Snadowsky
Biz New Orleans
“Leslie Snadowsky – Headline Entry #1”
Staff
The Maroon
“Chemical Russian Roulette”
Staff
New Orleans Magazine
“Endymion Makes the Turn” Plus
EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION/CARTOON - PRINT
Anna Dobrowolski
The Maroon
“Catfishing for Love”
Mike Luckovich
New Orleans Magazine
“The Will Smith Tragedy”
Arthur Mead
New Orleans Magazine
“The Man at the Track”
EDITORIAL - PRINT
Sean Brennan
The Maroon
“Sanctuary Campuses: Where do we draw the line?”
Larry Brook
Southern Jewish Life
“A Jewish Take on Easter's Date”
Errol Laborde
New Orleans Magazine
“The T-P and The Advocate”
CRITICAL REVIEW - PRINT
Will Coviello
Gambit
“Review - The Killing of a Lesbian Bookie”
John Klingman
New Orleans Magazine
“Best New Architecture”
Alex Woodward
Gambit “Home again: The Cure disintegrates New Orleans to begin U.S. tour”
COLUMN - PRINT
Errol Laborde
New Orleans Magazine “Election Night at the Monteleone;" "The Workers;" "Two Women in Burkas”
Kim Singletary
Biz New Orleans
“Film Biz by Kim Singletary”
Leslie Snadowsky
Biz New Orleans
“Leslie’s List”
LAYOUT / DESIGN - PRINT
Sarah George
Louisiana Life Magazine
“Claws to Celebrate”
Tiffani Reding Amedeo
New Orleans Magazine
“Fall Festivals”
Tiffani Reding Amedeo
New Orleans Magazine
“50 things every New Orleanian Should Do”
COVER - PRINT
Kim Bergeron
Slidell Magazine
“Slidell Magazine Nov. 2016 - John Lennon cover”
Romney Caruso, Josh Danzig, Michael Fulkerson
Where Y'at Magazine
“Cover for Where Y'at Magazine”
Arthur Hardy, David Johnson
Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide
“2017 Mardi Gras Guide”
BEST MAGAZINE - PRINT
Sarah George
Louisiana Life Magazine
Errol Laborde, Tiffani Reding Amedeo, Morgan Packard
New Orleans Magazine
Daniel Schumacher, Caitlin Watzke
Louisiana Cookin’
SECTION TWO
PHOTOGRAPHY
GENERAL NEWS PHOTO – STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Sophia Germer
New Orleans Advocate
“Bonnabel Player Kneels”
Matthew Hinton
New Orleans Advocate
“Pete Fountain Funeral”
Matthew Hinton
New Orleans Advocate “Taser Aimed at Anti-KKK Protestor at David Duke Senate Debate”
PORTRAIT - STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Joshua Detiege
WWL-TV
“Sheba Turk Portrait”
Matthew Hinton
New Orleans Advocate
“Two-year-old Tornado Survivor”
Greg Miles
New Orleans Magazine
“The Beat”
FEATURE PHOTO - STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Sophia Germer
New Orleans Advocate
“November Supermoon”
Matthew Hinton
New Orleans Advocate
“Blurred Runners”
Matthew Hinton
New Orleans Advocate
“Jam Session”
MULTI-PHOTO FEATURE - STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Theresa Cassagne, Tiffani Reding Amedeo
Renaissance Publishing
“Enchanted”
Matthew Hinton
New Orleans Advocate “Former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke in U.S. Senate Debate for Louisiana”
Staff
Louisiana Life Magazine
“Rise and Revel”
BREAKING NEWS VIDEOGRAPHY - TV
Neil Giurintano
WWL-TV
“Baton Rouge Protests”
Neil Giurintano
WWL-TV
“Senate Debate Protests”
Dalton Rinehart
WDSU-TV
“Baton Rouge Protest Live Coverage”
DOCUMENTARY VIDEOGRAPHY - TV
Lenny Delbert, Lenny Delbert Jr., Tom Gregory
WYES-TV
“Louisiana Artist Spotlight”
Megan Mackel
WDSU-TV
“Steve Gleason: The Journey”
SPORTS ACTION VIDEOGRAPHY - TV
Edwin Goode
WVUE-TV
“Saints vs. Raiders”
Megan Mackel
WDSU-TV
“Devin King: Olympic Hopeful”
Adam Ney
WWL-TV
“6-year-old Basketball Phenom”
PHOTO ESSAY - TV
Adam Copus
WWL-TV
“Poet for Hire”
Tom Gregory, Lenny Delbert
WYES-TV
“Louisiana Artist Spotlight: James Michalopoulos”
Dave McNamara
WVUE-TV
“Heart of Louisiana: Deadwood”
VIDEO EDITING - TV
Joshua Detiege
WWL-TV
“Fall Harvest Beer Cocktail”
TJ Pipitone
WWL-TV
“The New Face of Heroin”
TJ Pipitone
WWL-TV
“Yenni Sexting Investigation”
VISUAL STORYTELLING - TV
Megan Mackel
WDSU-TV
“360 Devin King Pole Vaulter”
Alvin Moore
WDSU-TV
“African American Yoga Studio”
TJ Pipitone
WWL-TV
“Taking a Stand”
GENERAL NEWS VIDEOGRAPHY - TV
Dolly Narhi
WDSU-TV
“Indian Hills Nudist Camp”
Jim Pennison
WVUE-TV
“Tornado Victim Flag Returned”
Dalton Rinehart
WDSU-TV
“Gentilly Home Explosion”
FEATURE VIDEOGRAPHY - TV
Brian Lukas
WWL-TV
“The Real Wildlife of Louisiana”
Dave McNamara
WVUE-TV
“Heart of Louisiana: Grand Pre”
Dalton Rinehart
WDSU-TV
“Northshore Dog Sledding”
SECTION THREE
DIGITAL
DIGITAL INNOVATION
Clint Durrett
WDSU-TV
“WDSU VR (360-degree video)”
Arthur Hardy, David Johnson
Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide
“2017 Mardi Gras Guide APP”
Staff
Louisiana Cultural Vistas “An Ignatian Journey: Mobile Map and Audio Tour of A Confederacy of Dunces”
EMAIL UPDATES
Kelly Massicot
MyNewOrleans.com
“MyNewOrleans.com Daily Newsletter”
Leslie Snadowsky
Biz New Orleans
“Biz New Orleans – Email Updates #1”
Leslie Snadowsky, Kelly Massicot
Biz New Orleans
“Biz New Orleans Daily Emails”
NEWS BLOG
Errol Laborde
MyNewOrleans.com
“The Editor's Room”
LIFESTYLE BLOG
Kim Bergeron
RightBrianDiaries.com
“Right Brain Diaries”
Kelly Massicot, Melanie Warner Spencer
MyNewOrleans.com
“Let Them Eat Cake”
Melanie Warner Spencer
MyNewOrleans.com
“Bon Vivant”
BEST USE OF FACEBOOK
Josh Danzig, Michael Fulkerson, Staff
Where Y'at Magazine
“Where Y'at Magazine”
Kelly Massicot
MyNewOrleans.com
“New Orleans Bride Facebook”
Staff
WWL-TV
“The Great Flood of 2016”
BEST USE OF TWITTER
Kelly Massicot
MyNewOrleans.com
“Biz New Orleans Twitter”
Kelly Massicot
MyNewOrleans.com
“New Orleans Magazine Twitter”
BEST USE OF INSTAGRAM
Kelly Massicot
MyNewOrleans.com
“New Orleans Magazine Instagram”
Mandy Thomas
WWL-TV
“NOLA in Focus”
Sheba Turk, Caegan Moore, Joshua Detiege
WWL-TV
“The 504”
SPECIAL SECTION - DIGITAL
Richard Campanella
Louisiana Cultural Vistas
“Geographer's Space Web Series”
Mandy Thomas, Caegan Moore, Joshua Detiege
WWL-TV
“4th Degree Podcast”
Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Medical Waste”
BEST NEWS WEBSITE
Gambit Staff
bestofneworleans.com
Kelly Massicot
BizNewOrleans.com
Staff
wwltv.com
SECTION FOUR
RADIO and SPORTS
BEST RADIO STORY
Eve Abrams, Katy Reckdahl
WWNO-FM
“Unprisoned: Stories from the System”
Poppy Tooker, Staff
WWNO-FM
“Breaking The Bonds Of Silence: Louisiana Eats Tours The Whitney Slavery Museum”
Tegan Wendland
WWNO-FM
“Sinkholes: A Part Of Daily Life In New Orleans”
BEST RADIO SHOW
Laine Kaplan-Levenson
WWNO-FM
