| Gold Keyboard |
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| Outstanding enterprise or investigative reporting. |
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| Robert Tomsho, John Hechinger, Daniel Golden |
| "Left Out by Inclusion" |
| The Wall Street Journal |
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| Synopsis from Chief Judge, David Diaz: In a series on one of the most significant educational policy changes in decades, this finely written and thoroughly researched investigation shows that the "mainstreaming" of special education students has failed to live up to its promise - while hurting some of the very children it was supposed to help. |
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| Nellie Bly Cub Reporter |
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| Best journalistic effort by an individual with three years or less overall experience. |
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| Christine Armario |
| "Various articles" |
| Newsday |
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| Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York |
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| Story or series that is most complimentary of New York City. |
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| Newspaper |
| David Gonzalez |
| "House Afire" |
| The New York Times |
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| TV |
| Mary Murphy |
| "Fact Finders: Epilepsy and Driving" |
| CW11 News at Ten |
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| Radio |
| Sara Fishko, Senior Producer & Host |
| "Bea Wain, Girl Singer" |
| WNYC-FM |
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| Anticipated News |
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| Coverage of a major event that was scheduled well in advance. |
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| Newspaper |
| Sarah Ellison, Matthew Karnitschnig, Martin Peers, Susan Warren, Susan Pulliam, Dennis K. Berman, Suzanne Vranica, Stephanie Kang, Cynthia Crossen |
| "Murdoch Wins Bid for Wall Street Journal" |
| The Wall Street Journal |
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| Newswire |
| William Selway, David Evans |
| "Florida Holds 2.2 Billion of Debt to Cut Junk Status" |
| Bloomberg News |
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| TV |
| Mary Murphy |
| "911 Ceremonies & Firehouse Hit Hard" |
| CW11 News at Ten |
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| Business |
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| Best story or series representing business, finance, trends or management. |
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| Newspaper |
| Kate Kelly, Serena Ng, David Reilly, Susanne Craig, Susan Pulliam, Randall Smith, Michael Siconolfi, Carrick Mollenkamp, Robin Sidel, Monica Langley, Gregory Zuckerman, David Enrich |
| "Mortgage Meltdown on Wall Street" |
| The Wall Street Journal |
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| Newswire |
| David Evans, Richard Tomlinson. |
| "Toxic Debt" |
| Bloomberg News |
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| Magazine |
| Roben Farzad |
| "Extreme Emerging Markets Series" |
| BusinessWeek |
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| TV |
| Karin Annus, Gary Matsumoto, Mike Schneider, Antony Michels, Mary Linnane, Bob Drummond |
| "Phantom Shares" |
| Bloomberg TV |
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| Radio |
| Carole Zimmer |
| "Subprime Meltdown: the Families" |
| Bloomberg Radio |
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| Internet |
| Nick Yulico |
| "Home Solutions' Permit Problem" |
| theStreet.com |
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| Consumer |
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| Coverage of consumer trends, problems, scams or laws. |
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| Newspaper |
| Susan Edelman |
| "World Trade Center Insurance Fund Waste" |
| The New York Post |
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| Magazine |
| David Dietz, Gary Cohn, Darrell Preston |
| "The Insurance Hoax" |
| Bloomberg Markets |
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| TV |
| Ray Parisi, Mary Garofalo, Nicholas Veneziale, Marilyn Salaway, Alan Lesner |
| "Stolen MySpace Pictures" |
| Fox5 News WNYW-TV |
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| Internet |
| Jessica Silver-Greenberg |
| "Credit Cards on Campus" |
| businessweek.com |
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| Continuing Coverage |
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| Coverage of an ongoing story or series, reflecting a news operation's day-to-day coverage. |
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| Newspaper |
| Tom Robbins |
| "Tall Tales of a Mafia Mistress" |
| The Village Voice |
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| Newswire |
| Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry, Kathleen M. Howley |
| "Wall Street's Faustian Bargain" |
| Bloomberg News |
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| Magazine |
| Sami Yousafzai, Dan Ephron, Michael Isikoff, Rod Nordland, Ron Moreau, Zahid Hussain, Mark Hosenball, Michael Hirsh, John Barry, Eve Conant, Christopher Dickey, Roya Wolverson, Evan Thomas |
| "Into Thin Air" |
| Newsweek |
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| TV |
| Barbara Nevins Taylor, Paul Tsakos, Roy Isen, Jonathan Weaver, Brian Kartagener, Horatio Jennings |
| "No Way To Live" |
| My9 News WWOR-TV |
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| Radio |
| John Montone, Mona Rivera, Steve Sandberg, Kathleen Maloney, Juliet Papa |
| "Floods of '07" |
| 1010 WINS |
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| Internet |
| Rod Nordland |
| "Congo series" |
| newsweek.com |
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| Crime Reporting |
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| Coverage of crimes, police techniques, law enforcement, trends or profiles. |
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| Newspaper |
| David Kocieniewski |
| "Scared Silent" |
| The New York Times |
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| TV |
| Erica Ferrari |
| "The Yard Blues: A Reality of Drugs and Prostitution" |
| News 12 The Bronx |
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| Radio |
| Juliet Papa |
| "Crime and Punishment" |
| 1010 WINS |
