The Long Island Advocate took home 11 honors, including five first-place accolades, in the annual Press Club of Long Island’s Media Awards, which were announced at the club’s annual awards dinner at Fox Hollow in Woodbury Thursday. PCLI received more than 800 entries in this year’s contest.
The Advocate earned a diverse array of honors, from Feature Package: Video in the student category to Podcast and Investigative in the professional category. Below are The Advocate’s honorees.
Yaw Bonsu, First Place, Student
Feature Package: Video
Athena Dawson, Second Place, Student
News Story
Yaw Bonsu, First Place, Student
Feature Story
National Center for Suburban Studies
Law Reform Advocacy Clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law
Lawrence Herbert School of Communication
Long Island Advocate
WRHU
Mario Murillo
Hunter Spears
First Place
Race and Diversity Radio
Cody Hmelar, First Place
Podcast
Scott Brinton, First Place
Travel
Madeline Armstrong, Second Place
Investigative
Scott Brinton, Kristin Thorne, Fatima Moien
Second Place, Solutions Journalism
Third Place, Investigative
Yaw Bonsu, Third Place
Neighborhood/Community