Robert Greenman Award
Named in honor of a journalism educator, author, wordsmith and long-time friend and board member of the Deadline Club, the Robert Greenman Award honors an annual educator for excellence in high school journalism teaching and advising.
Greenman’s importance in journalism education cannot be overstated. He wrote “The Adviser’s Companion,” the seminal guide for high school journalism teachers and played a key role in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. He served as a bridge between journalism professionals and journalism teachers and inspired thousands of student journalist through his engaging, insightful and witty workshops. Greenman launched the Award for High School Journalism Teaching and Advising at the Deadline Club more than 10 years ago.
2024 recipient — Noreen Fitzgerald-Makar
Noreen Fitzgerald-Makar, a journalism teacher and student newspaper adviser at Thomas A. Edison Career & Technical Education High School in Jamaica, Queens, is the 2024 recipient of The Robert Greenman Award for Excellence in High School Journalism Teaching and Advising.
The award, along with a video honor, was announced at the Deadline Club’s annual journalism awards dinner at the Harvard Club of New York City on Thursday, May 16.
Fitzgerald-Makar advises The Edison Light, an award-winning student paper launched in 2006. After taking over the class that produces the publication, she expanded The Edison Light from a quarterly print publication to a monthly/semi-monthly digital platform.
Past Recipients
Recognized as part of the annual Deadline Club Awards, the honor has been awarded to the following recipients since its inception in 2006.
2023 — Thomas Wentworth — Brooklyn Technical High School — Brooklyn, NY
2022 — David Rohlfing — Pace High School — Manhattan, NY
2021 — Casey Levinson — Midwood High School — Brooklyn, NY
2020 — Rachel Renick — Eximius College Preparatory Academy — Bronx NY
2019 — Georgia Mavromihalis — Benjamin N. Cardozo High School — Bayside, Queens, NY
2018 — Jacqueline Linge — Francis Lewis High School — Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY
2017 — Brian Sweeney — Townsend Harris High School — Flushing, Queens, NY
2016 — Mary Elizabeth Fulco — Staples High School — Westport, Conn.
2015 — Scott Menscher — Edward R. Murrow H.S. — Brooklyn, N.Y.
2014 — Susan Chenelle — University Academy Charter H.S. — Jersey City, N.J.
2012 — Noreen Connelly — St. Benedict Prep — Newark, N.J.
2011 — Edmund Sullivan — Columbia School Press Association — New York City
2010 — Jessica Siegel — Seward Park High School — New York City
2009 — Stephen Chiger — North Star Academy Charter School of Newark — Newark, N.
2008 — Cadence Turner — Curtis High School — Staten Island, NY
2007 — John Tagliareni — Bergenfield High School — Bergenfield, NJ
2006 — Holly Epstein Ojalvo — Stuyvesant High School — New York City