press club of new orleans 2016 awards...

Press Club of New Orleans

2016

Awards Finalists

SPORTS FEATURE - TV

Sean Fazende

WVUE-TV

Fourcade Family MVP

Rob Krieger

WVUE-TV

Running Bear Boxing

Grant Yenni

Channel 13 St. Tammany Parish Public Schools

Julius Smith: Hall of Fame Inductee

SPORTS ACTION VIDEOGRAPHY

Kia Callia

WVUE-TV

Running Bear Boxing

Edwin Goode

WVUE-TV

Saints vs. Giants

Edwin Goode

WVUE-TV

Saints at Texans

SPORTS SHOW

Doug Mouton, Danny Rockwell

WWL-TV

Fourth Down on Four

Danny Rockwell, Leslie Spoon

WWL-TV

Fourth Down Friday

Sports Staff

WVUE-TV

Jim Henderson's Black and Gold Breakdown

SPORTSCAST - TV

Sharief Ishaq

WDSU-TV

Training Camp Sportscast

Juan Kincaid, John Bennett

WVUE-TV

FOX 8 Sports

Doug Mouton

WWL-TV

Doug Mouton Sportscast

SPORTS STORY - WRITING

Ron Higgins

NOLA.com Once again, the best things in life aren't free for LSU as the Tigers

lose to N.C. State

Katherine Terrell

NOLA.com American Pharoah defies history, becomes first Triple Crown winner

in 37 years

Katherine Terrell

NOLA.com Rob Ryan's tenure with the New Orleans Saints: From toast of the

town, to roast of the town

SPORTS FEATURE - WRITING

Ron Higgins

NOLA.com

For 30 years, the Deans have been the heart of Dixie

Basketball Camp

Ron Higgins

NOLA.com Leonard Fournette’s bridge over troubled water made him a man

Katy Reckdahl

TakePart.com

Brothers' Keepers: How the Walker Football Team

Survived Katrina

TV SPORTS SPECIAL

Fox 8 Sports Staff

WVUE-TV

Life Beyond Katrina: The Big Comeback

Mike Hoss, Doug Mouton, Danny Rockwell

WWL-TV

Saints-Falcons Pregame Special

Fletcher Mackel, Sharief Ishaq, Randi Rousseau

WDSU-TV

Saving Our Spirit

SPORTS BLOG – Digital Media

Sean Fazende

WVUE-TV

After Further Review

Christopher Romaguera

Bourbon Street Shots

Best Sports Blog

Mark Patrick Spencer

MyNewOrleans.com

Full Sport Press

SPORTS COLUMN – WRITING

Les East

Baton Rouge Advocate

Remembering Hot Rod Hundley and the New Orleans Jazz

Ron Higgins

NOLA.com John Chavis’ deceptive escape (March 2) , Les may not have many

Miles left on his LSU coaching tread (Nov. 19), Hats off to the Mad

Hatter for maintaining status quo (Nov. 29)

Chris Price

Biz New Orleans Magazine

Sport Column

BEST RADIO STORY

James Parker

WRNO-FM

Winning at Life: The Mad Men Finale

WWNO Staff

WWNO-FM

Last Day At Lagniappe Academies

BEST RADIO SHOW

Diane Mack

WWNO-FM

Inside the Arts: Holiday Songbook With Dee Dee

Bridgewater, It's A Wonderful Life, Nutcracker Swing

Poppy Tooker, Joe Shriner, Sarah Holtz

WWNO-FM

Growing Up Brennan

WWNO Staff

WWNO-FM

Katrina: The Debris

OVERALL CAMPAIGN - PR

Amy Barrios

Multimedia Solutions

New Orleans Firefighters: On Time, Every Time...It's Time.

Greg Buisson

Buisson Creative

Louisiana Tourism Coastal Coalition

City of New Orleans Staff

City of New Orleans

Katrina 10: Resilient New Orleans

PUBLIC AFFAIRS - PR

Greg Buisson

Buisson Creative

Progress Across District 1

DEVENEY Staff

DEVENEY

Proposition Coalition Hotel Occupancy Tax Proposal

Terry Westerfield

United Way of Southeast Louisiana

Fueling Young Minds and Our Economy: The Power of

High Quality Early Childhood Education

SOCIAL MEDIA - PR

Amy Barrios

Multimedia Solutions

Pelican Coast Clothing Company Social Media Campaign

Buisson Creative Staff

Buisson Creative

SWEGS Kitchen

Consulate General of France Staff

Consulate General of France in Louisiana

Facebook (@FranceLouisiana)

