JACC NorCal Publication Award Winners--Fall 2025
Congratulations to all the JACC NorCal Publication Award Winners for Fall 2025! Winners were announced at the JACC NorCal Regional Conference held at SJSU on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. Scroll down for presentation and searchable table.
| Category Name | Award | College | Publication | Credits | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Feature Photo | First Place | Las Positas College | Express | Ian Kapsalis | |||||
| Sports Feature Photo | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Yna Bollock | |||||
| Sports Feature Photo | Third Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Nathan Kaito Morris | |||||
| Sports Feature Photo | Fourth Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Averie Choi | |||||
| Opinion Story | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Noah McSweeney | Link | ||||
| Opinion Story | Second Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Koen Steers, Michael Pacheco | Link | ||||
| Opinion Story | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Mariana Frias Da Costa | Link | ||||
| Opinion Story | Fourth Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Kyra Young | Link | ||||
| Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Contra Costa College | Advocate | Arianna Caramagno | Link | ||||
| Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Los Medanos College | Experience | Jordan Suisala | Link | ||||
| Opinion Story | Honorable Mention | Fresno City College | Rampage | Victoria Resendez | Link | ||||
| Critical Review | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Tommy Ngo | Link | ||||
| Critical Review | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Natalie Emanuele | Link | ||||
| Critical Review | Third Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Isaac Ortiz | Link | ||||
| Critical Review | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | Express | Syd Breckenridge | Link | ||||
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | Skyline College | Skyline View | Syra Eison | Link | ||||
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | Skyline College | Skyline View | Inika Karulkar | Link | ||||
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Finbar LaBelle | Link | ||||
| Critical Review | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz | Tommy Ngo | Link | ||||
| Illustration | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Alice Shen | Link | ||||
| Illustration | Second Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | David Thomas | Link | ||||
| Illustration | Third Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Finn Atkin | |||||
| Illustration | Fourth Place | Skyline College | Skyline View | Dream Tunac | Link | ||||
| Illustration | Honorable Mention | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Isis Cordova | Link | ||||
| Editorial Cartoon | First Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Kaitlynn Brandon | |||||
| Editorial Cartoon | Second Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Finn Atkin | |||||
| Editorial Cartoon | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Brooklyn Coyle | Link | ||||
| Editorial Cartoon | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Kaitlynn Brandon | |||||
| Editorial Cartoon | Honorable Mention | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Cindy Chan | Link | ||||
| News Story | First Place | Diablo Valley College | Inquirer | Gage Walker | Link | ||||
| News Story | Second Place | Cosumnes River College | Connection | Damian Khim, Melina DeBolt | Link | ||||
| News Story | Third Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Tabari Morris | Link | ||||
| News Story | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | Express | Jakob Arnarsson | Link | ||||
| News Story | Honorable Mention | Laney College | Citizen | Romi Bales | Link | ||||
| News Story | Honorable Mention | Los Medanos College | Experience | Angella Dorado, Gabbie Munoz | Link | ||||
| News Story | Honorable Mention | Laney College | Citizen | Rachel Venable | Link | ||||
| Webcast/Broadcast News Show | First Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | KWDC Staff | Link | ||||
| Webcast/Broadcast News Show | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Seanna Henry, Reymond Castaneda, Allan Galeana, Mitchell Park, Ashley Kang | Link | ||||
| Webcast/Broadcast News Show | Third Place | American River College | The Current | Jose Leon, Joshua Zezzo, William Forseth, Abigail Harless | Link | ||||
| Webcast/Broadcast News Show | Fourth Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Orly Bryan, Gordon Yang, Gavin Rust, Ashley Kang, Xitlaly Martinez | Link | ||||
| Profile Feature Story | First Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Juliana Parente | Link | ||||
| Profile Feature Story | Second Place | Las Positas College | Express | Olivia Fitts | Link | ||||
| Profile Feature Story | Third Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Marty Lees | Link | ||||
| Profile Feature Story | Fourth Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Yna Bollock | Link | ||||
| Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | Cosumnes River College | Connection | Marco Sanchez | Link | ||||
| Profile Feature Story | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | Express | Raina Dent | Link | ||||
| Photo Illustration | First Place | Las Positas College | Express | Camille LeDuc, Angelina An | |||||
| Photo Illustration | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Nathan Kaito Morris | |||||
| Photo Illustration | Third Place | Fresno City College | Rampage | Christianna Schiotis, Logan Payne | Link | ||||
| Photo Illustration | Fourth Place | Cosumnes River College | Connection | Seth Henderson | Link | ||||
