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Awards

Every year the San Diego Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists recognizes excellence among broadcast, print and online journalists in San Diego at their summer award banquet.

The San Diego Free Press, launched in 2012, exists to counteract corporate media influence through the practice of citizen journalism. This unique brand of journalism provides a voice to the underserved and marginalized in the region.  At its most effective, it speaks truth to power in an accessible, authentic way.

Every year since 2013 the editorial board of the San Diego Free Press and our media partner the OB Rag review hundreds of submissions published in the prior year by our all-volunteer citizen journalists and submit a list of exceptional writing and videos to SPJ judges for consideration.

San Diego Free Press contributors and editors have garnered awards every year in categories that include breaking news, daily columns, opinion, food, videos and of course, politics.

We are intensely proud to be working with the incredibly talented and passionate people listed below who have been SPJ award winners.

 

— 2018 Awards —

Sara Kent

Daily Reporting and Writing, Opinion/Editorial
The Mickey Kasparian Scandal, Six Months Later
1st Place

Peter Zschiesche

Daily Reporting and Writing, Review/Criticism
Brian Alexanders ‘Glass House’: Examining Industrial Grief in the Heartland
1st Place

Maria-Elena Ugalde

Daily Reporting and Writing, Arts/Entertainment story
A Missing Link to Greatness: San Diego Artist Guillermo Yermo Aranda
2nd Place

Anna Daniels

Daily Reporting and Writing, Breaking news story
Trumps Long Shadow Falls on San Diego Immigrants, Refugees, Muslims
3rd Place

Doug Porter

Daily Reporting and Writing, Column
The Starting Line
3rd Place

— 2017 Awards —

Martha Sullivan

Opinion/Editorial
Study: SDPD’s Race Bias is Undisputed and Ineffective
1st Place

Mark Hughes

Daily Reporting and Writing, Environmental story
From Coal to Climate: The Evolution of an Activist
1st Place

Lawrence Herzog

Daily Reporting and Writing, Political/Government story
Land Use Planning in a ‘Post- Fact’ World? Looking Back on Measures B and C in Our Recent Election
3rd Place

Doug Porter

Daily Reporting and Writing, Column
The Starting Line
2nd Place

Barbara Zaragoza

Daily Reporting and Writing, Column
North of the Fence
3rd Place

Barbara Zaragoza

Daily Reporting and Writing, Multicultural story
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Diego Chapter
3rd Place

— 2016 Awards —

Norma Damashek

Daily Reporting and Writing, Opinion/Editorial
Civic San Diego – Like a Hole in the Head
1st Place

Bob Dorn

Opinion/Editorial
Losing One’s Perch on America’s Finest Tourist Plantation
3rd Place

Will Falk

Health Story
Returning From Darkness: National Suicide Prevention Month
3rd Place

Maria Garcia

Sports Story
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Americanization through Baseball
2nd Place

Horacio Jones

Video Feature
Video: The San Diego March for Ayotzinapa
1st Place

Doug Porter

Breaking News Story
Super Sized #Fightfor15 Protests, Value Meal Press Coverage
1st Place

Breaking News Story
ALEC Gets a Raucous Reception in San Diego
2nd Place

Richard Riehl

Opinion/Editorial
Have You No Shame, Mr. Caruso?
1st Place

San Diego Free Press

Online News Site
2nd Place

— 2015 Awards —

Doug Porter

Opinion/Editorial
Glenn Greenwald on Edward Snowden Leaks 
3rd Place

Column
3rd Place

Norma Damashek

Political/Government Story
San Diego’s Genome
3rd Place

Vanessa Ceceña

Legal Story
Immigration, Deportation and Family Separation
2nd Place

Horacio Jones

Video Feature
Barrio Logan Art Show for the 43 Missing Mexican Students
3rd Place

Brent Beltrán

Review/Criticism
Street Tacos and Craft Beer Come to Barrio Logan 
2nd Place

Anna Daniels

Multicultural Story
After the Wars, City Heights
2nd Place

Food Story
For the Love of Tamales 
3rd Place

 

— 2014 Awards —

Doug Porter

Opinion/Editorial
Death by Street Planning on El Cajon Boulevard
2nd Place

John Lawrence

Environmental Story
An Analysis of the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan.
2nd Place

Anna Daniels

Weekly Column
City Heights: Up Close & Personal
Honorable Mention

Frank Gormlie

News or Feature Series
Digging Tunnels Under the 3o Foot Height Limit — Part 1
Digging Tunnels Under the 30 Foot Height Limit — Part 2
Honorable Mention

 

— 2013 Awards —

Doug Porter

Daily Reporting and Writing
Debunking the Opposition to Proposition Z, San Diego Schools’ Opportunity to Keep Moving into the 21st Century
1st Place

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