Union-Tribune wins General Excellence, prime honors for images, reporting in California Journalism Awards – San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune took residence dozens of awards within the annual California News Publishers Association journalism contest this month, together with a number of prime prizes.

The Union-Tribune claimed the General Excellence prize, beating out newspapers throughout the state of comparable measurement within the competitors’s Division One, together with the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle.

“This is a true staff award, recognizing the overall excellence and dedication of all those who work at the U-T — which makes it even more meaningful,” senior editor Lora Cicalo mentioned. “I am thrilled that our reporters, editors, photographers and other staff members are getting the recognition they so richly deserve.”

San Diego’s largest newspaper additionally claimed first place for homepage structure and design, illustration and photojournalism.

In the opinion part of the newspaper, The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board claimed first, second and third place for editorial remark.

Three particular person reporters, photographers and editors on the U-T claimed prime prizes of their classes: Pam Kragen for effective arts writing/reporting, Kristen Taketa for social justice and civic engagement, and Meg McLaughlin for sports activities motion picture.

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The Union-Tribune claimed second place in its division for the Community Focus Award for reporting by Kelly Davis and Jeff McDonald about individuals who died or had been injured in San Diego County jails. It additionally claimed second for print front-page structure and design within the arts and tradition part.

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Other second place awards for U-T reporters had been Taketa for enterprise information story or collection, George Varga for music writing/reporting, Taketa and Alexandra Mendoza collectively for immigration reporting and former U-T reporter Tammy Murga for atmosphere reporting.

The San Diego newspaper’s reporters and photographers additionally claimed prizes for third, fourth and fifth in classes resembling well being reporting, public service journalism and sports activities characteristic story. This award-winning work ranged in subjects from accountability in schooling to San Diego County’s ongoing sewage disaster on the U.S.-Mexico border.