The Long Island Advocate, Hofstra University’s online multimedia platform for off-campus reporting, took home 13 awards in the Press Club of Long Island’s 2023 Media Awards, presented last Thursday at Fox Hollow in Woodbury.
The honors included six first places for Investigative Series Narrative, Feature Story Radio, News Story Radio, Feature Package Video, News Package Video and Sports Package Video.
Additionally, the Spring 2022 edition of Pulse Magazine, Pass the Plate, earned a first place for Feature Story Narrative and a second place in the professional division for Best Magazine. All articles in Pass the Plate were published on The Advocate last summer.
Scott Brinton, assistant professor of journalism, advises both The Advocate and Pulse Magazine.
With WABC “Eyewitness News” investigative reporter Kristin Thorne, who is also a Hofstra adjunct professor, Brinton received a second place for Investigative Reporting Narrative and a third place for In-Depth Reporting Narrative in the pro division for a series of stories on alleged wage theft by an acclaimed Rockville Centre restaurateur. The series recently led to eight of his former workers receiving a $375,000 settlement.
The PCLI competition is judged annually by an out-of-state press association. PCLI is a chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Here is a rundown of the honors received by The Advocate and Pulse:
Second Place, Best Magazine
Hofstra Pulse: Pass the Plate
The Spring 2022 Hofstra Pulse Team
Appeared in print as Pulse and online on The Advocate.
Third Place, Best College Website
The staff of The Long Island Advocate
First Place, Feature Story Narrative
Ignored and invisible: Black women and eating disorders
Gabrielle Pascal
Appeared in print as Pulse and online on The Advocate.
First Place, Investigative Narrative
Long Island’s long history of housing segregation
Elisabeth Ford, Jillian Tkaczyk and Daniel Gall
First Place, Feature Story Radio
The Facts Behind the Felines: An up-close look at the ‘Hofcats’
Hunter Spears
First Place, News Story Radio
A Hempstead F.D. family recalls the horrors of 9/11
Dylan Sandas
Second Place, News Story Radio
Behind the Farms: Farmworkers seek rights
Damali Ramirez
First Place, Feature Package Video
Shinnecock Nation Powwow back together again
Yaw Bonsu
Second Place, Feature Package Video
To hell and back for Angels of Long Island
Yaw Bonsu
First Place, News Package Video
Long Beach residents recall Sandy’s horrors 10 years later
Yaw Bonsu, Madeline Armstrong
First Place, Sports Package Video
League of Yes: A league of opportunity
Yaw Bonsu
Second Place, Sports Package Video
Curling gains momentum on Long Island
Adam Flash
Third Place, Sports Package Video
On the run with Miss Teen Long Island
Yaw Bonsu
Second Place, Investigative Reporting Narrative
Third Place, In-Depth Reporting Narrative
Court: Rockville Centre restaurateur owes immigrant workers hundreds of thousands
Professors Scott Brinton and Kristin Thorne
