SUNY Plattsburgh Journalism Majors

05/08/2026

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/

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...

05/05/2026

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

05/03/2026

Happy World Press Freedom Day! 📰

04/15/2026

We hope to see you there!

04/13/2026

Get involved! Join a student publication today.

04/07/2026

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

04/01/2026

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.

03/30/2026

Students in Professor Kurczy’s journalism course have been published in the Press Republican! Talk to your advisor about adding a journalism minor to get the chance to be published too.

03/26/2026

Mark your calendars! Advising opens Monday, March 30, so be sure to schedule an appointment with your advisor.

And, while you're at it, consider adding a journalism or PR minor...just saying 😊

03/25/2026

Good Afternoon Cardinals! Now is the time to get involved in the newspaper, pease submit your photos from spring break to get featured in this week’s issue!