SoCal Awards
These are for student work submitted for judging from the 2019-2020 academic year.
This shows the first 50 records. This is a sortable datasheet and there are clickable links to some of the publications and the winning entries.
You can also watch videos on YouTube of the "live" awards presentation here.
| Division Name | Category Name | Award | Credits | Organization | Publication name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _GE | General Excellence | Print Edition | Clarion Newspaper | Citrus College | Clarion |
| _GE | General Excellence | Print Edition | Staff | El Camino College | The Union |
| _GE | General Excellence | Print Edition | Staff | Los Angeles City College | Clarion |
| _GE | General Excellence | Print Edition | Coast Report Staff | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| _GE | General Excellence | Print Edition | Roundup Staff | Pierce College | The Roundup |
| _GE | General Excellence | Print Edition | Staff | Saddleback College | Lariat |
| _GE | General Excellence | Print Edition | The Corsair Staff | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| _GE | General Excellence | Print Edition | The Sun Staff | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | Clarion Staff | Citrus College | Clarion |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | Staff | El Camino College | The Union |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | Staff | Los Angeles City College | Collegian |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | Jesus Manriquez and El Paisano Staff | Rio Hondo College | El Paisano |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | Staff | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | City Times Staff | San Diego City College | City Times |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | The Corsair Staff | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | Courier Staff | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| _GE | General Excellence | Online Edition | SAC.Media Staff | Mt. San Antonio College | SAC.Media |
| _GE | General Excellence | Magazine | Staff | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| _GE | General Excellence | Magazine | Legend Staff | San Diego City College | Legend |
| _GE | General Excellence | Magazine | Bull Magazine Staff | Pierce College | The Bull |
| _GE | General Excellence | Magazine | Staff | Pasadena City College | Spotlight |
| _GE | General Excellence | Magazine | Staff | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Graphics/Design | Student Designed Ad | First Place | Beatrice Alcala and Ande Richards | Los Angeles City College | Collegian |
| Graphics/Design | Student Designed Ad | Second Place | Collegian Staff | Los Angeles City College | Collegian |
| Graphics/Design | Student Designed Ad | Third Place | Julian Navarro | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Graphics/Design | Student Designed Ad | Fourth Place | Julian Navarro | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Graphics/Design | Photo Illustration | First Place | Sonny Garibay | San Diego City College | City Times |
| Graphics/Design | Photo Illustration | Second Place | Jennifer Valenzuela and Nicholas James | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Graphics/Design | Photo Illustration | Third Place | N/A | ||
| Graphics/Design | Photo Illustration | Fourth Place | Felise Alaichamy | Citrus College | Clarion |
| Graphics/Design | Informational Graphic | First Place | The Sun Staff | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Graphics/Design | Informational Graphic | Second Place | Diangela Veras | San Diego City College | City Times |
| Graphics/Design | Informational Graphic | Third Place | Stephanie Nicosia | Citrus College | Clarion |
| Graphics/Design | Informational Graphic | Fourth Place | Roundup Staff | Pierce College | The Roundup |
| Graphics/Design | Informational Graphic | Honorable Mention | Melisa Cabello-Cuahutle | San Diego City College | City Times |
| Graphics/Design | Illustration | First Place | Edward Herrera | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Graphics/Design | Illustration | Second Place | Kevin Lendio | Pierce College | The Roundup |
| Graphics/Design | Illustration | Third Place | Beau Hein | Saddleback College | Lariat |
| Graphics/Design | Illustration | Fourth Place | Haneen Eltaib | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Graphics/Design | Illustration | Honorable Mention | Meg Travis | Citrus College | Clarion |
| Graphics/Design | Illustration | Honorable Mention | Carolyn Burt | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Graphics/Design | Illustration | Honorable Mention | Caitlin Hernandez | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Graphics/Design | Editorial Cartoon | First Place | Justin Dottery and Victor Santander | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Graphics/Design | Editorial Cartoon | Second Place | Carolyn Burt | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Graphics/Design | Editorial Cartoon | Third Place | Justin Fuentes | Rio Hondo College | El Paisano |
| Graphics/Design | Editorial Cartoon | Fourth Place | Meg Travis | Citrus College | Clarion |
| Graphics/Design | Inside Page Layout | First Place | Marissa Romero | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Graphics/Design | Inside Page Layout | Second Place | Beatrice Alcala | Los Angeles City College | Collegian |