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| Entertainment News |
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| Coverage of the performing arts, cinema, or the business of entertainment. |
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| Newspaper |
| Doree Shafrir, Leon Neyfakh |
| "If She Did It" |
| The New York Observer |
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| Magazine |
| David Whitford |
| "Squeezing Money From Music" |
| Fortune Small Business Magazine |
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| TV |
| Karin Annus, Zinta Lundborg, Carol Massar, Patrick Cole, Ellen Pinchuk, Alex Graham, Howard Silver, Robin Schatz, Mary Linnane, John Bence, Seth Karten, Paul Cavrell, Catherine Smith, Jonathan Bosley |
| "Bloomberg MUSE #79" |
| Bloomberg TV |
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| Radio |
| George Bodarky, Host and Producer |
| "Musical Abilities" |
| WFUV-FM |
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| Internet |
| N'Gai Croal |
| "Level Up" |
| newsweek.com |
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| Feature |
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| A single story or series showing human interest. |
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| Newspaper |
| Amy Harmon |
| "The DNA Age" |
| The New York Times |
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| Magazine |
| Jennifer Gonnerman |
| "The Panhandler's Payday" |
| New York Magazine |
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| TV |
| Shannon White, Frank Merola, Eric Leeds |
| "Hitting Bottom" |
| News 12 Westchester |
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| Radio |
| Sara Fishko, Senior Producer and Host |
| "Cab Calloway Centennial" |
| WNYC-FM |
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| Internet |
| Pallavi Gogoi |
| "The Man Behind the Cloning Movement" |
| businessweek.com |
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| Political Coverage |
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| Coverage of politics, campaigns, government, municipal agencies, or civil service. |
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| Newspaper |
| Brody Mullins, Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Jonathan Cheng, John R. Emshwiller, Jim Carlton, Christopher Cooper |
| "Bundle of Trouble" |
| The Wall Street Journal |
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| Magazine |
| Mark Thompson |
| "Flying Shame" |
| TIME Magazine |
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| TV |
| Marvin Scott; Ellyn Marks, Producer |
| "11 News Closeup: The Internet and Politics" |
| CW11 News at Ten |
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| Radio |
| Carole Zimmer |
| "Breaking the Bank: Campaign Spending 2008" |
| Bloomberg Radio |
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| Internet |
| Aaron Task, Nat Worden |
| "Presidential Portfolios" |
| theStreet.com |
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| Sports News |
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| Coverage of professional and amateur athletics. |
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| Newspaper |
| Alan Schwarz |
| "Hidden Danger" |
| The New York Times |
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| Magazine |
| Danielle Sessa |
| "Academy of Dreams" |
| Bloomberg Markets |
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| TV |
| Antoinette Biordi, Phil Sexton |
| "Miracle League" |
| News 12 Westchester |
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| Radio |
| Ryan Ruocco: Writer, Producer, Narrator |
| "Fordham Football: A Legacy of Their Own" |
| WFUV-FM |
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| Spot News |
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| Unplanned, unscheduled coverage requiring an immediate response, published within 24 hours of the event. |
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| Newspaper |
| Metropolitan Staff |
| "A Fire in the Bronx" |
| The New York Times |
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| Newswire |
| Scott Lanman, Brendan Murray, Matthew Brockett, Caroline Salas, Anthony Massucci, Lynn Thomasson, Shannon Harrington. |
| "Bernanke's World Unravels" |
| Bloomberg News |
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| TV |
| Arthur Chi'en, Chris Glorioso, Cathy Hobbs |
| "Steam Pipe Explosion" |
| CW11 News at Ten |
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| Radio |
| WCBS News Team |
| "The NYC Steam Pipe Explosion" |
| WCBS 880 |
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| Internet |
| Michael Hirsh, Fasih Ahmed, Mark Hosenball, Linda Bird Francke, Graham Allison, Ron Moreau |
| "Assassination of Benazir Bhutto" |
| newsweek.com |
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| Art |
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| Best journalistic effort in the visual arts - accompanying a story. |
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| Magazine |
| C.J. Burton |
| "The Ratings Charade" |
| Bloomberg Markets |
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| Spot News Photo |
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| Best photograph of a news story or event under breaking news conditions. |
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| Newspaper |
| Andrew Savulich |
| "Nowhere to Run" |
| The New York Daily News |
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| Feature Photo |
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| Best photograph depicting human interest or feature material. |
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| Newspaper |
| Ron Antonelli |
| "From Champs to Chumps" |
| The New York Daily News |
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| Regularly Scheduled Local News |
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| Best single newscast based on news judgment, production, writing, editing and delivery. |
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| TV |
| Karen Scott, John Houseman, Tim Armstrong, Robert Cucchiaro |
| "Steam Pipe Explosion" |
| CW11 News at Ten |
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| Regularly Scheduled Morning News |
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| Best single local or national morning news program, aired "live". |
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| TV |
| Lisa Salvadorini, Brysen Van Eck, Nicole Best, Steve Saslow, Carol Corrado, Janine Rose, Frank Cristantiello |