“TriPod: New Orleans At 300”
Diane Mack
WWNO-FM
“Inside the Arts”
Poppy Tooker, Staff
WWNO-FM “Louisiana Eats: To Ignatius With Love — A Culinary Tribute To ‘A Confederacy Of Dunces’”
SPORTS BLOG
Les East
SportsNOLA.com
“Les East’s Sports Blog”
Garland Gillen
WVUE-TV
“Football, Futbol, Food”
Chris Price
Renaissance Publishing
“The Pennant Chase”
SPORTS FEATURE - PRINT
Gabe Garza
The Maroon
“College athletes strive to go pro”
Thomas Leggett
Louisiana Health and Fitness Magazine
“Disc Golf Hits the Target”
Tom Planchet
WWL-TV
“Golden Girls: N.O. gymnastics pair among best in the world”
SPORTS COLUMN - PRINT
Fletcher Mackel
WDSU-TV
“WDSU Sports Columnist Fletcher Mackel”
Chris Price
Biz New Orleans Magazine
“Sports Biz by Chris Price”
Chris Price
Renaissance Publishing
“Sports Biz with Chris Price Column”
SPORTS FEATURE - TV
Fletcher Mackel
WDSU-TV
“Northshore Dog Sledding”
Travers Mackel
WDSU-TV
“Gleason Puntaversary”
Leslie Spoon
WWL-TV
“Young Basketball Phenom”
SPORTS SPECIAL - TV
Fletcher Mackel, Sharief Ishaq
WDSU-TV
“Kentucky Derby Special”
Fletcher Mackel, Sharief Ishaq
WDSU-TV
“Saints 50th Anniversary Special”
Dominic Massa
WWL-TV
“Bless You Boys: 50 Years”
SPORTS SHOW - TV
Fox 8 Sports
WVUE-TV
“Jim Henderson's Black and Gold Review”
Doug Mouton, Danny Rockwell
WWL-TV
“4th Down on 4”
Danny Rockwell, Leslie Spoon, Lyons Yellin
WWL-TV
“4th Down Friday”
SPORTSCAST - TV
Sharief Ishaq, Fletcher Mackel
WDSU-TV “Tigers Hope to Open Their Season in a Gouda Way (in Wisconsin)”
Doug Mouton, Danny Rockwell
WWL-TV
“Doug Mouton Sportscast”
WVUE Sports
WVUE-TV
“Fox 8 Sports at 5 pm”
SECTION FIVE
PUBLIC RELATIONS
DIGITAL MEDIA - PR
Amy Barrios
Multimedia Solutions
“Palmisano: Building to Have an Enduring Impact”
Betsie Gambel
Gambel Communications
“2045: The Gulf Restored”
Mary Mouton, Jake Springfield
Mouton Media
“ByWater Institute at Tulane University”
MEDIA RELATIONS / OWNED: WEBSITES - PR
Buisson Creative Staff
Buisson Creative
“Uncle Sam Jam in Lafreniere Park”
Deveney Staff
DEVENEY
“DEVENEY Website”
Karen Hales, Melissa Izor
NeurologySolutions.com “Patient Empowerment - Preparing for Your Neurologist Appointment”
MEDIA RELATIONS / OWNED: SOCIAL MEDIA-PR
Buisson Creative Staff
Buisson Creative
“Cold off the Press”
Angela Daviston
St. Tammany Parish Schools
“Telling the STPPS Story Through Social Media”
Deveney Staff
DEVENEY
“Bayou Rum Social Media”
PUBLIC AFFAIRS - PR
Amy Barrios
Multimedia Solutions
“Put Public Safety First: Vote "Yes" For Police & Fire”
Buisson Creative Staff
Buisson Creative
“Ben Zahn Mayor of Kenner”
SPECIAL EVENTS - PR
Buisson Creative Staff
Buisson Creative
“Family Gras”
Kacey Hill, Margaret Tuskey
Peter A. Mayer Public Relations
“Zatarain's Pardoning of the Crawfish”
Margaret Tuskey
Peter A. Mayer Public Relations
“National Oysters Rockefeller Day”
COMMUNITY RELATIONS - PR
Buisson Creative Staff
Buisson Creative
“Brother Martin: How to Make a Life”
Buisson Creative Staff
Buisson Creative
“Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Annual Report”
Deveney Staff
DEVENEY
“Dyno Nobel Waggaman Plant Opening”
OVERALL CAMPAIGN - PR
Deveney Staff
DEVENEY
“Emeril's Meril Restaurant Opens with a BAM!”
