See who received awards in SPJ’s annual awards competiton

Dozens of San Diego journalists took home plaques and certificates honoring their work of the last year. The chapter also presented for the first time $900 scholarships to three college students, and we honored longtime TV news reporter and anchor Loren Nancarrow as our Journalist of the Year.
More than 200 people showed up at the Bali Hai Thursday evening to pick up their awards and honor Loren.
See below for the winners and judges’ comments. (And pardon the appearance, we had to cut and paste from a spreadsheet).

10News winners show off their awards

10News winners show off their awards


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We have winners: Sign up now to attend journalism awards banquet

The SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter is pleased to announce the 2013 SPJ journalism awards winners of the annual SPJ San Diego Area Journalism Awards Contest and the 2013 San Diego Journalist of the Year.

Loren Nancarrow - Bill Wechter/ U-T San Diego

Loren Nancarrow
– Bill Wechter/ U-T San Diego

SPJ will honor TV anchor and blogger Loren Nancarrow as 2013 San Diego Journalist of the Year, along with all contest winners, at the SPJ Annual Awards Banquet, set for Thursday, Jul. 11 at the Bali Hai.

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DEADLINE EXTENDED for SPJ San Diego Area Journalism Competition

Contest entries and scholarship applications will be accepted until midnight Monday, April 15.

All contest entries and scholarship applications must be submitted online (except for entries in the College Media Best Newspaper category, which must be mailed and postmarked by the contest deadline). All entries must be entered by or on behalf of the individuals who produced the work and must identify those individuals.

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SPJ-SD Journalism Competition extended! Deadline April 6

Good news! We’re extending the deadline to enter the 2012 SPJ San Diego-Area Journalism Competition by one week to 5 p.m. Friday, April 6.

All contest entries must be submitted online (except for entries in the College Media Best Newspaper category, which must be mailed and postmarked by the contest deadline). All entries must be submitted by the deadline of March 30, and payment must be made online by credit card (preferred) or by checks mailed and postmarked by Friday, March 30.
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