2021 California Journalism Awards - Print Division
Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic ( Weeklies: 25,001 & over)Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Monterey County Weekly Entry Title: Monterey County Weekly's Covid-19 Coverage Entry Credit: Monterey County Weekly staff , Pam Marino Judge Comment: The gold standard for this competition. Nice reporting and writing throughout. Puts a face on the impact of COVID throughout all segments of society; obviously a tremendous amount of time and effort went into this, and it was well worth it.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Palo Alto Weekly Entry Title: Educational exodus Entry Credit: Elena Kadvany Judge Comment: The best pure writing in the competition and a balanced, fair look at a side of the story that probably wasn't really popular in the newsroom or even among many of the readers. Kudos for being brave enough to fairly report on this side of the story.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Palo Alto Weekly Entry Title: Coverage of the vaccine rollout in Santa Clara County Entry Credit: Palo Alto Weekly Staff, Sue Dremann Judge Comment: Well-reported piece on the challenges of rolling out the vaccine.
Place Name: Fourth Place Contestant Name: Palo Alto Weekly Entry Title: One Year In Entry Credit: Jocelyn Dong, And Staff Judge Comment: Sometimes it's best if we step back and just let our readers have their say. Here's a great example of real-life impacts of the pandemic.
Place Name: Fifth Place Contestant Name: Good Times Entry Title: "Our Hushed World" Entry Credit: Erin Malsbury Judge Comment: Totally different and interesting, a truly unique look at the impacts of the pandemic in ways most readers would have never thought of. I learned things! Well written and researched.