Betsie Gambel
Gambel Communications
“Beignet Fest 2016”
Carolyn Mayo, Larry Lovell
Peter A. Mayer Public Relations
“Louisiana Children's Museum Takes it Outside”
SECTION SIX
Print Categories
Part 2 of 2
BREAKING NEWS – PRINT REPORTING
Ken Daley
Nola.com “Cardell Hayes guilty of manslaughter in Will Smith killing”
Nick Reimann
The Maroon
“Chaos erupts as David Duke debates at Dillard”
Staff
The New Orleans Advocate “A tragedy': Joe McKnight, local football legend looking to resurrect career, gunned down in Terrytown street”
BUSINESS – PRINT REPORTING
Rebecca Friedman
Biz New Orleans Magazine
“Steeped in Tradition”
Kim Singletary
Biz New Orleans Magazine
“Cut the Cord”
Mark Spencer
Biz New Orleans Magazine
“Tippling Point”
LIFESTYLE – PRINT REPORTING
Chere Coen
New Orleans Magazine
“More Than a Gulf”
Courtney McDuff-duQuesnay, Jim Bathie
Louisiana Cookin’
“Passover in New Orleans”
Leslie Snadowsky
Biz New Orleans
“How Much Did You Spend On Your Mardi Gras Costume?”
CONTINUING COVERAGE – PRINT REPORTING
Marta Jewson
TheLensNOLA
“ReNEW Schools special education”
Charles Maldonado
TheLensNOLA
“Deputy sheriff supplemental pay”
Staff
The New Orleans Advocate
“Will Smith's Killing and Cardell Hayes' trial”
EDUCATION – PRINT REPORTING
Danielle Dreilinger
The Times-Picayune “New Orleans’ Katrina school takeover to end, Legislature decides”
Meg Ferrante
New Orleans Living Magazine
“Ben Kleban: Paving the Road to Success”
Dawn Wilson
New Orleans Magazine
“The Struggle for Education”
MEDICAL / HEALTH – PRINT REPORTING
Jed Lipinski
nola.com
“Life on and after opioids: One woman's journey”
Leslie Snadowsky
Biz New Orleans “A Rare Trait Leads Belle Chasse Family To Fund A Cure For AGU, Save Their Sons”
Richard Webster
The Times-Picayune “LEAD ASTRAY Public housing residents question split of $67 million lead poisoning settlement”
ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE– PRINT REPORTING
Bob Marshall
TheLensNOLA
“Urban water management”
Bob Marshall
TheLensNOLA
“Coastal Restoration”
Katy Reckdahl
The Weather Channel Online
“The Spillway”
CRIME – PRINT REPORTING
Ken Daley
nola.com “Cardell Hayes guilty of manslaughter in Will Smith killing”
Jed Lipinski
nola.com “Cash, sex, and pills: The life of a Metairie doctor accused of threatening feds”
Richard Webster, Jonathan Bullington
The Times-Picayune
“The bloodiest year: Looking back at 1994”
GOVERNMENT/POLITICAL – PRINT REPORTING
Clancy DuBos
Gambit
“Louisiana’s hangover: Facing the fiscal mess”
Della Hasselle
Gambit
“Louisiana conservatives rethinking the death penalty”
Katy Reckdahl
Next City
“How Voting Laws Squelch Urban America's Voice”
INVESTIGATIVE – PRINT REPORTING
Jonathan Bullington, Richard Webster
The Times-Picayune
“The Gun Pipeline”
Marta Jewson
TheLensNOLA
"Lusher open meetings violations“
Charles Maldonado
TheLensNOLA
“Taxpayer-subsidized Airbnb rentals”
GENERAL NEWS – PRINT REPORTING
Ken Daley
nola.com “Orleans DA says attorney John Fuller engaged in witness tampering; feds probing, Fuller denies”
Helen Freund
Gambit “Waiting for change: More than 10,000 people in New Orleans rely on tips to make a living. Is it time to change the way serve rs are compensated?”
