Alumni Honored by Press Club of New Orleans

Photo courtesy of Buisson Creative

Congratulations to the various alumni from Brother Martin on winning media awards at the Press Club of New Orleans 58th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards Gala. The event was held at The New Orleans Marriott Convention Center in July. This year’s gala was hosted by Zach Strief of the New Orleans Saints. The Press Club of New Orleans is comprised of media professionals dedicated to improving the professional skills of people in the industry.

Notable alumni consisted of Greg Buisson ’77 & Staff of Buisson Creative, Sean Fazende ’99 of WVUE- TV, Steven Forster ’75 of The New Orleans Advocate, Doug Mouton ’81 of WWL-TV,  Scott Walker of WDSU– TV ’93, and Alex Woodward ’04 of Gambit Weekly. These alumni all placed in various categories for their work in journalism, public relations, social media, television, etc.    

Congratulations to all winners!

Greg Buisson ’77:

• Overall Campaign-PR
  First Place: Louisiana Tourism Coastal Coalition
• Public Affairs-PR
  Second Place: Progress Across District 1
• Social Media-PR
  Second Place: SWEGS Kitchen
• Special Events-PR
  First Place: Family Gras 2015
• Digital Media-PR
  Second Place: Visit St. Bernard – A Culinary Adventure
• Community Relations-PR
  First Place:  Brother Martin: How to Make a Life

Sean Fazende ’99:

• Sports Feature- TV
  First Place: Fourcade Family MVP
• Sports Blog – Digital Media
  Second Place: After Further Review

Steven Forster ’75:

• Still Photography Portrait
  Third Place: Pepa Lopez Steven Forster’s Party Central: Krewe of O.A.K. midsummer Mardi Gras 

Doug Mouton ’81:

• Sports Show
  Second Place: Fourth Down of Four
• Sportscast
  Second Place: Doug Mouton Sportscast on WWL-TV
• Sports Special-TV
  Second Place:  WWL-TV Saints-Falcons Pregame Special
• Continuing Coverage-TV
  Third Place: The Rise of Delvin Breaux

Scott Walker ’93: 

• Best of Twitter- Digital Media
  Third Place: Scott Walker Twitter
• Best Talent
  First Place: Scott Walker

Alex Woodward ’04:

• Critical Review
  Second Place: Review – Kendrick Lamar
• General News Writing
  Second Place: Medical marijuana in Louisiana: when?