SPECIAL EVENTS – PR

Amy Barrios

Multimedia Solutions

10 Years Later: New Orleans Firefighters Remember

Hurricane Katrina

Buisson Creative Staff

Buisson Creative

Family Gras 2015

New Orleans Convention & Visitor's Bureau Staff

New Orleans Convention & Visitor's Bureau

National Travel & Tourism Week

DIGITAL MEDIA - PR

Greg Buisson

Buisson Creative

Visit St. Bernard - A Culinary Adventure

City of New Orleans Staff

City of New Orleans

Katrina 10 NOLA Honors: Corporate Philanthropy

City of New Orleans Staff

City of New Orleans

A Story of Resilience: What will the future hold for little

Marcel?

COMMUNITY RELATIONS - PR

Greg Buisson

Buisson Creative

Brother Martin: How to Make A Life

DEVENEY Staff

DEVENEY

UMC Grand Opening Reputation Management

New Orleans Convention & Visitor's Bureau Staff

New Orleans Convention & Visitor's Bureau

New Orleans Will

WEBSITE - PR

New Orleans Convention & Visitor's Bureau Staff

New Orleans Convention & Visitor's Bureau

COOLinary New Orleans Restaurant Month

City of New Orleans Staff

City of New Orleans

Katrina10.org

Larry Lovell, Margaret Taylor

Peter A. Mayer Public Relations

Antoine's 175th Anniversary Digital Press Room

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY GENERAL NEWS

David Grunfeld

NOLA.com

President Obama vists New Orleans on Katrina 10th

Anniversery

Matthew Hinton

The New Orleans Advocate

A City Mourns

Matthew Hinton

The New Orleans Advocate

Praying Over Khiry

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURE

Zach Brien

The Maroon

The Show must Go on

David Grunfeld

NOLA.com

Mandy Robinson celebrates her 100th birthday with

friends

Matthew Hinton

New Orleans Advocate

Decadence Wedding

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY MULTI-FEATURE

David Grunfeld

NOLA.com

Mardi Gras Flambeaux light the way

Matthew Hinton

The New Orleans Advocate

Busy Bee Company

Katy Reckdahl

The New Orleans Advocate

Little Drummer Boy

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY PORTRAIT

Steven Forster

The New Orleans Advocate

Pepa Lopez Steven Forster’s Party Central: Krewe of

O.A.K. midsummer Mardi Gras

Matthew Hinton

The New Orleans Advocate

In Memory of Mary

Danley Romero

Louisiana Life Magazine

Danielle Nierenberg

COVER

Gambit Staff

Gambit

Epidemic

Karla Rosas

The Maroon

Inside your election

Dora Sison

Gambit

Chronic Condition

LAYOUT/DESIGN

Sarah George

Louisiana Life Magazine

5 Course Feast

Sarah George

Louisiana Life Magazine

Louisiana's Clear Spirits

David Kroll

Gambit

Blind Ambition

HEADLINE - WRITING

David T. Baker

The Louisiana Weekly

New Orleans Film Fest focuses lens on filmmakers of

color

The Maroon Staff

The Maroon

Maroon Headlines

Leslie Snadowsky

Biz New Orleans

Snadowsky Headlines - Entry 2

CRIME - WRITING

Jonathan Bullington

NOLA.com

Julia Anderson, happy Indiana girl, hit the road.

It ended with her dead in a New Orleans parking lot

Ken Daley

NOLA.com

Here's how a broken ankle became a homicide

Michael Luke

WWL-TV

With murder numbers down, are we safer?

GOVERNMENTAL / POLITICAL - WRITING

Jeremy Alford

Louisiana Life Magazine

Election Guide

Orissa Arend

New Orleans Magazine Black Vs. Blue: 49 years ago the Black Panthers and

New Orleans Police had a tense standoff; amazingly,

it ended non-violently

Katy Reckdahl

Politico.com

The Dark Side of Katrina Recovery

EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION

Jonathan Bartlett

New Orleans Magazine

Goodbye Old Neighborhood

Naasha Dotlwala

The Maroon

Mental Illness

CARTOON

Mike Luckovich

New Orleans Magazine

The Encroachment of Presidential Elections

Mike Luckovich

New Orleans Magazine

Rebuilding the Gateway

BEST MAGAZINE

Danielle Del Sol, Liz Jurey

Preservation in Print

December 2015

Sarah George

Louisiana Life Magazine

March/April 2015

Sarah George

Louisiana Life Magazine

May/June 2015

ENTERTAINMENT - WRITING

Gambit Staff

Gambit

New Orleans podcasting

Katy Reckdahl

Baton Rouge Advocate Little Drummer Boys: Young tap dancers, drummers a French

Quarter tradition but some wonder if kids should hustle there

Kimberley Singletary

New Orleans Advocate Dr. Seuss Collection Gives a Tip of the Hat to Famed Children's