Alex Woodward
Gambit “Protesters hit with pepper spray at Dillard as David Duke enters Senate debate”
FEATURE– PRINT REPORTING
Jed Lipinski
nola.com “Shucker for a day: Oysters, immigrants and an aching back”
Kat Stromquist
Gambit
“Androids and anime: a day at MechaCon”
Alex Woodward
Gambit
“Sidney Torres: The Cleaner”
SECTION SEVEN
TELEVISION
STATION PROMOTION OR CAMPAIGN – TV
Erin Finnegan, Stephen Burke
WDSU-TV
“Margaret Orr ‘She Gets it’ Campaign”
Tom Gregory, Marcia Kavanaugh, Beth Utterback
WYES-TV
“New Orleans Tricentennial Moments”
Candace Harralson
WWL-TV
“August 2016 Flood POP”
PUBLIC AFFAIRS– TV
David Bernard, Robert Brennan, Staff
WVUE-TV
“Weathering the Storm”
Staff
WDSU-TV
“Get Ready Now”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright, Nancy Decorte
WVUE-TV
“Degree of Debt”
TALK SHOW– TV
Errol Laborde, Marcia Kavanaugh, Staff
WYES-TV “Informed Sources: Rare Tornadoes, A Blast of Criticism for the Former Governor and a Not-So-Retiring Weathercaster Retires”
Errol Laborde, Marcia Kavanaugh, Staff
WYES-TV “Informed Sources: Sinkholes, Street Violence a Subsiding Coast and a Growing Slate of US Senate Candidates”
Sheba Turk, Caegan Moore, Joshua Detiege
WWL-TV
“The 504”
PLANNED EVENT– TV
Marcia Kavanaugh, Tom Gregory
WYES-TV
“Remember Pearl Harbor”
Marcy O'Leary
WDSU-TV
“Mardi Gras Coverage”
Staff
WDSU-TV
“2016 Louisiana Gubernatorial Inauguration”
DOCUMENTARY – TV
Janet Gross, Jim Dotson, Ron Yager
WLAE-TV “A Legacy of Love: Henriette Delille and the Sisters of the Holy Family”
Scott Walker
WDSU-TV
“Steve Gleason: The Journey”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Jindal Effect”
BREAKING NEWS – TV REPORTING
Meg Gatto
WVUE-TV
“18 wheeler crashes on interstate”
Staff
WDSU-TV
“Canal Street Fire”
Staff
WVUE-TV
“Convent/Reserve Tornadoes”
BUSINESS – TV REPORTING
Leslie Snadowsky
Biz New Orleans
“WWL-TV/ WUPL-TV Biz-Cast #1”
Grant Yenni
Channel 13 St. Tammany Parish Public Schools
“Future Focus Camp”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Economic Incentives”
LIFESTYLE – TV REPORTING
Meg Gatto
WVUE-TV
“Music Lessons”
Tom Gregory
WLAE-TV
“Liz's Where Y'at Diner is Where Y'eat”
Fletcher Mackel
WDSU-TV
“Green Envy”
CONTINUING COVERAGE – TV
Shelley Brown, Rob Masson, Meg Gatto
WVUE-TV
“Home Squatters”
Katie Moore
WWL-TV
“St. Joseph Water Problems”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Police Double Billing”
EDUCATION – TV REPORTING
Melody Menard
Channel 13 St. Tammany Parish Schools
“2029 Graduates”
Rhett Sharpe
Channel 13 St. Tammany Parish Schools
“Lee Road Science Day”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Pay to Play”
MEDICAL/HEALTH – TV REPORTING
Marcia Kavanaugh, Paula Pendarvis, Tom Gregory
WYES-TV
“Creating Healthy Communities”
Thanh Truong
WWL-TV
“ALS Support Group”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Prescription for Profit”
ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE – TV REPORTING
Heath Allen
WDSU-TV
“Brown Water Plaguing Residents in Ponchatoula”
David Hammer
WWL-TV
“Oil & Water”
John Snell
WVUE-TV
“Coast in Crisis”
CRIME – TV REPORTING
Eric Paulsen
WWL-TV
“Taking a Stand”
Natasha Robin
WVUE-TV
“Bourbon Murder Victim”
Natasha Robin
WVUE-TV
“Crimetracker: Young Guns”
GOVERNMENT/POLITICAL – TV REPORTING
Travers Mackel
WDSU-TV
“Municipal Court Safety”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Convention Center Money”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Yenni Texting Scandal”
BEST TALENT – TV
Tom Gregory
WYES-WLAE
Travers Mackel
WDSU-TV
Gina Swanson
WDSU-TV
INVESTIGATIVE – TV REPORTING
David Hammer
WWL-TV
“Yenni Sexting Investigation”
Travers Mackel
WDSU-TV
“Ticket Turmoil”
Lee Zurik, Tom Wright
WVUE-TV
“Medical Waste”
GENERAL NEWS – TV REPORTING
Heath Allen
WDSU-TV
“Indian Hills Nudist Camp”
Katie Moore
WWL-TV
“Cajun Navy”
Ryan Naquin
WVUE-TV
“Air of Uncertainty”
FEATURE – TV REPORTING
Tom Gregory
WLAE-TV
“God's Honey”
Dave McNamara
WVUE-TV
“Heart of Louisiana: Gran Pre”
Natasha Robin
WVUE-TV
“Like Father, Like Son”
BEST WEATHERCAST – TV
Shelby Latino
WVUE-TV
Kweilyn Murphy
WDSU-TV
Margaret Orr
WDSU-TV
BEST NEWSCAST – TV
Jaune Jackson
WDSU-TV
“Alton Sterling Shooting Newscast”
Vanessa Johnson
WDSU-TV
“Joe McKnight Incident”
Dannah Sauer, Rhonda Grzych, Staff
WVUE-TV
“Fox 8 News at 10 pm”
Press Club of New Orleans
2016
Awards Finalists