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We sincerely appreciate your help in making this kind of journalism possible in San Diego.
During the past year we produced high-quality investigations and stories that held government accountable and explored issues you care about. That work was recognized this week when our reporters received 11 awards from the San Diego Press Club. That includes two Best of Show and five first place awards.
The Emmy-nominated “An Impossible Choice” received Best of Show for daily newspaper & web, as well as first place honors in newspaper investigative reporting and radio series.
Our look at asset forfeiture, the process by which law enforcement can seize cash, cars and everything in between without charging a suspected criminal with a crime, was also honored. It won Best of Show for radio, and first place for radio enterprise & investigative reporting.
We couldn’t do this impactful, award-winning journalism without your membership support. inewsource members make deeply researched public interest journalism available to all of our community. Thank you.
Here’s the list of all our 2015 San Diego Press Club awards:
Best of Show radio entry
Leonardo Castaneda, Brad Racino
“San Diego agencies cash in on drug money, assets”
Best of Show daily newspapers and web entry
Lorie Hearn, Joanne Faryon, Brad Racino
“An Impossible Choice”
Daily newspapers and websites, business & financial
First Place
Leonardo Castaneda, Madison Hopkins
“Ticking Time Bonds: In some San Diego County school districts today’s debt is tomorrow’s burden”
Daily newspapers and websites, health & medicine
Third Place
Joe Yerardi
“Fewer vaccinations threaten San Diego’s collective immunity”
Daily newspapers and websites, investigative reporting
First Place
Lorie Hearn, Joanne Faryon, Brad Racino
“An Impossible Choice”
Second Place
Brad Racino, Brooke Williams
“Briggs-associated nonprofits flout state, federal laws”
Daily newspapers and websites, political/government
Second Place
Joe Yerardi
“PACs back incumbents; just ask Scott Peters”
Daily newspapers and websites, public service/consumer advocacy
Third Place
Leonardo Castaneda
“UCSD hospital kitchen eliminates roaches after 2014 infestation”
Daily newspapers and websites, series
First Place
Leonardo Castaneda, Joe Yerardi
“San Diego County supervisors’ grant programs”
Radio, enterprise/investigative reporting
First Place
Leonardo Castaneda, Brad Racino
“San Diego agencies cash in on drug money, assets”
Radio, series
First Place
Joanne Faryon, Brad Racino, Lorie Hearn
“An Impossible Choice”