| Photo Illustration | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz | Atharva Salkar | Link | ||||
| Photo Illustration | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz | Veronica Thant | Link | ||||
| Photo Illustration | Honorable Mention | Laney College | Citizen | Romi Bales, Desmond Meagley | Link | ||||
| News Photo | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Ann Penalosa | |||||
| News Photo | Second Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Layla Carrasco | |||||
| News Photo | Third Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Adair Rodriguez | |||||
| News Photo | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Ashley Reitz | |||||
| News Photo | Honorable Mention | American River College | The Current | Mei Mizutani | |||||
| News Photo | Honorable Mention | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Andrea Rivera | |||||
| News Photo | Honorable Mention | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Adair Rodriguez | |||||
| Feature Story (non profile) | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Debbie Van Dyke | Link | ||||
| Feature Story (non profile) | Second Place | Contra Costa College | Advocate | Shawn Williams | Link | ||||
| Feature Story (non profile) | Third Place | Cosumnes River College | Connection | Seth Henderson | Link | ||||
| Feature Story (non profile) | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Angella Dorado, Lesly Fisiiahi | Link | ||||
| Feature Story (non profile) | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz | Mariana Frias Da Costa | Link | ||||
| Feature Story (non profile) | Honorable Mention | Laney College | Citizen | Emiliano Villa | Link | ||||
| Column Writing | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Noah McSweeney | Link 1 | Link 2 | |||
| Column Writing | Second Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Andrea Baltodano | |||||
| Column Writing | Third Place | Diablo Valley College | Inquirer | Diego Ruiz-Sagrero | Link 1 | Link 2 | |||
| Column Writing | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Chijioke Onyeagucha | Link 1 | Link 2 | |||
| Column Writing | Honorable Mention | Diablo Valley College | Inquirer | Elizabeth Flinn | Link 1 | Link 2 | |||
| Column Writing | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | Express | Floozie Fish | Link 1 | Link 2 | |||
| Informational Graphic | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Lauren Kelleher | Link | ||||
| Informational Graphic | Second Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Finn Atkin, Gabbie Munoz, Chijioke Onyeagucha | |||||
| Informational Graphic | Third Place | Las Positas College | Express | Jakob Arnarsson, Ian Kapsalis, James Sevilla | |||||
| Informational Graphic | Fourth Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Michael Benedian | |||||
| Inside Page Layout (both broadsheet and taboid) | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Brooklyn Coyle | |||||
| Inside Page Layout (both broadsheet and taboid) | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Brooklyn Coyle | |||||
| Inside Page Layout (both broadsheet and taboid) | Third Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Kaitlynn Brandon | |||||
| Inside Page Layout (both broadsheet and taboid) | Fourth Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Nathan Kaito Morris, Lauren Kelleher | Link | ||||
| Online Photo Story/Essay | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Rosemary Cromwell, Nathan Kaito Morris, Nicholas Vides | Link | ||||
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Second Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Adair Rodriguez | Link | ||||
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Third Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Wylder Robison, Frank Mayers, Matilda Whelan | Link | ||||
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Fourth Place | American River College | The Current | Joshua Zezzo | Link | ||||
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Honorable Mention | American River College | The Current | Joshua Zezzo | Link | ||||
| Online Photo Story/Essay | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz | Frank Mayers | Link | ||||
| Photo Story-Essay | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Sarah Atito, Carolyn Zhao | |||||
| Photo Story-Essay | Second Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Kyra Young, Patrick Perkins | Link | ||||
| Photo Story-Essay | Third Place | Fresno City College | Rampage | Alyx Soluna, Apollo Soto | |||||
| Photo Story-Essay | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Layla Carrasco | |||||
| Video Soft News Reporting | First Place | Las Positas College | Express | Camille LeDuc | Link | ||||
| Video Soft News Reporting | Second Place | Fresno City College | Rampage | Logan Payne, Israel Cardona Hernandez | Link | ||||
| Video Soft News Reporting | Third Place | American River College | The Current | Memphis Coles | Link | ||||
| Video Soft News Reporting | Fourth Place | Laney College | Citizen | Desmond Meagley | Link | ||||
| Feature Photo | First Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Kyra Young | |||||
| Feature Photo | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Frank Mayers | |||||
| Feature Photo | Third Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Adair Rodriguez | |||||
| Feature Photo | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | Express | Ian Kapsalis | |||||
| Feature Photo | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz | Frank Mayers | |||||
| Feature Photo | Honorable Mention | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Nathan Kaito Morris | |||||
| Sports Action Photo | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Yna Bollock | |||||
| Sports Action Photo | Second Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Frank Mayers | |||||
| Sports Action Photo | Third Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Bob Kinoshita | |||||
| Sports Action Photo | Fourth Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Bob Kinoshita | |||||
| Sports Action Photo | Honorable Mention | Los Medanos College | Experience | Juan Cebreiros | |||||
| Sports Action Photo | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | Express | Jakob Arnarsson | |||||
| Environmental Portrait | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Gavin Rust | |||||
| Environmental Portrait | Second Place | Las Positas College | Express | Ian Kapsalis | |||||
| Environmental Portrait | Third Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Bob Kinoshita | |||||
| Environmental Portrait | Fourth Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Yna Bollock | |||||
| Environmental Portrait | Honorable Mention | De Anza College | La Voz | Aidai Boobekova | |||||
| Environmental Portrait | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | Express | Ian Kapsalis | |||||
| Environmental Portrait | Honorable Mention | Fresno City College | Rampage | Pamela Martinez | |||||
| Multimedia Journalism Package | Meritorious | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Lauren Kelleher, Geneviève Duboscq | Link | ||||
| Multimedia Journalism Package | Meritorious | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Janet Goode | Link | ||||
| Multimedia Journalism Package | Meritorious | Los Medanos College | Experience | Lesly Fisiiahi, Koen Steers, Angella Dorado, Finn Atkin | Link | ||||
| Multimedia Journalism Package | Meritorious | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Henry Fliflet, Cristan Molinelli-Ruberto | Link | ||||
| Front Page Layout (both broadsheet and tabloid) | First Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Gabbie Munoz | |||||
| Front Page Layout (both broadsheet and tabloid) | Second Place | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman | Isabelle Salvadori, Tiffany Lam, John Adkins, Kyra Young | |||||
| Front Page Layout (both broadsheet and tabloid) | Third Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Dominick DeLise, Kaitlynn Brandon, Andrea Rivera | |||||
| Front Page Layout (both broadsheet and tabloid) | Fourth Place | Las Positas College | Express | Ian Kapsalis, Camille LeDuc, Angelina An | |||||
| Sports Game Story | First Place | De Anza College | La Voz | Orly Bryan, Xitlaly Martinez, Mitchell Park | Link | ||||
| Sports Game Story | Second Place | Skyline College | Skyline View | Antonio Peeples | Link | ||||
| Sports Game Story | Third Place | Las Positas College | Express | Jakob Arnarsson | Link | ||||
| Sports Game Story | Fourth Place | Cosumnes River College | Connection | Josh Schwartz | Link | ||||
| Sports Game Story | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | Express | Jakob Arnarsson | Link | ||||
| Podcast/Audio News | First Place | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Jesus Lopez Cruz | Link | ||||
| Podcast/Audio News | Second Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Jordan Suisala | Link | ||||
| Podcast/Audio News | Third Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Ariana Munoz | Link | ||||
| Podcast/Audio News | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Sarah Maimone | Link | ||||
| Podcast/Audio News | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | Express | Olivia Fitts | Link | ||||
| Podcast/Audio News | Honorable Mention | Las Positas College | Express | Olivia Fitts | Link | ||||
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Las Positas College | Express | The Express Staff | Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4 | Link 5 |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Laney College | Citizen | Lylah Schmedel Permanna | Link | ||||
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Santa Rosa Junior College | Oak Leaf | Amy Elisabeth Moore, Geneviève Duboscq, Max Underdown, Cristan Molinelli-Ruberto, Adair Alvarez Rodriguez | Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4 | Link 5 |
| Enterprise News Story/Series | Meritorious | Los Medanos College | Experience | Lauren Gannod | Link 1 | Link 2 | |||
| Editorial | First Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Chijioke Onyeagucha | |||||
| Editorial | Second Place | Las Positas College | Express | Olivia Fitts | Link | ||||
| Editorial | Third Place | Las Positas College | Express | Olivia Fitts | Link | ||||
| Editorial | Fourth Place | De Anza College | La Voz | La Voz Editorial Board | Link | ||||
| Video Hard News Reporting | First Place | Los Medanos College | Experience | Jordan Suisala, Aliyah Remirez, Gabbie Munoz, Darcy Meadows | Link | ||||
| Video Hard News Reporting | Second Place | Fresno City College | Rampage | Logan Payne, Joel Arellano | Link | ||||
| Video Hard News Reporting | Third Place | Fresno City College | Rampage | Logan Payne, Angelina Alatorre-Amaya, Matthew Echavez | Link | ||||
| Video Hard News Reporting | Fourth Place | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian | Izal Sheba | Link | ||||
| Newspaper | General Excellence | Los Medanos College | Experience Staff | ||||||
| Newspaper | General Excellence | De Anza College | La Voz Staff | ||||||
| Newspaper | General Excellence | Las Positas College | Express Staff | ||||||
| Newspaper | General Excellence | City College of San Francisco | Guardsman Staff | ||||||
| Newspaper | General Excellence | Skyline College | Skyline View Staff | ||||||
| Online | General Excellence | San Joaquin Delta College | Collegian Staff | ||||||
| Online | General Excellence | De Anza College | La Voz Staff | ||||||
| Online | General Excellence | Contra Costa College | Advocate Staff | ||||||
| Online | General Excellence | Laney College | Citizen Staff | ||||||
| Online | General Excellence | American River College | Current Staff | ||||||