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37th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards

Bay Area print and online journalists, photographers, radio and television personnel and public relations professionals were presented with 192 awards of excellence in eight divisions and 41 categories at the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club’s 37th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards dinner tonight.

The San Francisco Peninsula Press Club’s Annual Professional Journalism Awards Competition dinner was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City.
The winners were selected from 392 entries from media professionals in the 11 Greater Bay Area counties. Awards honored work done in 2013. Entries were judged by the Press Clubs of Cleveland, Florida, Houston, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Orange County, and San Diego.

The San Mateo Daily Journal received the highest number of awards, 17. First Place Overall Excellence went to: The Daily News, San Francisco Business Times, The Spectrum Magazine, KCBS Radio, Junipero Serra High School and The Press Democrat.

The keynote speaker for the “Evening of Excellence” was Reed Albergotti, reporter for the Wall Street Journal and co-author of “Wheelman: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever.”

The Press Club lost its longtime board and founding member Jack Russell this year. They have named the $1,500 high school scholarship “The Jack Russell Memorial Scholarship,” it was awarded to Clare Varellas of Aclianes High School, Lafayette.

The $1,500 collegiate scholarship named for the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen was awarded to Brian Rinker from San Francisco State University.

Special recognition was given to the General Excellence winner of the Press Club’s High School Journalism Contest, co-sponsored by the Hillsdale Shopping Center. The Oracle newspaper of Henry N. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, was represented by its editors, Catalina Zharo and Danielle Yacobsen.

The complete list of award winners follows:

37th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards 

NEWSPAPERS DAILIES

Overall Excellence

Editorial

Columns-News

Columns-Feature

Columns-Sports

Breaking News

News Story

Continuing Coverage

Series

Feature Story of a Light Nature

Feature Story of a Serious Nature

Analysis

Business/Technology Story

Entertainment

Specialty Story

Sports Story

Sports Game Story

Headline

Graphic Design

Page Design

NEWSPAPERS NON-DAILIES 

Overall Excellence

Editorial

Columns-News

Columns-Feature

Columns-Sports

News Story

Continuing Coverage

Series

Feature Story of a Light Nature

Feature Story of a Serious Nature

Analysis

Business/Technology Story

Entertainment

Specialty Story

Sports Story

Sports Game Story

Headline

Graphic Design

Page Design

Overall Excellence

Editorial

Columns-Feature

Feature Story of a Light Nature

Feature Story of a Serious Nature

Analysis

Specialty Story

Sports Story

Page Design

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY 

Photography-Spot News

Photography-General News

Photography-Feature

Photography-Sports Action

Photography-Sports Feature

Photography-Photo Series/Picture Story

RADIO 

Overall Excellence

Team Breaking News

Feature Story of a Light Nature

Feature Story of a Serious Nature

Sports Story

Special Program

Documentary

Use of Sound

TELEVISION 

News Story

Feature Story of a Light Nature

Feature Story of a Serious Nature

Public Affairs Program

Videography

Editing

PUBLIC RELATIONS 

Overall Excellence

Newsletter

Press Kit

Annual Reports

BROADBAND 

Overall Excellence

Overall Excellence – Web only

Staff Columns Sports

Breaking News

News Story

Continuing Coverage

Feature Story of a Light Nature

Feature Story of a Serious Nature

Analysis

Business/Technology Story

Entertainment

Sports Story

Headline

Media/Interactivity

Blog/Commentary 

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