SUNY Plattsburgh Journalism Majors

Congrats to Emma Deo and Justin Rushia for their second-place awards in the annual New York Press Association contest. Emma won for a her Cardinal Points Story:
https://cardinalpointsonline.com/cards-win-sunyac-championship/
and Justin for his Cardinal Points photos:
https://cardinalpointsonline.com/this-week-in-photos-students-shred-snow-at-rail-jam/

This week in photos: Students shred snow at Rail Jam | Cardinal Points ArchiveMultimediaPhotos This week in photos: Students shred snow at Rail Jam March 7, 2025 Rail Jam winner Olden soars on skis through a trail of powder on the snow jump behind Memorial Hall. Photos by Justin Rushia   Olden shreds some powder as he starts down the ramp. Justin Rushia   Ian Sever t...

JOU Alum on Pulitzer winning team

JOU alum Bailey Carlin is a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting for Pablo Torre Finds Out’s investigation into Kawhi Leonard/Steve Ballmer/The Los Angeles Clippers.

His company, Bad Brain Digital Consulting, handles all the Digital Strategy for the show/production.

Pulitzer website: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-pablo-torre-finds-out

Clip from MSNBC of Pablo shouting out Bailey (and other staff members) by name this morning: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7457431019407982593/

They are also nominated for Three Sports Emmys which will be announced later this month:https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Sports47.nom_.v1.3-2026-04-10.docx.pdf

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Congratulations to Aubrey Hayes and Yasmine Alregabi on their recent article in the Press-Republican! Read their full story on the Press-Republican website.

Yet another student getting published! Adam Blanchard has been featured on the front page of the Press Republican, where he wrote about the sixth installment of the DEC’s listening session series. Congratulations Adam! Read the full story on the Press Republican website.