Hewlett High School alum in finals of national radio contest

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Elissa Candiotti, a 2014 graduate of Hewlett High School and senior at Syracuse University, captured first place and a $3,000 award in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation 2017-2018 Journalism Awards Program’s radio broadcast news and features regional competition.

She advances to the national championship this summer in San Francisco. Syracuse also receives $3,000.

To listen to Candiotti’s award-winning pieces go to, Hard News: http://bit.ly/2FRIMSl and for Feature Story: http://bit.ly/2pe2kH2. She is a former Herald student intern.