Author's Inspiration

EDITORIAL - WRITING

Kevin Allman, Clancy DuBos

Gambit

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's fiscal legacy

Errol Laborde

New Orleans Magazine

The Benson Empire: Why the Texans should not inherit it

Lauren Stroh

The Maroon

The talk

CRITICAL REVIEW - WRITING

Alison Fensterstock

NOLA.com Bob Dylan brought warmth, darkness, blues and swing to the

Saenger Theater in New Orleans

Alison Fensterstock

NOLA.com Tom Piazza turns to fiction to explore intensely personal stories:

Katrina and the arts

Alex Woodward

Gambit

Review - Kendrick Lamar

BUSINESS - WRITING

Jennifer Gibson Schecter

Biz New Orleans Put a Coat On – It’s Hot Out There: GreenStar Coatings’ unique roof

coating is saving businesses money and helping the environment.

Leslie Snadowsky

Biz New Orleans

Jason Pippenger/ Geaux Seafood’s Go-To-Guy

Leslie Snadowsky

Biz New Orleans

Twice As Nice/ Frugal Finds For Local Fashionistas

COLUMN

Melissa Bienvenu

Louisiana Life Magazine RURAL LIFE:"Ice Cream Trucks and Tractors"; "Romancing a

Farmer"; "On The Wings Of A Dove"

Jed Horne

TheLensNOLA

Jed Horne

New Orleans Magazine Staff

New Orleans Magazine Me Again – "Starting New: The world upside down"; "Gesturing His

Demons: Figuring what to do"; "Dealing With Panhandlers: Anything

helps"

COMMUNITY NEWS

Zayn Abidin

Loyola Student News Service

Tulane Students Train Puppies to Assist the Disabled

Danielle Del Sol

Preservation in Print

Heroes Among Us

Danielle Del Sol

Preservation in Print

The Salvation of a "Hidden Gem"

SPECIAL SECTION - WRITING

Larry Brook

Southern Jewish Life

10 Years Forward: Remembering Katrina

Morgan Packard, Sarah George

St. Charles Avenue

Courts of Carnival

Morgan Packard, Tiffani Reding Amedeo

New Orleans Magazine

People to Watch

NEWS WEBSITE – DIGITAL MEDIA

Josh Danzig

Where Y'at Magazine

WhereYat.com

LensNola Staff

The Lens

TheLensNola.org

Kelly Massicot

Biz New Orleans.com

Biz New Orleans

WEB GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION

The Lens Staff

TheLensNOLA

Missing Home: A look at what we demolished in New

Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

EMAIL UPDATES

Kelly Massicot

Biz NewOrleans

BizNewOrleans.com Daily Newsletter

Kelly Massicot

MyNewOrleans.com

MyNewOrleans.com Daily Newsletter

Leslie Snadowsky

Biz New Orleans

Snadowsky Biz Newsletter – Entry 1

DIGITAL INNOVATION

Clinton Durrett

WDSU-TV

WDSU's Live Wire

Arthur Hardy, David Johnson

Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide

Mardi Gras Guide App

Thomas Thoren

TheLensNOLA

Precinct-level map of gubernatorial election

NEWS BLOG – DIGITAL MEDIA

Errol Laborde

MyNewOrleans.com

The Editor's Room

Jennifer Gibson Schecter

Biz New Orleans

Tourism Biz

Leslie Snadowsky

Biz New Orleans

Daily Biz Minute

SPECIAL SECTION – DIGITAL MEDIA

Clinton Durrett

WDSU-TV

Katrina: 10 Years Forward

Edmund Fountain, Bob Marshall, Katy Reckdahl

The WeatherChannel.com

Katrina 10: A weather.com special report

Tom Wright

WVUE-TV

Easy Money

BEST USE OF FACEBOOK – DIGITAL MEDIA

Lester Duhe

The Maroon

Maroon Facebook

Kelly Massicot

Renaissance Publishing

New Orleans Bride Magazine Facebook

Mandy Thomas, Caegan Moore

WWL-TV

Monumental Decision

BEST USE OF TWITTER – DIGITAL MEDIA

Mandy Thomas

WWL-TV

Katrina #10years10words

Mandy Thomas

WWL-TV

NOPD: Call Waiting

Scott Walker

WDSU-TV

Scott Walker Twitter

BREAKING NEWS VIDEOGRAPHY

Mark Chapman

WDSU-TV

Suspicious Fires

Megan Mackel

WDSU-TV

Gallier Street Shooting

Tom Moore

WWL-TV

Crescent City Connection Car Fire

GENERAL NEWS VIDEOGRAPHY

Jeremy Burson

WDSU-TV

Mississippi Ten Years Later

Dalton Rinehart

WDSU-TV

Christmas Kid

Dalton Rinehart

WDSU-TV

Run to Feed the Hungry

FEATURE VIDEOGRAPHY

Matt Gosciminski

WVUE-TV

St. Bernard Oystermen

Dave McNamara

WVUE-TV

Heart of Louisiana: Roman Candy Man

Tom Moore

WWL-TV

Steve Landry's ALS Struggle

PHOTO ESSAY — VIDEOGRAPHY

Derek Felton

WGNO-TV

Remembering Marvin "Word" Day

Dave McNamara

WVUE-TV

Heart of Louisiana: Nature Photographer

Tom Moore

WWL-TV

One Man's Mural

VIDEO EDITING - VIDEOGRAPHY

Kia Callia

WVUE-TV

The Art of Empire

Neil Giurintano

WWL-TV

Dinner Lab

Brian Lukas

WWL-TV

Katrina: 10 Days, 10 Years

DOCUMENTARY VIDEOGRAPHY

Matt Gosciminski

WDSU-TV

Chronicle: The Cuban Evolution

Megan Mackel

WDSU-TV

St. Bernard: 10 Years Later

T.J. Pipitone

WWL-TV

NOPD: Call Waiting

DOCUMENTARY - TV

Nancy Parker, Rhonda Grzych

WVUE-TV

Life Beyond Katrina: Stories of Strength

Karen Swensen, Mike Hoss, Dominic Massa

WWL-TV

Katrina: 10 Days, 10 Years

WDSU Staff

WDSU-TV

Chronicle: Children Of Katrina

ENVIRONMENTAL / SCIENCE - TV

David Hammer

WWL-TV

BP Oil Disaster: 5 Years Later

John Snell

WVUE-TV

Inspiration for a Generation

CRIME - TV

Travers Mackel

WDSU-TV

City Turns its Back on NOPD Officers

Katie Moore

WWL-TV

Human Trafficking

Natasha Robin

WVUE-TV

Crimetracker: Burglaries

GOVERNMENTAL / POLITICAL - TV

Travers Mackel

WDSU-TV

Mayor's Secret Email Account

Mike Perlstein

WWL-TV

A Second Death Sentence

Lee Zurik

WVUE-TV

Jindal's Presidential Run

BEST TALENT - TV

Jacki Jing

WGNO-TV

Jacki Jing Reporter/Anchor

Natalie Shepherd

WWL-TV

Natalie Shepherd

Scott Walker

WDSU-TV

Scott Walker

PUBLIC AFFAIRS - TV

David Hammer, Katie Moore, Mike Perlstein

WWL-TV

NOPD: Call Waiting

Marcia Kavanaugh, Paula Pendarvis, Tom Gregory

WYES-TV

American Graduate: Louisiana Opportunities

Lee Zurik

WVUE-TV

Billion Dollar Blueprint

PLANNED EVENT - TV

Peggy Scott Laborde

WYES-TV

The 2015 Rex Ball and the Meeting of the Courts of Rex

and Comus

Dominic Massa

WWL-TV

Campaign 2015 Election Coverage

STATION PROMOTION CAMPAIGN - TV

Candace Harralson

WWL-TV

NOPD: Call Waiting

Candace Harralson

WWL-TV

Pinpoint Weather Image

Blaine Strawn, Kayla Turner

WVUE-TV

Bob Takes It Off

MEDICAL / HEALTH - WRITING

Susan Buchanan

The Louisiana Weekly

Huge “balance bills” surprise patients after ER visits

Amanda Wicks

Louisiana Life Magazine

Savoie Faire

Missy Wilkinson

Gambit

PRK: It's not LASIK, and not for everyone

INVESTIGATIVE - WRITING

Marta Jewson

TheLensNOLA

SciTech charter leader let students take tests for each

other and at home

Charles Maldonado

TheLensNOLA

Inspector General’s Office, two city officials under Ethics

Board investigation

CONTINUING COVERAGE - WRITING

Danielle Dreilinger

NOLA.com / The Times-Picayune

Common Core in Louisiana

Marta Jewson, Thomas Thoren

TheLensNOLA

Continuing coverage of school-zone warning lights

malfunctioning.