| Graphics/Design | Inside Page Layout | Third Place | Diangela Veras | San Diego City College | City Times |
| Graphics/Design | Inside Page Layout | Fourth Place | Marco Pallotti | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Graphics/Design | Inside Page Layout | Honorable Mention | Roseana Martinez | El Camino College | The Union |
| Graphics/Design | Inside Page Layout | Honorable Mention | Beatrice Alcala | Los Angeles City College | Collegian |
| Graphics/Design | Inside Page Layout | Honorable Mention | Diangela Veras | San Diego City College | City Times |
| Graphics/Design | Front Page Layout | First Place | Clarion Staff | Citrus College | Clarion |
| Graphics/Design | Front Page Layout | Second Place | Staff | Saddleback College | Lariat |
| Graphics/Design | Front Page Layout | Third Place | Beatrice Alcala | Los Angeles City College | Collegian |
| Graphics/Design | Front Page Layout | Fourth Place | Coast Report Staff | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| Graphics/Design | Front Page Layout | Honorable Mention | Omar Rasahad | El Camino College | The Union |
| Graphics/Design | Front Page Layout | Honorable Mention | Roundup Staff | Pierce College | The Roundup |
| Graphics/Design | Front Page Layout | Honorable Mention | Juan Calvillo | East Los Angeles College | Campus News |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo | First Place | Rosemary Montalvo | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo | Second Place | Logan Martinez | Fullerton College | Inside Fullerton |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo | Third Place | Lauren Berny | Mt. San Antonio College | Substance |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo | Fourth Place | Rosemary Montalvo | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| Magazine | Magazine Opinion Article | First Place | Lux Montes | Mt. San Antonio College | Substance |
| Magazine | Magazine Opinion Article | Second Place | Tim Wu | Pasadena City College | Spotlight |
| Magazine | Magazine Opinion Article | Third Place | Liandra Thibodeaux | Citrus College | Logos |
| Magazine | Magazine Opinion Article | Fourth Place | Will Pennington | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Magazine | Magazine Opinion Article | Honorable Mention | Tupac Zapata | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Magazine | Magazine Illustration | First Place | Lauren Hadnot | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| Magazine | Magazine Illustration | Second Place | Elise Galbraith | Fullerton College | Inside Fullerton |
| Magazine | Magazine Illustration | Third Place | Liandra Thibodeaux | Citrus College | Logos |
| Magazine | Magazine Illustration | Fourth Place | Jonathan Valdovinos | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Magazine | Magazine Illustration | Honorable Mention | Veronica Huerta | Long Beach City College | City Magazine |
| Magazine | Magazine Illustration | Honorable Mention | Leni Santos | Mt. San Antonio College | Substance |
| Magazine | Magazine Illustration | Honorable Mention | Nancy Valencia | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Magazine | Magazine Profile Article | First Place | Cameron Kern | Pierce College | The Bull |
| Magazine | Magazine Profile Article | Second Place | William Torres | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Magazine | Magazine Profile Article | Third Place | Tess Kazenoff | Long Beach City College | Collegian Times |
| Magazine | Magazine Profile Article | Fourth Place | Chelsea Westman | Pierce College | The Bull |
| Magazine | Magazine Cover Design | First Place | Elise Galbraith | Fullerton College | Inside Fullerton |
| Magazine | Magazine Cover Design | Second Place | Stephanie Ko and Beatrice Alcala | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Magazine | Magazine Cover Design | Third Place | Diangela Veras | San Diego City College | Legend |
| Magazine | Magazine Cover Design | Fourth Place | Kevin Caparoso | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| Magazine | Magazine Design/Layout | First Place | Elise Galbraith | Fullerton College | Inside Fullerton |
| Magazine | Magazine Design/Layout | Second Place | Beatrice Alcala | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Magazine | Magazine Design/Layout | Third Place | Bull Magazine Staff | Pierce College | The Bull |
| Magazine | Magazine Design/Layout | Fourth Place | Staff | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo Story-Essay | First Place | Staff | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo Story-Essay | Second Place | Logan Martinez, Corinna Ortega and Elise Galbraith | Fullerton College | Inside Fullerton |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo Story-Essay | Third Place | Kassandra Ruiz | Mt. San Antonio College | Substance |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo Story-Essay | Fourth Place | Abraham Navarro | Mt. San Antonio College | Substance |
| Magazine | Magazine Photo Story-Essay | Honorable Mention | Sonny Garibay | San Diego City College | Legend |
| Magazine | Magazine News Feature | First Place | Nicole Hamilton | Fullerton College | Inside Fullerton |
| Magazine | Magazine News Feature | Second Place | Annisa Charles and Margaret Trejo | Fullerton College | Inside Fullerton |
| Magazine | Magazine News Feature | Third Place | Christian Moreno | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| Magazine | Magazine News Feature | Fourth Place | Rachel Maldonado | El Camino College | Warrior Life |
