The Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, has named their best of the best for its acclaimed Excellence in Journalism Awards. Local commercial TV stations from the Bay Area and Sacramento took home awards.
The Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, has honored its best of the best with its Excellence in Journalism Awards.
These awards honor the journalists whose work best reflects the SPJ ideals of initiative, integrity, talent and compassion.
Commercial TV stations from the Bay Area and Sacramento took home awards.
BREAKING NEWS (TV/video)
Lisa Fernandez, Henry Lee, Allie Rasmus of KTVU Fox 2 for coverage of Oakland’s police chief being placed on leave.
COMMUNITY JOURNALISM (TV/video)
KRON 4’s Stephanie Lin, Michael Ostler, Rudy Garcia, James Fletcher for stories celebrating the Bay Area’s AAPI community and its history.
FEATURES JOURNALISM (tv/video)
KXTV, ABC 10 Sacramento’s John Bartell and Tyler Horst for “What I learned riding in a sacred Yurok canoe”
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (TV/video)
Andie Judson and Gonzalo Magaña of KXTV, ABC10 for “Burning Grizzly Flats”
LONGFORM STORYTELLING (TV/video)b
Andie Judson, Gonzalo Magaña, Tyler Horst, Sabrina Sanchez of KXTV, ABC 10 Sacramento, for “The Price of Care: Taken By the State”
ONGOING COVERAGE (TV/video):
KTVU Fox 2’s reporting on sex abuse in Dublin prisons, retaliation for reporting, and lack of justice for survivors by Lisa Fernandez, Michael Kaufman, Cristina Rendon, Tony Hodrick, Cam Cleveland, Simone Aponte.
CLICK HERE to see the complete list of the Excellence in Journalism Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, Excellence in Journalism Awards.
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