HONORARY CHAIRS
BRENDA PAYTON & NEIL HENRY
And the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists invite you to SPJ’s
2007-2008
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
AWARDS DINNER
R.S.V.P. by Nov. 10 (extended!), via e-mailed reply card & e-pay or regular mail
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
MONIKA BAUERLEIN & CLARA JEFFERY
Editors , Mother Jones Magazine
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Yank Sing Restaurant
Rincon Center, 101 Spear Street, San Francisco
(validated parking)
No-Host Cocktails: 6:00 p.m.; Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
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Winners of the 2007-2008 Excellence in Journalism Awards
Journalist of the Year
The Vanishing Journalist
Career Achievement
Karola Saekel Craib
Roland de Wolk, KTVU-TV
Distinguished Service to Journalism
David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle
Unsung Hero
Karen Holzmeister, The Daily Review
John Gothberg Award for Meritorious Service to SPJ-NorCal
Linda Jue, New Voices in Independent Journalism
Public Service:
Karen de Sá, San Jose Mercury News
Breaking News
Print, daily: San Jose Mercury News (Julia Prodis Sulek, Patrick May, Lisa M. Krieger, Ken McLaughlin, Julia Sevrens Lyons)
Broadcast: KQED-FM News Team
Explanatory Journalism
Print, daily: Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News
Print, non-daily: Jacques Leslie, Mother Jones
Broadcast: The California Report, KQED-FM
Online: Consumer Health Interactive (Paige Bierma, James Burke, Tim Fitzgerald, Diana Hembree, Paola Laverde)
Investigative Journalism
Print, daily: The Chauncey Bailey Project (Bob Butler, Mary Fricker, Thomas Peele, Josh Richman, G.W. Schulz, A.C. Thompson)
Broadcast: Holly Quan and Ed Cavagnaro, KCBS-AM
Online: Alistair Barr, MarketWatch.com
Feature Writing
Print, daily: Jennifer Garza, Sacramento Bee
Print, non-daily: Lisa Margonelli, California magazine
Broadcast: Amy Miller, KQED-TV
Online: Kristen Gerencher, MarketWatch.com
Opinion
Chip Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Criticism
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News
Photojournalism
Dai Sugano, San Jose Mercury News
Outstanding Emerging Journalist
Julia Scott
Outstanding Student Journalist
The Advocate Staff, Contra Costa Community College
SPJ ANNOUNCES EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARD WINNERS
'VANISHING JOURNALISTS' GET TOP AWARD
San Francisco, September 23, 2008 – The Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has recognized the “Vanishing Journalist” with its top award for journalistic excellence.
The recent and unprecedented layoffs and buyouts of hundreds of reporters, photographers, editors, graphic artists and other journalists throughout the region has led to grave absences in local newsrooms.
Winners of the SPJ Excellence in Journalism Awards covered topics ranging from subprime mortgages and climate change to wildfires and gay marriage. They came from both traditional local media, such as the San Jose Mercury News, which won five awards this year, to Bay Area-based national publications such as MarketWatch and Mother Jones. All of the winners will be honored at an awards dinner on November 13 at the Yank Sing restaurant in San Francisco.
Read the full press release, including a list of this year's winners
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 6–9 p.m.
San Francisco Chronicle newspaper offices, 110 5th St.,
San Francisco
A lively, hands-on workshop that will hone your skills and help you overcome the hurdles of reporting and writing quality healthcare stories despite biased sources and commercial pressures in the health/medical industry. We'll look at recent examples in our local Bay Area print and broadcast media and learn tips and strategies we can use everyday. Our instructors will show that it doesn't take an extra thousand words of type or 10 minutes of air to get the accurate and balanced story you and your editors want – and your readers deserve. Hosted by the Association of Healthcare Journalists, Bay Area chapter.
