The California News Publishers Association recently honored several Bay Area News Group reporters, editors and photographers with awards for their work in 2023. The awards ceremony took place Saturday evening, July 13, in Universal City.
The Mercury News and East Bay Times took first place in three categories: film and television writing/reporting, fine art photography and front page print layout and design.
The list of awards in alphabetical order is as follows:
Agricultural report
Fifth place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “As the Bay Area urbanizes around it, Livermore is one of the last farm towns standing,” Will McCarthy
Artistic photography
First Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “U.S. Gymnastics Championship,” Jose Fajardo
latest news
Fourth place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Pac-12 survival: Oregon, Washington deal the final blow, leave for Big Ten,” “Arizona, ASU, Utah defect to Big 12,” “What’s next for Oregon State, Washington State, Stanford, Cal after mass exodus to Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 collapse,” “The 12 strategic mistakes that led to the end of the world,” Jon Wilner
Columns
Second Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Seeno v. Seeno Becomes Building Empire’s ‘War of the Roses’,” “Oakland A’s Haven’t Announced Departure, County Officials Bizarrely Claim,” Dan Borenstein
Youth and Education Coverage
Fifth place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “They spent their lives teaching California children. Now they say they’re spending their retirement to pay for it,” Elissa Miolene, Molly Gibbs
Editorial comment
Fourth Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “VTA’s San Jose BART Extension Costs Are Out of Control,” Dan Borenstein
Corporate news article or series
Fifth place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “California exodus package: ‘Mood is grim’: 80% of Bay Area voters see condition of three major downtowns as serious problem, poll finds,” “Wealthy residents’ departures deepen fears of ‘death loop’,” “5 charts that explain the exodus from California and the Bay Area,” “The top destination for Bay Area transplants isn’t Texas or Florida. It’s… Seattle?” Ethan Varian, Julia Prodis Sulek, Scooty Nickerson
Writing and reporting for cinema and television
First Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “The Strange, Sad Story of Sacheen Littlefeather: Did the Icon Fake a Native American Identity?” Martha Ross
Drawing
Second Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “What Are the Real Odds in Las Vegas?”, “Rewriting the Future of Learning,” Jeff Durham
Immigration reports
Third Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “A Migrant Family’s Odyssey: 7,100 Miles from Venezuela to Find a New Life in San Jose,” John Woolfolk, Josie Lepe
News photos
Fourth Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Brentwood Floods,” Jose Fajardo
Photo report/Test
Fifth Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Pajaro Flood,” Ray Chavez, Shae Hammond
Photojournalism
Second Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Best Mercury News/East Bay Times Staff Photograph”
Layout and design of the first printing page
First Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Texas? Florida? No. Bay Area Refugees Flee to Seattle,” Chris Gotsill, Pai, Scooty Nickerson
Print layout and inner page design
Second Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Eat, Drink, Play – Sausalito,” Jackie Burrell, Judy Sanfield
Print Special Section
Third Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, Outdoors Magazine, Jackie Burrell, Chris Gotsill, David Jack Browning
Print the cover of the special section
Third Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Bookish,” “Kickoff” and “Outdoors” magazines, Jackie Burrell, Chris Gotsill, Laurence Miedema, David Jack Browning
Sports report
Fifth place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “A botched rescue? SF Giants pitching coach Bailey reflects on 10th anniversary of Boston Marathon bombings,” Jason Mastrodonato
In writing
Third Place, Mercury News/East Bay Times, “Parents Mourn California Storm’s Youngest Victims: One Died Instantly, Other Is ‘Little Boy We’re Still Trying to Find,'” Julia Prodis Sulek