| "Hudson Valley Daytime Edition" |
| News 12 Hudson Valley |
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| News Special |
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| One-time news special, submitted as aired with no post edits or post effects. |
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| TV |
| Virginia Huie, Brian Endres, Dave Garden, Jim Luning |
| "Last Letters Home" |
| News 12 Long Island |
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| Spot News Video |
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| Best news videography of a breaking story by an individual or crew. |
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| TV |
| Chris Calarco |
| "Dentist Road Rage" |
| WCBS-TV |
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| Feature Video |
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| Best videography of a feature or human interest story. |
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| TV |
| Michael DelGiudice |
| "Field of Dreams" |
| WNBC-TV |
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| Outstanding Web Coverage |
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| Best overall coverage of a tri-state area news or feature story. |
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| Internet |
| newsday.com Staff |
| "The Gap (They Failed to Act)" |
| newsday.com |
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| Best Web Exclusive Content |
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| Content built specifically for an organization's Web site. |
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| Internet |
| Jonathan Groat, Jennifer Molina, David Alpern, Nisid Hajari, Dan Ephron. |
| "Voices of the Fallen" |
| newsweek.com |
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Our thanks to the judges (partial list): |
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| Sarah Bartlett |
| Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. |
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| Peter O.E. Bekker |
| Author, multimediographer, Web technologist. Formerly news writer, executive news producer and commentator on music and personal technology, WCBS Newsradio and the CBS Radio Network; adjunct professor of journalism, Baruch College, CUNY. |
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| Mary Cox |
| Media coach, 602 Communications, teaches TV news teams nationwide methods for focusing production, storytelling, Internet and tease writing skills. Former news director, KNXV-TV (ABC) Phoenix; assistant news director, WSB-TV (ABC) Atlanta; news producer, WCCO-TV (CBS) Minneapolis. |
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| David Diaz |
| Chief judge. Distinguished lecturer in Political Science, Media and Communication Arts, CUNY. Formerly senior correspondent and anchor at WNBC-TV and WCBS-TV, New York. |
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| Pam Frederick |
| Writer, reporter, editor. Adjunct professor, Columbia University Journalism School. |
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| Elizabeth Kadetsky |
| Author, essayist, editor, writing coach; associate faculty, Columbia University Journalism School. |
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| Peter Landis |
| Managing Editor, NY1 News; adjunct instructor, Columbia University Journalism School; Board member, New York Press Club.
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| Mark Lieberman |
| Senior Economist, Fox Business Network; Trustee, New York Press Club. |
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| Phil O'Brien |
| Executive Producer, WNBC-TV; Board member, New York Press Club. |
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| Steven Osborne |
| Media Director, Montefiore Medical Center. Former broadcast reporter, producer and radio and TV news director. |
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| Larry Seary |
| First vice president, New York Press Club. |
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| Adam J. Shapiro |
| SnapNow, mobile visual search. Formerly executive editor, wnbc.com; newscast producer in markets across the country. |
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| Gerry Solomon |
| Professor of journalism, Queens College. Formerly a writer, reporter, producer and managing editor for major market radio and network TV broadcasts including WCBS Newsradio, NBC Nightly News, NBC Today, Meet the Press and Good Morning America. |
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| Paula Span |
| Author; professor of journalism, Columbia University Journalism School; contributing writer, The Washington Post Magazine.
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| Sree Sreenivasan |
| Dean of student affairs and professor, Columbia University Journalism School. Tech reporter, WNBC-TV. |
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| Joanne Stevens |
| Founder, Stevens Media Consulting, Ltd., a company working with electronic and print journalists who present audio/video-based news. Former adjunct instructor, Columbia University Journalism School and the School of Visual Arts.
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| Vito A. Turso |
| Deputy Commissioner, Public Affairs, NYC Department of Sanitation; former news reporter; 40-year member, New York Press Club. |
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| Deborah Wetzel |
| Government public relations. Formerly, morning news anchor, WCBS-FM; Trustee, New York Press Club. |
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| Scotti Williston |
| Senior Producer in Residence, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Formerly Cairo bureau chief, CBS News; Knight international journalism fellow, Middle East; visiting professor of journalism, Columbia School of Journalism. |
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| Bob Yuna |
| Former news director and news manager at stations that include KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, WSB-TV Atlanta, WKBW-TV Buffalo. Currently provides guidance on the launch of national TV operations around the world, such as in Uganda, India and Pakistan. |
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| Kristal Brent Zook, Ph.D. |
| Author, writer, speaker, cultural reporter. Associate professor of journalism, Hofstra University. |
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