Brandy Sotelo
KGO ABC 7
Second Place
A Sigh of Relief: San Francisco's Pee Problem
Feature Story / Light Subject
Television/Video - Video Only
Brendan Willard
KQED Public Radio
First Place
Oakland Composer and Harpist Destiny Muhammad Has Always Charted Her Own Path
Feature Story / Light Subject
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Brendan Willard
KQED Public Radio
Third Place
The Surveillance Machine (Close All Tabs)
Series or Continuing Coverage
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Brett Neely
NPR
Second Place
How AI showed up in 2024's year of elections
Series or Continuing Coverage
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Brett Shelton
Bospar
First Place
SignalFire: The Billion-Dollar Signal
Overall Excellence: Best PR Campaign
Overall Excellence Awards
Brian Watt
KQED Public Radio
First Place
KQED Public Radio Staff
Overall Excellence: Best Radio Station/Podcast
Overall Excellence Awards
Bryan Navarro
Saint Mary's College of California
Third Place
Kroner's Corner: Three on Gaels Basketball
College Media: Column
College Media
Business Insider Staff
Business Insider
Second Place
The True Cost of Data Centers
Investigative Reporting
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Caitlin Bilotta
Bospar
First Place
SignalFire: The Billion-Dollar Signal
Overall Excellence: Best PR Campaign
Overall Excellence Awards
Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí
KQED Public Radio
Third Place
What Is a 'Heat Island'? You Might Be Living Inside One in the Bay Area
Environment/Nature
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Carly Severn
KQED Public Radio
Third Place
What Is a 'Heat Island'? You Might Be Living Inside One in the Bay Area
Environment/Nature
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Carole Barrow
Bospar
Second Place
Queer Joy Is Resistance: How Radical Transparency Helped SF Pride Raise $2.5M Amid DEI Backlash
Overall Excellence: Best PR Campaign
Overall Excellence Awards
Caroline Smith
KQED Public Radio
Third Place
San Francisco's Oldest Lesbian Bar Has Been a Safe Space for More Than 60 Years
Feature Story / Light Subject
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Catherine Lyons-Labate
270 Media
First Place
Wild and Free: Where the Waterfront Children Are
Feature Story / Light Subject
Magazines/Trade Publications
Chanan Tigay
J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Second Place
Exclusive: Why Israel turned to archaeologists in its search for the Oct. 7 missing
Feature Story / Serious Subject
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Charity Spicer
Spartan Daily
First Place
Fire on the Fountain photos
Photography / Photo Series
College Media
Charles Russo
SFGATE
First Place
Part celebration, part funeral: The A's final game in pictures
Photography / Photo Series
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Charles Russo
SFGATE
Second Place
Legendary Calif. band's Golden Gate Park show was louder than Outside Lands
Photography / Photo Series
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Chris Bollini
KGO ABC 7
Second Place
ABC7 | Inspiring Love in Action
Videography
Television/Video - Video Only
Chris Egusa
KQED Public Radio
Third Place
The Surveillance Machine (Close All Tabs)
Series or Continuing Coverage
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Chris Hambrick
KQED Public Radio
First Place
Hyphenación
Podcast - General Interest
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Chris Roberts
San Francisco Public Press
First Place
Exposed: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point
Investigative Reporting
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Christian Leonard
San Francisco Chronicle
Third Place
Asylum-seekers wait on average 4½ years for their hearings. Now many fear ICE at the courthouse
General News Story
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Christina Mueller
270 Media
First Place
Sustainable Packaging
Environment/Nature
Magazines/Trade Publications
Christina Mueller
270 Media
First Place
Sustainable Packaging
Series or Continuing Coverage
Magazines/Trade Publications
Christine Tran
Spartan Daily
First Place
I would rather rent a room in hell
Headline
College Media
Christine Tran
Spartan Daily
First Place
Spartan Daily
Overall Excellence: Best College Newspaper/News Site
Overall Excellence Awards
Christopher Beale
KQED Public Radio
First Place
Hyphenación
Podcast - General Interest
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Cia Castro
Spartan Daily
Second Place
The Hypothetical Trans Athlete
Editorial Cartoon
College Media
Cindy Chan
The Guardsman
First Place
Moving Forward
Editorial Cartoon
College Media
Cindy Chan
The Guardsman
Third Place
Tariffs?
Editorial Cartoon
College Media
Clint Reilly
Nob Hill Gazette
Second Place
Nob Hill Gazette Staff
Overall Excellence: Best Magazine/Trade Publication
Overall Excellence Awards
Clint Reilly
San Francisco Examiner
First Place
San Francisco Examiner
Overall Excellence: Best Community Newspaper
Overall Excellence Awards
Craig Lee
Nob Hill Gazette
Second Place
Arion Press Marks 50 Years With a Move to Fort Mason
General News Story
Magazines/Trade Publications
Craig Lee
San Francisco Examiner
First Place
Swan Oyster Depot
Photography / Feature
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Craig Lee
San Francisco Examiner
First Place
Protests
Photography / News
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Craig Lee
San Francisco Examiner
Third Place
Flower Mart
Photography / Photo Series
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Cristina Criddle
Financial Times
Second Place
The Rise of OpenAI
Series or Continuing Coverage
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Curtis Sparrer
Bospar
Second Place
Queer Joy Is Resistance: How Radical Transparency Helped SF Pride Raise $2.5M Amid DEI Backlash
Overall Excellence: Best PR Campaign
Overall Excellence Awards
Curtis Sparrer
Bospar
Second Place
RealSense Completes Spinout from Intel, Raises $50 Million to Accelerate AI-Powered Vision for Robotics and Biometrics
Press Releases
Public Relations
Cydney Hayes
Gazetteer SF
Second Place
In between gods, looking for work
Feature Story / Light Subject
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Cynthia Laird
Bay Area Reporter
Third Place
Bay Area Reporter
Overall Excellence: Best Community Newspaper
Overall Excellence Awards
Dakin Campell
Business Insider
Second Place
The True Cost of Data Centers
Investigative Reporting
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Dan Evans
Napa Valley Register
Third Place
Dan Evans Columns
Columns-Features
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Dan Gentile
SFGATE
First Place
For a summer, San Francisco was home to the most beautiful sound in the world
Entertainment Review
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Dana Hull
Bloomberg
First Place
Elon Musk's 100 days of DOGE
Politics/Government
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Daniel Hardee
Dub Nation HQ
Third Place
The Two Timelines: You, me, and the Warriors
Columns-Sports
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Dave Tobener
SFGATE
First Place
Buster Posey is running the SF Giants now — for better or maybe worse
Columns-Sports
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
David A.M. Wilensky
J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Second Place
J. Sunday Newsletter Intros
Columns-News/Political
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
David Alexander
Santa Clara Weekly
Second Place
Coverage of City Council Member Trial
Series or Continuing Coverage
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
David Chalk
Mission Local
Second Place
SNAPS
Photography / Photo Series
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
David Curran
SFGATE
First Place
My decades-long love of a great, barely known San Francisco bakery treat
Blog / Commentary
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Dennis Lopez
KOVR CBS13
Second Place
KOVR CBS13 "Call Kurtis" Investigation: Where Are My Grandparents Buried?
Investigative Reporting
Television/Video - Video Only
Diaa Hadid
NPR
Second Place
How AI showed up in 2024's year of elections
Series or Continuing Coverage
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Douglas Zimmerman
SFGATE
First Place
Part celebration, part funeral: The A's final game in pictures
Photography / Photo Series
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Dustin Gardiner
POLITICO
Second Place
Attorney General Rob Bonta returns more fraught contributions
General News Story
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Dustin Gardiner
POLITICO
Second Place
'There's a reckoning to be had': San Francisco Dems move to push the national party to the center
Politics/Government
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Eddie Kim
Gazetteer SF
First Place
The artful life of Leland Wong
Feature Story / Light Subject
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Eddie Kim
Gazetteer SF
First Place
Up all night in the Tenderloin
Feature Story / Serious Subject
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom