2025 Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards Winners
Professionals
Bill Abrams
Kenise Adams
Richard Adams
Jacob Aere
Sarah Alegre
Elaine Alfaro
Wale Aliyu
Danielle Allaire
Adrienne Alpert
Elizabeth Alvarez
Geovanni Arreola
J W August
Zak Bartleet
Debra Bass
Jeff Bettger
Awards – All Winners
1st, 2nd, 3rd & Honorable Mention
to be revealed Oct. 28, 2025
Karen Billing
Lisa Bissi
Amy Blandford
John Blocker
Barry M. Bloom
Kevin Brass
Christina Bravo
Phillip Brents
Cathy Breslaw
George W. Brewster
Doug Brunk
Sasha Bryhadyr
Shauna Buffington
Mark Burgess
Ellie Burgueno
Aida Bustos
Isaac Cadriel
Charles Carr
Nancy Carol Carter
Veronica Carter
Amanda Cavallari
Wayne Chan
Maria C. Chavez
Ruby Chen
Connor Christiansen
Enedina Cisneros
Brendan Cleak
Rachel Cobb
Carolyne Corelis
Nicole D'Ambrogi
Alejandra Enciso Dardashti
Carlos Davalos
Jimmy Dedios
Adriana Delgado
Beth Demmon
Lauren Di Matteo
Phil Diehl
David Dixon
Ron Donoho
Christianne Dowd
Dave Drexler
Eric DuVall
John M. Eger
Regina Elling
Irv Erdos
Gayle Lynn Falkenthal
Dr. Sabrina Falquier
Phil Farrar
Jeanne Ferris
Cornelia Feye
Jon Fink
Laura Flanders & Friends
Sarah Flocken
Eddie Flores
Gillian Flynn
Leonardo Enrique Fonseca
Jennifer Franco
Elisabeth Frausto
Lynne Friedmann
Tom Gable
Julie Gallant
Geneva Gámez
Ted Garcia
Michael Gardiner
Madison Geering
Xiomara Gerardo
Sal Giametta
Lisa Gipson
Lisa Gipson
Marti Gobel
Denis Grasska
Brad Graves
Brenda Gregorio-Nieto
Rick Griffin
Thea Gurns
Cassiopeia Guthrie
Michele Hancock
Caitlin Hanna
Elizabeth Hansen
Luke Harold
Mike Hausberg
Andy Hayt
Ken Herman
Brandon Hernandez
Maria Hesse
Elizabeth Marie Himchak
Mateo Hoke
Scott Hopkins
Aaron Howard
Jessica Howard
Dwight Hwang
Ray Huard
Kimberly Hunt
Rafael Hurtado
Mary James
Ron James
Frank Jefferson
Mike Jeffs
Chris Jennewein
Cory-LaNeave Jones
Catharine Kaufman
Lucinda Kay
Chris Keeney
Gloria Calderón Kellett
Vincent Knakal
McCoy Knapp
Ben Koh
Cynthia Kosciuczyk
Christelle Koumoué
Karen Kucher
Gerald Labrador
Nicole Sours Larson
Dominique Lavigne
Suzanne Lawrence
Jess Levy
Roland Lizarondo
Aubrey Lloyd
Jen Lo
Sande Lollis
Andrew Luria
Marcia Luttrell
Noah Lyons
Jennifer MacEwen
Jayoung Mackenzie
Sara Maher
Yoshi Makino
Tarina Mand
Lauren J. Mapp
Rob Marlbrough
Kenric Martinez
Elaine Masters
Luella Mata
David Maung
Melanie Maxwell
Lara McCaffrey
Ellie McMillan
Macy Meinhardt
Henri Migala
James Miller
Donald Miralle
Dan Mitchinson
Phillip Molnar
Nicolle Monico
Taneashia R. Morrell
Kate Morrissey
Maria-Camila Murcia
Deanna Murphy
Alyssa Navapanich
Andrea Naversen
Carl Nettleton
Charlie Neuman
Serena Neumeyer
Alexander Nguyen
Chris Padilla
Kenneth Pagano
P.J. Panebianco
Mia Park
Lisa Pawlak
Chloe Pedersen
Lindsey Peña
Susanna Peredo Swap
Annie Pierce
Shelly Pinomaki
Scott Pirrello
Katerina Portela
David Pradel
Ann Marie Price
Miriam Raftery
Erin Marie Reiter
Jamie Reno
Ryan Rizzuto
Michael James Rocha
Edgar Rodriguez
Rebecca Romani
Lisa Ross
Joseph Ruiz
Judge Dana M. Sabraw
Michael Saucedo
Denise Scatena
Alex J. Schorr
Kristen Nevarez Schweizer
Cathy Scott
Peggy Scott
Elsa Elena Sevilla
Guillermo Sevilla
Anya Shah
Tony Shin
Elyan Shor
Christopher Short
Joshua Silla
Swasti Singhai
Kim Skulavik
Lorena Slomanson
Danielle Smith
Lee Somerville
Linda St. Angelo Burritt
Bob Stefanko
Calista Stocker
Katie Stokes
Chris Stone
Ken Stone
Melissa Suran
Marsha Sutton
Bill Swank
Tihut Tamrat
Nathalie Taylor
Rik Thiesfeld
Spencer Thornburg
Maya Trabulsi
Jim Trageser
Brenden Tuccinardi
Becka Vance
Juliette Vara
George Varga
Jeanna Vazquez
Thom Vollenweider
Ina von Ber
Gabrielle Wallace
David Washburn
Jennifer Whitelaw
Michael J. Williams
Beth Wood
Oliver Yambao
Arlene Yang
Criselda Yee
Joe Yogerst
Wallendorf Studios
Staff Awards,
Analyst News
Bolts
KPBS Staff
Salk Communications Office
San Diego County Water Authority
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Scripps Research Communications Office
Sempra
Sempra's SDG&E Communications Team
The San Diego Union-Tribune
The Southern Cross
Times of San Diego
College
Andrea Aladin
David J. Bohnet
Luke Bradbury
Sydney Brammer
Alfonso Julian Camacho
Luz Maria Clayton
Blanca Esthela Castañeda Garcia
Lesley Garcia
Toni Gibson
Carla Gutierrez
Anahy J. Gutierrez
Jose Guzman
Diego Higuera
Mijail Jones
Bailey Kohnen
Carla Labto
Valeryah Lara-Urrea
Nadia Lavin
Tyra Lawley
Alexa Lima
Ivan Medida
Cristian Piñeda
Natalia Plaza
Katerina Portela
Sahra Quiroga
Yanelli Zavina Robles
Julio Rodriguez
Sisy Sannoh
Xiomara Santospieve
Amita Sharma
Swasti Singhai
Danny Straus
Gabrielle Wallace
Zeke Watson
Dira Maria Wong
Keila Menjivar Zamora
Staff Awards
San Diego City College - City Times
Grossmont College - The Summit
Southwestern College - El Sol
Southwestern College - The Sun