To protect and serve the common interests of its newsmedia members, to help members inform and thereby strengthen their communities, and to foster the highest ideals, ethics and traditions of journalism, a free press and the news profession.
First-place and second-place plaques will be shipped directly to the winning publications in the coming weeks.
Personalized certificates will also be mailed to winners in each category.
A complete list of all California Journalism Award winners will be provided on May 18th.
| Circ Group(s) | Category Name | Award | Organization | City | Entry Title | Credits | Competition Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Unique Visitors: 100,001-400,000 | Informational Graphic | First Place | Voice of OC | Santa Ana | Orange County CA Coronavirus Daily Tracker by City, New Cases and Hospitalizations | Sonya Quick | OC's coronavirus daily virus tracker loads instantaneously and is packed with useful information. The graphics are easy to understand and nice to look at. Very impressive. |
| Monthly Unique Visitors: 100,001-400,000 | Informational Graphic | Second Place | CalMatters | Sacramento | Tracking coronavirus hospitalizations in California by county | John Osborn D'Agostino, Lo Benichou | OC's coronavirus daily virus tracker loads instantaneously and is packed with useful information. The graphics are easy to understand and nice to look at. Very impressive. |
| Monthly Unique Visitors: 100,001-400,000 | Informational Graphic | Third Place | Long Beach Post | Long Beach | How much has the Long Beach police union given to political campaigns? | Alena Maschke | OC's coronavirus daily virus tracker loads instantaneously and is packed with useful information. The graphics are easy to understand and nice to look at. Very impressive. |
| Monthly Unique Visitors: 100,001-400,000 | Informational Graphic | Fourth Place | Palo Alto Weekly | Palo Alto | Life in Quarantine: By the Numbers | Kevin Legnon, Linda Taaffe | OC's coronavirus daily virus tracker loads instantaneously and is packed with useful information. The graphics are easy to understand and nice to look at. Very impressive. |
| Monthly Unique Visitors: 100,001-400,000 | Informational Graphic | Fifth Place | The Union | Grass Valley | Nevada County opioid overdose rate skyrockets | Samantha Sullivan | OC's coronavirus daily virus tracker loads instantaneously and is packed with useful information. The graphics are easy to understand and nice to look at. Very impressive. |