| Magazine | Magazine News Feature | Honorable Mention | Angela Johnson | Los Angeles City College | Collegian Times |
| Multimedia | Online Photo Story/Essay | First Place | Nate Stephenson | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Multimedia | Online Photo Story/Essay | Second Place | Nate Stephenson | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Multimedia | Online Photo Story/Essay | Third Place | The Corsair Staff | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Multimedia | Online Photo Story/Essay | Fourth Place | Leo Cabral and Jonathan Ramirez | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Multimedia | Online Photo Story/Essay | Honorable Mention | Michael Watkins, Victoria Ivie, Caitlin Hernandez and Kaitlynn Markley | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Multimedia | Video Journalism | First Place | Omar Rashad | El Camino College | The Union |
| Multimedia | Video Journalism | Second Place | Brayan Altamirano | Rio Hondo College | El Paisano |
| Multimedia | Video Journalism | Third Place | Daniel Hernandez | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Multimedia | Video Journalism | Fourth Place | Christina Painton | San Diego City College | City Times |
| Multimedia | Webcast/Broadcast News | First Place | Travis Jepeway | Mt. San Antonio College | SAC.Media |
| Multimedia | Webcast/Broadcast News | Second Place | Jun Starkey, Valerie van den Broek, Nate Stephenson and Judah Brody | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Multimedia | Webcast/Broadcast News | Third Place | Valerie van den Broek and Nate Stephenson | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Multimedia | Webcast/Broadcast News | Fourth Place | Devon Watson | Saddleback College | OC News Team |
| Multimedia | Webcast/Broadcast News | Honorable Mention | Elena Malek , Sam Hasson, Cris Pacheco and Mo Azizi | Saddleback College | OC News Team |
| Newspaper Writing | Feature Story | First Place | Leni Santos, Skye Salamat and Shannon Carter | Mt. San Antonio College | SAC.Media |
| Newspaper Writing | Feature Story | Second Place | Roseana Martinez | El Camino College | The Union |
| Newspaper Writing | Feature Story | Third Place | Katya Castillo | Pierce College | The Roundup |
| Newspaper Writing | Feature Story | Fourth Place | Eva Muller | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| Newspaper Writing | Column Writing | First Place | Justin Dottery | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | Column Writing | Second Place | Kai Zheng | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Newspaper Writing | Column Writing | Third Place | Ryan Cruz | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Newspaper Writing | Column Writing | Fourth Place | Jose Luis Baylon | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | Column Writing | Honorable Mention | Deshawn Pouper | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | First Place | Trevor West Morgan | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | Second Place | Ryan Farrell | El Camino College | The Union |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | Third Place | Solomon Smith | Los Angeles Valley College | The Valley Star |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | Fourth Place | Sole Ruiz | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Oceana Christopher | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Jessica Bustos | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Natalie Lu | Mt. San Antonio College | SAC.Media |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Veronica Huerta | Long Beach City College | The Viking News |
| Newspaper Writing | Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Paulette Meza | Los Angeles City College | Collegian |
| Newspaper Writing | Sports Game Story | First Place | Colin Grylls | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | Sports Game Story | Second Place | Jair Ramirez | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Newspaper Writing | Sports Game Story | Third Place | Logan Tahlier | El Camino College | The Union |
| Newspaper Writing | Sports Game Story | Fourth Place | Chad O'Connor | Moorpark College | Student Voice |
| Newspaper Writing | Sports Game Story | Honorable Mention | Peter Villafane | Pierce College | The Roundup |
| Newspaper Writing | Sports Game Story | Honorable Mention | Matthew Gomez | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| Newspaper Writing | Sports Game Story | Honorable Mention | Gabe Larson | Fullerton College | The Hornet |
| Newspaper Writing | Sports Game Story | Honorable Mention | Max Mullins | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Newspaper Writing | Editorial | First Place | Jun Starkey | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Newspaper Writing | Editorial | Second Place | Kevin Caparoso | El Camino College | The Union |
| Newspaper Writing | Editorial | Third Place | Ryan Huynh | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Newspaper Writing | Editorial | Fourth Place | Staff | Long Beach City College | The Viking News |
| Newspaper Writing | Editorial | Honorable Mention | Coast Report Staff | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| Newspaper Writing | Editorial | Honorable Mention | Kai Zheng | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Newspaper Writing | Editorial | Honorable Mention | Omar Rashad | El Camino College | The Union |
| Newspaper Writing | Profile Feature Story | First Place | Fernando Haro | El Camino College | The Union |
| Newspaper Writing | Profile Feature Story | Second Place | Karla Luna | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | Profile Feature Story | Third Place | Caleigh Goldman | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | Profile Feature Story | Fourth Place | Caitlin Hernandez | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Newspaper Writing | Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | Jose Ivan Cazares | East Los Angeles College | Campus News |
| Newspaper Writing | Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | Veronica Huerta | Long Beach City College | The Viking News |
| Newspaper Writing | Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | Kate Bent | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| Newspaper Writing | News Story | First Place | Arielle Zolezzi | Pierce College | The Roundup |
| Newspaper Writing | News Story | Second Place | Julia Woock | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | News Story | Third Place | Chrissa Loukas | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Newspaper Writing | News Story | Fourth Place | Omar Rashad | El Camino College | The Union |
| Newspaper Writing | Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Fernando Martinez | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Ida Echeverria | Fullerton College | The Hornet |
| Newspaper Writing | Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Caitlin Hernandez | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Newspaper Writing | Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Arielle Zolezzi | Pierce College | The Roundup |
| Newspaper Writing | Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Julia Woock, Pernisha Gaines, Katy Stegall and Brittany Cruz-Fejeran | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Newspaper Writing | Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Scott Gardinier and Sonny Garibay | San Diego City College | City Times |
| Newspaper Writing | Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Lucy Marx | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Newspaper Writing | Critical Review | First Place | Shannon Carter | Mt. San Antonio College | SAC.Media |
| Newspaper Writing | Critical Review | Second Place | Ann Lipot | Fullerton College | The Hornet |
| Newspaper Writing | Critical Review | Third Place | Trevor Schock | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Newspaper Writing | Critical Review | Fourth Place | Brittany Cruz-Fejeran | Southwestern College | The Sun |
| Photo | News Photo | First Place | Maxim Elramsisy | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Photo | News Photo | Second Place | Caitlin Hernandez | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Photo | News Photo | Third Place | Nate Stephenson | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Photo | News Photo | Fourth Place | Pablo Unzueta | Mt. San Antonio College | SAC.Media |
| Photo | Feature Photo | First Place | Angel Pe–a | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Photo | Feature Photo | Second Place | Nate Stephenson | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Photo | Feature Photo | Third Place | Nate Stephenson | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Photo | Feature Photo | Fourth Place | Bella Lujan | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Photo | Environmental Portrait | First Place | Daniel Hernandez | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Photo | Environmental Portrait | Second Place | Desiree Erdmann | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Photo | Environmental Portrait | Third Place | Nate Stephenson | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |
| Photo | Environmental Portrait | Fourth Place | James Membreno | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Photo | Photo Story-Essay | First Place | The Corsair Staff | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Photo | Photo Story-Essay | Second Place | Debli Chaves | Citrus College | Clarion |
| Photo | Photo Story-Essay | Third Place | Angel Pe–a | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Photo | Photo Story-Essay | Fourth Place | Nik Lamas Richie | Saddleback College | Lariat |
| Photo | Photo Story-Essay | Honorable Mention | Andrea Cisneros , Vicman ThomŽ | Citrus College | Clarion |
| Photo | Sports Feature Photo | First Place | Kate Bent | Orange Coast College | Coast Report |
| Photo | Sports Feature Photo | Second Place | Mychal Corbin | Mt. San Antonio College | SAC.Media |
| Photo | Sports Feature Photo | Third Place | James Membrano | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Photo | Sports Feature Photo | Fourth Place | Daniel Hernandez | Riverside City College | Viewpoints |
| Photo | Sports Action Photo | First Place | Frank Rocha | Saddleback College | Lariat |
| Photo | Sports Action Photo | Second Place | Arlene Guerrero | Long Beach City College | The Viking News |
| Photo | Sports Action Photo | Third Place | Glenn Zucman | Santa Monica College | The Corsair |
| Photo | Sports Action Photo | Fourth Place | Blake Ward | Fullerton College | The Hornet |
| Photo | Sports Action Photo | Honorable Mention | Haneen Eltaib | Pasadena City College | Courier |
| Photo | Sports Action Photo | Honorable Mention | Jesus Villafranco Perez | Santa Barbara City College | The Channels |