San Diego LGBT Weekly won a record 20 awards at last night’s San Diego Press club’s 44th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards. With these awards, LGBT Weekly has now won a total of 77 awards for journalism excellence since it was founded in 2010.
Over 400 press and PR professionals mingled among 18 restaurants, nine wineries, beer from Stone Brewery and Bay City Brewery and music from Mulligan Stew at the Jacobs Center at Market Creek.
The San Diego Press Club’s Journalism Awards are among the largest regional competitions in the United States and honor outstanding work in print, broadcast and online journalism. Last night’s event was emceed by Hal Clement. Special awards went to The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Andrew Kleske (Harold Keen Award); PR professional Rick Griffin (Andy Mace Award) and sustainable seafood advocate Tommy Gomes (San Diego Press Club Directors Award).
LGBT Weekly won seven first place, nine second place and four third place awards. “The spread of awards covered a wide range of categories from the contributions of our columnists and feature writers to our investigative reporting where we won all three awards,” said Editor Steve Lee. “These awards demonstrate our depth and quality of coverage and I applaud my team of writers for another year of outstanding work.”
Among those honored were political columnist Joel Trambley, investigative journalist Thom Senzee, feature writer Victor Hoff, entertainment writer Tom Andrew, food critic Lance Ryder, movie reviewer Ted Gideonse and columnist Nicole Murray Ramirez. Publisher Stampp Corbin, Editor Steve Lee and Art Director Jeff Jungblut were also honored.
To revisit the full line up of awards follow the links below.
FIRST PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Front Page Design
“We Are Orlando – Stronger Together; San Diego Pride 2016”
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Non-daily newspapers
Investigative Reporting
“Friends dispel rumors San Diego civil rights leader took life over legal bill”
FIRST PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Multicultural
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Non-daily newspapers
Political/ Government
FIRST PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Reviews: Misc
“A most salient portrait of evil”
FIRST PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Travel – Domestic
FIRST PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Travel – International
“Bienvenido a La Habana: Exploring gay life in Cuba’s capital”
SECOND PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Column – Serious Subject
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Non-daily newspapers
Essay/Commentary/Opinion
SECOND PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Investigative Reporting
“SDHDF departure begs question: Where’s the money?”
SECOND PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Profile
“The substance beneath Dr. Bronner’s foam”
SECOND PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Real Estate
“How to be the winner when everyone wants to win”
SECOND PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Reviews: Misc
“This could-be-thorny subject is beautifully tackled”
SECOND PLACE
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Reviews: Restaurant
SECOND PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Reviews: Theater
“Spitfire Grill serves up a tasty down-home dish”
SECOND PLACE
Websites, Blog – News and Opinion
THIRD PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Column – Serious Subject
“Conversations with the Mayor of Hillcrest”
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Feature – Light Subject
“Has the academy finally moved on from the #OscarsSoWhite years?”
THIRD PLACE
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Investigative Reporting
“Lil B’s workers all but resigned to alleged pay theft”
THIRD PLACE
Non-daily newspapers
Profile
