{"id":44077,"date":"2018-07-23T07:10:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T13:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=44077"},"modified":"2018-07-23T21:04:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T03:04:56","slug":"ccjn-draws-top-honor-at-press-club-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/ccjn-draws-top-honor-at-press-club-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"CCJN draws top honor at Press Club Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Crescent City Jewish News drew a rare honor Saturday night when it was selected as the first place recipient of the Breaking News category, defeating WWL-TV. Surprised CCJN editor Alan Smason accepted the award on behalf of the website, which publishes the Best of the Crescent City Jewish News Yearbook and SOURCE guide annually.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44078\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/AlanS_PressClub_edit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44078\" class=\"wp-image-44078 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/AlanS_PressClub_edit-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/AlanS_PressClub_edit-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/AlanS_PressClub_edit-768x1024.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44078\" class=\"wp-image-44078 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/AlanS_PressClub_edit-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/AlanS_PressClub_edit-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/AlanS_PressClub_edit-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-44078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CCJN editor Alan Smason with first place award for Breaking News and Bill Rainey Award for Best of Show. (Photo by Margo DuBos)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Smason was cited as the author of the story &#8220;New Orleans Community Mobilizes for Houston as Harvey Bears Down on LA.,&#8221; which detailed the local Jewish community&#8217;s response to the unprecedented rain event in Houston, east Texas and the Lake Charles area.<\/p>\n<p>The online article was republished in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/best-of-the-ccjn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Best of the CCJN 2017 Yearbook<\/a> earlier this year and can be found on pages 47-48.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of its win in the Breaking News Category, the CCJN was also presented with a Best of Show Award, the Bill Rainey Memorial Award, given out annually to the top print organization that captures the Breaking News category.<\/p>\n<p>Smason also received a second place award for his critical review of &#8220;<em>Thrill Me<\/em>,&#8221; a musical based on the Leopold and Loeb thrill murder of the 1920s. That story was also republished in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/best-of-the-ccjn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best of the CCJN 2017 Yearbook<\/a> on page 71.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44079\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44079\" class=\"wp-image-44079 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik-907x1024.jpg 907w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 266px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 266\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44079\" class=\"wp-image-44079 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lee_Zurik-907x1024.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-44079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lee Zurik with the Jim Metcalf Award for Best of Show. (Photo by Alan Smason)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to the CCJN, Jewish TV broadcaster Lee Zurik of Fox 8 WVUE-TV took home five first-place Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards in the categories of Crime Reporting, Government Political Reporting, Business Reporting, Environmental-Science Reporting and Investigative Reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Because of his win in the Investigative Reporting category, Zurik also took home a Best of Show award, the Jim Metcalf Memorial Award, for the best in broadcast writing.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Jewish investigative reporter David Hammer took home several second and third place awards in TV broadcast categories for his work as well as being part of the WWL-TV staff.<\/p>\n<p>The 60th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards Gala sponsored by the Press Club of New Orleans was held at the newly-opened Jung Hotel on Canal Street from 6:00 &#8211; 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"CCJN%20draws%20top%20honor%20at%20Press%20Club%20Awards\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,3],"tags":[8886,9496,8782,8798,8919],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44077"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44097,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44077\/revisions\/44097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}