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For the second time this year, syracuse.com | The Post-Standard reporter Marnie Eisenstadt took home a “Journalist of the Year” award at a recent ceremony, this time a statewide recognition from the Journalists Association of New York. Earlier this year, she was named “Journalist of the Year” by the Syracuse Press Club.

Senior Director of Content John Lammers nominated Marnie for the statewide award based on her body of work from last year, highlighting her reporting on the deaths of three children at the hands of their parents.

“Marnie told the kids’ heartbreaking stories and uncovered the institutional failures that put the children at risk. Neffy Harris , a 6-year-old who loved Elmo, was killed by her mother, who beat her to death with a belt. County child protective w

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