WKYC Receives Several Press Club of Cleveland Awards

The Press Club of Cleveland honored Ohio media with their 2016 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards last Friday, June 3rd.

WKYC received a number of awards for the broadcast year of 2015 including the following:

Best Television Newscast in Ohio

• First Place: Channel 3 News at 11 (WKYC Staff)

Breaking News Series

• First Place: Ohio State Buckeyes win National Championship (Matt Florjancic)

Online Story Telling

• Third Place: Domestic Violence: A Crime Without Boundaries (WKYC Staff, WKYC.com staff)

Television News Website

• Second Place: WKYC.com (WKYC Staff)

Online Feature Story

• Second Place: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame turns 20 (WKYC.com Staff)
• Third Place: Akron's Sina King of Queen of the Comeback (Matt Florjancic)

On-Going Coverage

• First Place: Prosecutor "Called Out" by Family, Community in Tamir Rice Case (Hilary Golston)

Public Service

• First Place: United Against Domestic Violence (WKYC Staff)
• Second Place: Hidden Homeless Left Out in the Cold in Northeast Ohio (Hilary Golston)
• Third Place: See the Possible Jobs (WKYC Staff)

Human Interest

• Triumph Uplifts Cleveland Community (Hilary Golston)

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