The judges have judged, and so many journalists produced award-winning work in and about San Diego in 2023. Check the list below for your name. We’ll see you at our annual banquet at Stone Brewing on Thursday, June 27, where you can pick up your award. We’ll be announcing first, second and third place winners, and winners of our special awards, at the banquet.
Contest
SPJ San Diego’s Scholarship Contest is now open!
This year, SPJ San Diego will award up to five $1,200 scholarships to local college students in the categories of print, photojournalism and video/audio/multimedia. We are also awarding one $1,400 scholarship in honor of former North County Times columnist Agnes Diggs and one $1,000 scholarship in honor of former San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Bradley J. Fikes.
The deadline for scholarship applications is 9 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2024. Click here for full contest rules and click here to enter.
If you have any questions, email sdspjcollege@gmail.com.
Another great awards banquet! Congratulations to our winners!
SPJ San Diego president Lisa Halverstadt with some of our scholarship winners. Photo by Bella Ross.
Thanks to everyone who joined us last night at Stone Brewing in Liberty Station for a night of good company, good food and a celebration of great journalism! Below is the official list of winners and judges’ comments. If you weren’t able to claim your award, please send an email to spjsandiego@gmail.com.
Congratulations to our 2023 scholarship winners!
Each year, the San Diego Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awards scholarships to deserving local college students and recent graduates. We’re always impressed by the applications and this year — in which we received an unprecedented number of entries — was no different. We’re proud to have the opportunity to recognize such talent and, hopefully, reduce the financial burden of education for these future reporters. Below are our winners, whom we’ll celebrate at our annual awards reception at Stone Brewing on June 20.
Elaine Alfaro, Point Loma Nazarene University
Brittany Cruz-Fejeran, San Diego State University
Jillian Fortner, San Diego City College / UC San Diego
Serafina Gargiulo, San Diego State University
Diego Higuera, Southwestern College
Razylin Avendano, Southwestern College
Agnes Diggs Road to College Scholarship
Mackenzie Stafford, San Diego State University
Bradley J. Fikes Memorial Scholarship
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