Communication and Media Graduate, Thomas Caputo (’22), Finalist For Syracuse Press Club Award For His Work At The Daily Sentinel

Utica University Alum, Thomas Caputo (Communication and Media, ’22), is a finalist for a Syracuse Press Club Award in the Best News Feature or Series category for his work on the Daily Sentinel series "Community in Crisis: Utica mourns death of 13-year-old Nyah Mway."

While attending Utica University, Caputo was a Staff Writer and Editor for The Tangerine, an On-Air Host for WPNR 90.7 FM and a Host on UticaTV. He has been a Staff Writer for the Daily Sentinel since May 2022. This is his first Syracuse Press Club nomination, which he shares with John Clifford, Nancy L. Ford and Sean I. Mills.

The Syracuse Press Club will announce which finalists placed first, second or received an honorable mention, during its Professional Recognition Awards Dinner on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Syracuse Press Club Awards are open to journalists working in and/or published within the following 21 counties of New York State: Onondaga, Madison, Cortland, Cayuga, Oswego, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Lewis, Herkimer, Oneida, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango, Broome, Tompkins and Seneca; and as far west as State Route 14 in Tioga, Chemung, Wayne, Schuyler and Yates counties.