05/05/2025
We at the Syracuse Press Club are thrilled to announce this year's inductee for our Wall of Distinction. 🏆
This is the club’s highest honor, recognizing individuals whose careers in journalism are dedicated to exceptional reporting, integrity, attention to detail, passion for storytelling, leadership, and mentorship.
Congratulations to Matt Mulcahy of CNYCentral.com, the 2025 inductee for the SPC Wall of Distinction!!
Matt Mulcahy is the anchor and managing editor of the NBC3 news at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. as well as the CW6 news at 10 p.m. The Emmy award-winning journalist started at NBC3 27 years ago. He has been covering Central New York news for more than 30 years.
Matt has won two New York Emmys for anchoring the Best Newscast in both 2015 and 1016. He won an Emmy for Best Documentary, "Bosnia: Returning Home" and is a 17-time New York Emmy nominee for Best Anchor, Best Writing, Best Reporting and other categories.
He has also received Edward R. Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence WSTM 2016, Best Writing for his "Matt's Memo" blog and reporting on other stories. The Associated Press, the New York State Broadcasters Association, and the Syracuse Press Club have all honored Matt with numerous awards.
In her nomination of Matt for the Wall of Distinction, CNYCentral.com co-anchor Megan Coleman wrote:
"Sifting through publicly available documents, submitting Freedom of Information requests, carefully combing through Syracuse Common Council meetings and Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency agendas may seem mundane to some, but for veteran anchor and reporter Matt Mulcahy, it's all in a fulfilling day's work. For Matt, scratching the surface of an issue is never enough. Digging deeper, providing context and perspective and giving the public a comprehensive understanding of an issue is at the core of Matt's work life.
He has a deep appreciation for the community he calls home, giving viewers a window into the stories that impact their lives. He has a knack for boiling down a complex court filing. He never walks away from doing the work necessary to w**d through convoluted, complex legal language to pluck out important details. In his leisure time, he enjoys listening to old U.S. Supreme Court arguments and finds fascination with nitty gritty details of legal cases and questions from justices on the bench.
From his recent investigation into a whistleblower complaint over contracts that led to the departure of top administrators at Syracuse City Hall to his multi-part series on the abrupt firing of the Manlius Police Chief and ensuing reports about the nearly 40-year-old agreement between local villages and the town, Central New Yorkers have become better informed about their community because of Matt’s steadfast commitment to journalism."
Former WTVH-TV co-anchor Maureen Green wrote this about Matt:
"I anchored with Matt for several years and believe that Matt added a level of professionalism usually found in larger television markets. He knew the material, had an ease about him that made digesting the news easier to take, which was important to Matt because he was fully invested in Central New York.
I don't ever remember Matt being unnerved either on or off the camera, even when things were falling apart behind the scenes. With Matt's steady presence, the audience never knew. He elevated all of us."
Matt was born in Syracuse and grew up in Liverpool, N.Y. He earned his master's degree in management and leadership from Binghamton University and his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Ithaca College. He also completed the entrepreneurship boot camp at Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management. Matt enjoys golf, running, and basketball. He resides in Fayetteville with his wife Jamie and dog Bentley.
Congratulations Matt! We look forward to honoring you and your career at the Syracuse Press Club awards dinner on May 3!
