Journalist of the Year
Karen de Sa, San Jose Mercury News
Public Service
Adam Clay Thompson, San Francisco Bay Guardian
Career Achievement
Rasa Gustaitis, Coast & Ocean Magazine
Meritorious SPJ Service, The John Gothberg Award
Sally Lehrman, Freelance Journalist
Distinguished Service to Journalism
Erna Smith, Journalism Professor, San Francisco State University
Unsung Hero
Marcus Chan, San Francisco Chronicle
Special honors
Ed Kashi and Julie Winokur
Breaking News
Daily Print (Circ. More than 100,000)
Mark Gladstone, Laura Kurtzman, Ann E. Marimow, Howard Mintz, Dion
Nissenbaum, Jim Puzzanghera, Dai Sugano, San Jose Mercury News
Online
Stephen Shankland, Scott Ard and Jeff Pelline, CNETNEWS.com
Depth Reporting
Daily Print (Circ. More than 100,000)
David Lazarus, Carrie Kirby and Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle
Daily print (Circ. Less than 100,000)
Rob Dennis and Tom Anderson, Fremont Argus
Non-Daily Print
Chris Thompson, East Bay Express
Broadcast
Doug Sovern, KCBS Radio
Online
John Borland, Evan Hansen and Mike Yamamoto, CNET.com
Opinion
Print
Swetha Iyengar, Indian Life & Style
Online
John McManus, Grade the News
Photojournalism
Print
Brant Ward, San Francisco Chronicle
Graphic Journalism
Daily Print (Circ. More than 100,000)
Joe Shoulak, San Francisco Chronicle
Daily print (Circ. Less than 100,000)
Dennis Bolt, Marin Independent Journal
Non-Daily Print
Mike Mechanic and Jesse Reklaw, East Bay Express
Feature Writing
Daily Print (Circ. More than 100,000)
Joan Ryan, San Francisco Chronicle
Non-Daily Print
Susan Goldsmith, East Bay Express
Online
Laurie Udesky, Consumer Health Interactive
Outstanding Emerging Journalist
Daily Print (Circ. More than 100,000)
Simone Sebastian, San Francisco Chronicle
Daily Print (Circ. Less than 100,000)
Emily Fancher, San Mateo County Times
Non-Daily Print
Malcolm Gay, East Bay Express
Online
Andrea Coombes, CBS MarketWatch