On Monday, April 24, 2024, the Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners and finalists in the SPJ Region 1 Mark of Excellence Awards competition. Ithaca College Television (ICTV) and WICB were recognized for outstanding broadcast journalism, news and sports coverage and podcast production.
The awards were won in the following categories:
Television In-Depth Reporting
Winner: "ICTV Reports - Ithaca Starbucks Employees Campaign to Unionize"
Emily Hung '23 (ICTV)
Television Sports Reporting
Winner: "Sports Final - IC Mental Health Performance"
Josh Hobbs '24 (ICTV)
Best All-Around Television Newscast
Winner: "Newswatch 11-15-2022"
Grant Johnson '25, David Teska '23, Paige Morrissey '25 and Jordan Broking '23 (ICTV)
Best All-Around Television News Magazine
Finalist: "ICTV Reports - A Time of Reform 10-26-2022"
Brooke Vogel '24, Inbaayini Anbarasan '24, Griffin Homan '25 and Jordan Broking '23 (ICTV)
Radio In-Depth Reporting
Winner: "Ithaca Now - Queer Spaces in Ithaca"
Newt Andia '25 and Chloe Johnston '25 (WICB)
Podcast (Conversational)
Winner: "How Are You, Actually? - Episode 3"
Katelyn Smith '26 and Lou Baron '23 (WICB)
Radio News Reporting
Finalist: "Ithaca Now - Electric Vehicles for Earth Day"
Jay Bradley '22 (WICB)
Radio Feature
Finalist: "Ithaca Now - The Bands Visit: Interview with Ali Bourzgui"
Caroline Grass '25 (WICB)
Here is the link to review the full list of Region 1 winners. SPJ's Region 1 comprises Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Central and Eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in late spring.
Ithaca College Television (ICTV) is Ithaca's student-run television station with over twenty weekly shows in production each semester. ICTV programming airs Sunday through Thursday on the City of Ithaca's Educational Cable Access Channel (Spectrum 16) and streams at ictv.org.
WICB is Ithaca's student-run FM radio station and can be heard locally on 91.7 FM. Programming also streams at wicb.org and is available on the WICB iOS mobile app, plus iHeart and TuneIn Radio. "Ithaca Now," WICB's award-winning weekly local news magazine featuring community stories and interviews airs Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM.