JACC NorCal Publication Award Winners–Fall 2023
Congratulations to all the JACC NorCal Publication Award Winners for Fall 2023! Winners were announced at the JACC NorCal Regional Conference held at San Francisco State University on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.
| Category Name | Award | Organization | Publication | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Column Writing | First Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Renée Bartlett-Webber |
| Column Writing | Fourth Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Abel Tariku, Archee Kumar, Sabrina Jiang |
| Column Writing | Fourth Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Abel Tariku, Archee Kumar, Sabrina Jiang |
| Column Writing | Fourth Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Abel Tariku, Archee Kumar, Sabrina Jiang |
| Column Writing | Third Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Sophia Sipe |
| Column Writing | Second Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Tatihn Mellieon |
| Column Writing | Honorable Mention | Los Medanos College | Experience | Noah Cannon |
| Column Writing | Honorable Mention | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Tony Moeckel |
| Critical Review | Fourth Place | American River College | The Current | Jaqueline Ruvalcaba |
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | Cosumnes River College | The Connection | Joe Forrestdavis |
| Critical Review | First Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Sophia Sipe |
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | The Express | Landon Jansen |
| Critical Review | Third Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Micah Simms |
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | Los Medanos College | Experience | Noah Cannon |
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Javi Rosas |
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Lucas Cadigan-Carranza |
| Critical Review | Second Place | Skyline College | The Skyline View | Nishad Karulkar |
| Editorial | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | La Voz Editorial board |
| Editorial | First Place | Laney College | The Citizen | Citizen Staff |
| Editorial | Second Place | Las Positas College | The Express | The Express Editorial Board |
| Editorial | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Juan Cebreiros |
| Editorial Cartoon | First Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Sarah Clayson |
| Editorial Cartoon | Honorable Mention | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Cindy Chan |
| Editorial Cartoon | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Jocelyn Phanmaha |
| Editorial Cartoon | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz News | Katrina Bui |
| Editorial Cartoon | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | The Express | Sophia Sipe |
| Editorial Cartoon | Second Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Alexis Ramirez |
| Editorial Cartoon | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Alexis Ramirez |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Renée Bartlett-Webber |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Renée Bartlett-Webber, Ann Marie Galvan |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Renée Bartlett-Webber, Ann Marie Galvan |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | De Anza College | La Voz News | Rory Conlon, Linh (Lauren) Bui, Georgina Munoz-Villanueva, Anisa Qadir |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | De Anza College | La Voz News | Rory Conlon, Linh (Lauren) Bui, Georgina Munoz-Villanueva, Anisa Qadir |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | De Anza College | La Voz News | Rory Conlon, Linh (Lauren) Bui, Georgina Munoz-Villanueva, Anisa Qadir |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | De Anza College | La Voz News | Rory Conlon, Linh (Lauren) Bui, Georgina Munoz-Villanueva, Anisa Qadir |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Laney College | The Citizen | David Rowe |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Laney College | The Citizen | Lylah Schmedel |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Las Positas College | The Express | Lizzy Rager |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Los Medanos College | Experience | Michael Benedian, Juan Cebreiros, Experience Staff |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Los Medanos College | Experience | Michael Benedian, Juan Cebreiros, Experience Staff |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Los Medanos College | Experience | Michael Benedian, Juan Cebreiros, Experience Staff |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Sierra College | Roundhouse News & Review | Alexa Topacio, Ryder Bouck, Sierra Mickelson, Luis Antonio Carreon, Ethan Yamaguchi |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Sierra College | Roundhouse News & Review | Alexa Topacio, Ryder Bouck, Sierra Mickelson, Luis Antonio Carreon, Ethan Yamaguchi |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Sierra College | Roundhouse News & Review | Alexa Topacio, Ryder Bouck, Sierra Mickelson, Luis Antonio Carreon, Ethan Yamaguchi |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Sierra College | Roundhouse News & Review | Alexa Topacio, Ryder Bouck, Sierra Mickelson, Luis Antonio Carreon, Ethan Yamaguchi |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Sierra College | Roundhouse News & Review | Alexa Topacio, Ryder Bouck, Sierra Mickelson, Luis Antonio Carreon, Ethan Yamaguchi |
| Environmental Portrait | Fourth Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Janna Velasquez |
| Environmental Portrait | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Leila Salam |
| Environmental Portrait | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Sean Young |
| Environmental Portrait | Third Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Sam Guzman |
| Feature Photo | Second Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Gracia Hernandez Rovelo |
| Feature Photo | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | The Express | Georgia Whiting |
| Feature Photo | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | The Express | Gabriel Carver |
| Feature Photo | First Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Katherine Mustar |
| Feature Photo | Third Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Aliyah Ramirez |
| Feature Photo | Fourth Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Chelsea Kurnick |
| Feature Story (non profile) | Honorable Mention | Cosumnes River College | The Connection | Helen Harlan |
| Feature Story (non profile) | Third Place | Diablo Valley College | The Inquirer | Vanessa Franco |
| Feature Story (non profile) | Honorable Mention | Diablo Valley College | The Inquirer | Brandon Nelson |
| Feature Story (non profile) | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Lizzy Rager |
| Feature Story (non profile) | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | The Express | Jude Strzemp |
| Feature Story (non profile) | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Dharma Niles |
| Feature Story (non profile) | Honorable Mention | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Nicholas Vides |
| Feature Story (non profile) | Second Place | Sierra College | Roundhouse News & Review | Alexa Topacio, Ryder Bouck |
| Feature Story (non profile) | Second Place | Sierra College | Roundhouse News & Review | Alexa Topacio, Ryder Bouck |
| Front Page Layout | Second Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Cindy Chan |
| Front Page Layout | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Lizzy Rager, Georgia Whiting, Gabrial Carver |
| Front Page Layout | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Lizzy Rager, Georgia Whiting, Gabrial Carver |
| Front Page Layout | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Lizzy Rager, Georgia Whiting, Gabrial Carver |
| Front Page Layout | First Place | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Arianna Juárez |
| Front Page Layout | Third Place | Skyline College | The Skyline View | Joshua Picazo |
| Illustration | First Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Tyler Lyn Sorrow |
| Illustration | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Kyum Bee Kim |
| Illustration | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Jocelyn Phanmaha |
| Illustration | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Alexis Ramirez |
| Informational Graphic | Third Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | JohnTaylor Wildfeuer |
| Informational Graphic | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Autumn Alvarez |
| Informational Graphic | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Lizzy Rager |
| Informational Graphic | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Dharma Niles |
| Inside Page Layout | Second Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Aliyah Ramirez |
| Inside Page Layout | Third Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Mohammad Najimi |
| Inside Page Layout | First Place | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Dylan Jaekel |
| Inside Page Layout | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Dylan Jaekel, Jada Portillo |
| Inside Page Layout | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Dylan Jaekel, Jada Portillo |
| News Photo | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Georgina Munoz-Villanueva |
| News Photo | Third Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Katherine Mustar |
| News Photo | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Christina Goodman |
| News Photo | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Sean Young |
| News Story | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Andrea Saldana |
| News Story | Third Place | Diablo Valley College | The Inquirer | Eila Burnett |
| News Story | Fourth Place | Fresno City College | The Rampage | Bianca Gonzalez |
| News Story | First Place | Skyline College | The Skyline View | Joshua Picazo |
| Online General Excellence | Meritorious | American River College | The Current | The Current Staff |
| Online General Excellence | Meritorious | De Anza College | La Voz News | La Voz News Staff |
| Online General Excellence | Meritorious | Las Positas College | The Express | The Express Staff |
| Online General Excellence | Meritorious | Skyline College | The Skyline View | The Skyline View Staff |
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Connor Blum |
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz News | Linh Lauren Bui |
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | The Express | Gabriel Carver |
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Katherine Mustar |
| Online Photo Story/Essay | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Michael Combs |
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Sam Guzman |
| Opinion Story | Second Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Ann Marie Galvan |
| Opinion Story | Third Place | Diablo Valley College | The Inquirer | Cam Lippincott |
| Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Diablo Valley College | The Inquirer | Vanessa Franco |
| Opinion Story | Fourth Place | Laney College | The Citizen | Timothy Lane |
| Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | The Express | Alan Lewis |
| Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Los Medanos College | Experience | Aliyah Ramirez |
| Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Christina Goodman |
| Opinion Story | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Jaden Burris |
| Photo Illustration | Third Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Cindy Chan |
| Photo Illustration | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Jocelyn Phanmaha |
| Photo Illustration | Fourth Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Linh Lauren Bui |
| Photo Illustration | First Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Mohammad Najimi |
| Photo Story-Essay | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Connor Blum |
| Photo Story-Essay | First Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Katherine Mustar |
| Photo Story-Essay | Second Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Michael Benedian |
| Photo Story-Essay | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Dylan Jaekel |
| Podcast/Audio News | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Isabella (Bella) McClintock, Justin Fry |
| Podcast/Audio News | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Isabella (Bella) McClintock, Justin Fry |
| Podcast/Audio News | Third Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Gabriel Carver |
| Podcast/Audio News | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Micah Simms, Drew Booth |
| Podcast/Audio News | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Micah Simms, Drew Booth |
| Podcast/Audio News | Second Place | Skyline College | The Skyline View | Kathia Noriega |
| Print General Excellence | Meritorious | Las Positas College | The Express | The Express Staff |
| Print General Excellence | Meritorious | Los Medanos College | Experience | Experience Staff |
| Print General Excellence | Meritorious | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | The Collegian Staff |
| Print General Excellence | Meritorious | Skyline College | The Skyline View | The Skyline View Staff |
| Profile Feature Story | Third Place | Cosumnes River College | The Connection | Helen Harlan |
| Profile Feature Story | Fourth Place | Cosumnes River College | The Connection | Ryan Lorenz |
| Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz News | Autumn Alvarez |
| Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | Fresno City College | The Rampage | Sara Ohler |
| Profile Feature Story | First Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Georgia Whiting |
| Profile Feature Story | Second Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Peter Zimmer |
| Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Ashley Hallinan |
| Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Chelsea Kurnick |
| Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | Sierra College | Roundhouse News & Review | Ethan Yamaguchi |
| Sports Action Photo | Second Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Bob Kinoshita |
| Sports Action Photo | Third Place | City College of San Francisco | The Guardsman | Bob Kinoshita |
| Sports Action Photo | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Connor Blum |
| Sports Action Photo | Fourth Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Tony Moeckel |
| Sports Feature Photo | Third Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Nathan Canilao |
| Sports Feature Photo | First Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Katherine Mustar |
| Sports Feature Photo | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Christian Vieyra |
| Sports Feature Photo | Fourth Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Sean Young |
| Sports Game Story | First Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Brijae Boyd |
| Sports Game Story | Third Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Cj Flores |
| Sports Game Story | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Cameron Romanik |
| Sports Game Story | Fourth Place | Skyline College | The Skyline View | Alex Gonzalez |
| Sports Game Story | Honorable Mention | Skyline College | The Skyline View | Antonio Franco |
| Video Journalism | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Kritika Sharma |
| Video Journalism | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz News | Trevis Dampier |
| Video Journalism | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | The Collegian | Sammy Jimenez |
| Video Journalism | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Logan Witthaus, MacKay Olson |
| Video Journalism | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Logan Witthaus, MacKay Olson |
| Video Journalism | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Bryan Fructuoso, Leilany Sosa |
| Video Journalism | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Bryan Fructuoso, Leilany Sosa |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Kritika Sharma, Emma Caires , Andrea Saldana, Linh Lauren Bui |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Kritika Sharma, Emma Caires , Andrea Saldana, Linh Lauren Bui |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Kritika Sharma, Emma Caires , Andrea Saldana, Linh Lauren Bui |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Kritika Sharma, Emma Caires , Andrea Saldana, Linh Lauren Bui |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz News | Kritika Sharma |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Mason Newbould, Farai Mutiro, Gibran Beydoun, Omar Mir |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Mason Newbould, Farai Mutiro, Gibran Beydoun, Omar Mir |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Mason Newbould, Farai Mutiro, Gibran Beydoun, Omar Mir |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | The Express | Mason Newbould, Farai Mutiro, Gibran Beydoun, Omar Mir |
| Webcast/Broadcast News | Third Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | The Oak Leaf | Oak Leaf Staff |