Ramon Antonio Vargas, John Simerman

The New Orleans Advocate

The Case Against Darren Sharper

FEATURE – WRITING

Kevin Allman

Gambit

The Internet hates you

Dominic Massa

Gambit

Wax On, Wax Off

Richard Webster

NOLA.com

It's 4 a.m. at Galatoire's. What in the world are all those

people doing in line?

GENERAL NEWS - WRITING

Susan Buchanan

The Louisiana Weekly

Lower Ninth Ward and Parts of Algiers Slow To Rebuild

Jonathan Bullington

NOLA.com

The Last Murder: a Katrina cold case

Alex Woodward

Gambit

Medical marijuana in Louisiana: when?

BREAKING NEWS - WRITING

Ken Daley

NOLA.com

Mother, daughter slain in eastern New Orleans only

recently had reunited

Danielle Dreilinger

NOLA.com

Flagrant special ed violations, cover-up alleged at New

Orleans charter

Ramon Antonio Vargas

The New Orleans Advocate

Benson family power struggle laid bare in lawsuit over

Saints owner’s mental competence

PARTNERSHIP - WRITING

WVUE Staff, NOLA.com/Times Picayune Staff

WVUE-TV

NOPD: Dangerous Delays

WWL-TV Staff, New Orleans Advocate Staff

WWL-TV

NOPD: Call Waiting

ENTERTAINMENT — TV

Rob Krieger

WVUE-TV

Allen Toussaint Remembered

Dave McNamara

WVUE-TV

Cajun Barbershop Jam

WGNO Staff

WGNO-TV

WGNO New Orleans "The Art Of Belly Dancing"

MEDICAL / HEALTH — TV

Kimberly Curth

WVUE-TV

Shutterbugs

Thanh Truong

WWL-TV

Steve Landry's ALS Struggle

Sabrina Wilson

WVUE-TV

Standing Strong

ENVIRONMENTAL / SCIENCE — TV

Bob Marshall

TheLensNOLA Best-ever levee system is here to protect property, not lives, experts

warn

Bob Marshall

TheLensNOLA Confronting the enemy below; hydrologists float plan to keep water

in city

Richard Webster

NOLA.com

The poisoned promises of Agriculture Street

BUSINESS — TV

Leslie Snadowsky

Biz New Orleans

Black Friday Toy Market Trends

Leslie Snadowsky

Biz New Orleans

How Will 2016 Affect Your Wallet?

TALK SHOW — TV

Errol Laborde, Marcia Kavanaugh

WYES-TV

Informed Sources

Peggy Scott Laborde

WYES-TV

Steppin' Out

Sheba Turk, Caegan Moore

WWL-TV

The 504

INVESTIGATIVE — TV

David Hammer

WWL-TV

Libray Foundation Investigation

Travers Mackel

WDSU-TV

Bad Cops Back At Work

Lee Zurik

WVUE-TV

Downfall of a Dynasty

CONTINUING COVERAGE — TV

Shelley Brown

WVUE-TV

FOX 8 Defenders: Westbank Rental Scam

Doug Mouton

WWL-TV

The Rise of Delvin Breaux

Lee Zurik

WVUE-TV

Swiped: Financial Mismanagement

FEATURE — TV

Anne Cutler

WGNO-TV

The Century-Long Secret at New Orleans’ Iconic

Commander’s Palace Restaurant

LeBron Joseph

WGNO-TV

Former Sugar Plantation Doesn’t Sugarcoat It’s History

Thanh Truong

WWL-TV

Katrina Bagpipes

GENERAL NEWS — TV

Rob Krieger

WVUE-TV

St. John Sheriff Showdown

Travers Mackel

WDSU-TV

Girl in the Attic

Thanh Truong

WWL-TV

Fall of Saigon: 40 Years Later

BREAKING NEWS — TV

Ashley Rodrigue

WWL-TV

Trench Collapse

WDSU Staff

WDSU-TV

Search For A Killer

WVUE Staff

WVUE-TV

Airport Machete Attack

WEATHERCAST

Alexandra Cranford

WWL-TV

Alexandra Cranford Weathercast

Bruce Katz

WVUE-TV

FOX 8 Weather at 4pm

Kweilyn Murphy

WDSU-TV

Morning Rough Weather

NEWSCAST

Jaune Jackson

WDSU-TV

WDSU News At 5

Marcy O’Leary

WDSU-TV

WDSU News At 4:00pm

Dannah Sauer

WVUE-TV

Fox 8 News at 10pm

Press Club of New Orleans

2016

Awards Finalists