Scot Donaldson
Investor's Business Daily
First Place
The Great AI Race
Cover Design
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Scot Donaldson
Investor's Business Daily
Second Place
Election '24 Puts Energy In Flux
Headline
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Scott Moring
KGO ABC 7
First Place
ABC7 SPORTS | From Paralyzed to Powerful
Sports Feature
Television/Video - Video Only
Scott Morris
The Vallejo Sun
Third Place
Testimony describes systematic coverup of Vallejo police misconduct and culture of retaliation
Criminal Justice
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Scott Shafer
KQED Public Radio
First Place
KQED Public Radio Staff
Overall Excellence: Best Radio Station/Podcast
Overall Excellence Awards
Sebastien Thugnet
Etc. Magazine
Second Place
Etc. Magazine 2025
Cover Design
College Media
Shannon Bond
NPR
Second Place
How AI showed up in 2024's year of elections
Series or Continuing Coverage
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Shaun Leavy
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
Sheryl Anne Sanchez Lugtu
The Skyline View
Second Place
Skyline Sports Spotlight – Episode 1
Radio/Podcast News Reporting (College media)
College Media
Silvio Carillo
KGO ABC 7
Third Place
Meet the Velvet Bandit: Sonoma Co.'s Mystery Mom Turned Street Art Superhero
Feature Story / Light Subject
Television/Video - Video Only
Skott Bennett
Riff
First Place
Sly Stone made unity sound like a revolution
Blog / Commentary
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Skylar Levy
Bospar
Second Place
RealSense Completes Spinout from Intel, Raises $50 Million to Accelerate AI-Powered Vision for Robotics and Biometrics
Press Releases
Public Relations
Sonia Paul
Alta Journal
Third Place
South Asian Artists Confront Oppression with Joy
Feature Story / Light Subject
Magazines/Trade Publications
Spartan Daily Staff
Spartan Daily
First Place
Spartan Daily
Overall Excellence: Best College Newspaper/News Site
Overall Excellence Awards
Stephanie Sierra
KGO ABC 7
First Place
TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRAVEL
Investigative Reporting
Television/Video - Video Only
Stephen Morris
Financial Times
Second Place
The Rise of OpenAI
Series or Continuing Coverage
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Steve Kroner
Saint Mary's College of California
Third Place
Kroner's Corner: Three on Gaels Basketball
College Media: Column
College Media
Steven Saum
Saint Mary's College of California
Third Place
Kroner's Corner: Three on Gaels Basketball
College Media: Column
College Media
Steven Saum
Saint Mary's College of California
Second Place
Olympians over the Decades: the Gaels Who Have Competed in the World's Foremost Sports Competition
Feature Story / Light Subject
College Media
Steven Saum
Saint Mary's College of California
First Place
The Goose Is Airborne
Photography / Sports
College Media
Steven Saum
Saint Mary's College of California NewsCenter
First Place
A Dispatch from Rome: SMC's Tom Poundstone on the Culmination of a Conclave and the Selection of Pope Leo XIV
Blog / Commentary
College Media
Sue Barnett
J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Second Place
Scent creator and curator Mandy Aftel on the essence of perfume — from frankincense to wet dog
Headline
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Sunni Khalid
KALW
Second Place
PIT Counts can lead to permanent supportive housing, but is this system flawed?
General News Story
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Susan Reynolds
The Voice of San Francisco
Third Place
EXCLUSIVE: S.F. Department of Public Health head: 'Public drug use is really a problem for other people'
Feature Story / Serious Subject
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Suzie Racho
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
Sylvie Sturm
San Francisco Public Press
Second Place
Sidelined After Service: What Federal Cuts Mean for Veterans
Podcast - News
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Tanay Gokhale
India Currents
First Place
This Sporting Life
Columns-Sports
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tanay Gokhale
India Currents
Second Place
Peoplewatch
Profile
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tanay Gokhale
India Currents
Second Place
Mansher Khera's 'New Era' Is Dawning
Sports Feature
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tara Duggan
San Francisco Chronicle
First Place
San Francisco Chronicle coverage leads to management change at S.F. Zoo
Investigative Reporting
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Tarini Mehta
The Press Democrat
Third Place
A Sebastopol 4th grader died by suicide. Her family alleges she was sexually abused
Criminal Justice
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Ted Andersen
San Francisco Business Times
Second Place
Big property tax bills start to roll in from Prop. 19 'reform'
General News Story
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Terry Forte
San Francisco Examiner
First Place
San Francisco Examiner
Overall Excellence: Best Community Newspaper
Overall Excellence Awards
Terry Forte
San Francisco Examiner
Second Place
Election Guide
Feature Layout Design
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
The Skyline View
The Skyline View
Second Place
The Skyline View
Overall Excellence: Best College Newspaper/News Site
Overall Excellence Awards
Thien Pham
KQED Public Radio
Third Place
The Midnight Diners
Columns-Features
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Thomas Hughes
Bay City News
Second Place
They didn't try the crimes, so they don't get more time: Court tosses 70 COVID-era cases
Criminal Justice
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tiffany Lam
The Guardsman
First Place
90 Years of History: Tracing the Rise of City College
Feature Layout Design
College Media
Tiffany Lam
The Guardsman
Second Place
The Guardsman Vol. 179, Issue 4
Front Page Design
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Tiffany Lam
The Guardsman
Third Place
The Guardsman Vol. 179, Issue 5
Front Page Design
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Tim Pfaff
Bay Area Reporter
Second Place
'Leonardo da Vinci' - Documenting the supreme Renaissance Man
Entertainment Review
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tod Fierner
Saint Mary's College of California
Third Place
Kroner's Corner: Three on Gaels Basketball
College Media: Column
College Media
Tom Poundstone
Saint Mary's College of California NewsCenter
First Place
A Dispatch from Rome: SMC's Tom Poundstone on the Culmination of a Conclave and the Selection of Pope Leo XIV
Blog / Commentary
College Media
Tom Whitehead
The Guardsman
First Place
Ghost Students at City College
Investigative Reporting
College Media
Tommy Craggs
Oaklandside and Oakland Voices
First Place
Since Stop AAPI Hate, some Oakland Chinatown residents are rethinking crime prevention
General News Story
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tony Hicks
Riff
First Place
Insert Foot
Columns-Features
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tony Hicks
Bay City News
Second Place
Tensions Flare at Concord Immigration Court
Photography / News
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tony Hicks
Bay City News
Third Place
Trump Supporter Waves Flags Above the Commute
Photography / News
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Troy Wolverton
San Francisco Examiner
First Place
The Examiner is monitoring these political power blocs before November
Series or Continuing Coverage
Print/Digital - Small Newsroom
Tyche Hendricks
KQED Public Radio
First Place
In the Run-Up to the Presidential Election, Politics Doesn't Reflect Reality at the US-Mexico Border
Series or Continuing Coverage
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Tyler Katzenberger
POLITICO
Third Place
California deals criminal justice reform a punishing blow
Breaking News
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Tyler Katzenberger
POLITICO
Second Place
Big Tech has another California problem
Business/Technology Story
Print/Digital - Large Newsroom
Victoria Mauleon
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
Victoria Mauleon
KQED Public Radio
First Place
In the Run-Up to the Presidential Election, Politics Doesn't Reflect Reality at the US-Mexico Border
Series or Continuing Coverage
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Will Hearst
Alta Journal
First Place
Alta Journal
Overall Excellence: Best Magazine/Trade Publication
Overall Excellence Awards
Wren Farrell
KALW
First Place
Willing to change: Working with perpetrators of domestic violence
Best Reporting by a small radio station
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Wren Farrell
KALW
Second Place
PIT Counts can lead to permanent supportive housing, but is this system flawed?
General News Story
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only
Xiaoyi Yu
Etc. Magazine
Third Place
Franchon Smith Ends Her Years as City College's Beloved Rocky the Ram
Feature Layout Design
Magazines/Trade Publications
Xorje Olivares
KQED Public Radio
First Place
Hyphenación
Podcast - General Interest
Radio/Podcast - Audio Only