{"id":295885,"date":"2026-05-02T01:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295885\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T01:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:06:21","slug":"fresnoland-scores-top-honors-for-investigative-journalism-and-writing-at-at-fresno-states-gruner-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295885\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresnoland scores top honors for investigative journalism and writing at at Fresno State\u2019s Gruner ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tOverview:<\/p>\n<p>The Gruner awards recognize outstanding journalism by newspapers and digital news operations around the San Joaquin Valley. They are named for the late George Gruner, longtime editor of the Fresno Bee, and are administered by the university.<\/p>\n<p>Fresnoland\u2019s in-depth investigation into California\u2019s Williamson Act captured the prestigious public service award Thursday during the 38th-annual George F. Gruner Journalism Awards at California State University Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Environment reporter Gregory Weaver shared the top honor with a four-reporter team from The Fresno Bee for its coverage of last year\u2019s national immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fresnoland.org\/2025\/02\/18\/williamson-act\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weaver\u2019s reporting from February of 2025<\/a>, examined a decades-old tax break meant to protect the state\u2019s precious farmland. The two-part series raised new questions about a program that data show provides more help to out-of-state businesses and corporate mega-farms than it does for locally-owned small and medium-sized farms.<\/p>\n<p>One of the judges commented: \u201cThe tax bonanza for rich agribusiness inadvertently wrought by the Williamson Ave was revelatory and maddening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fresnoland\u2019s Julianna Morano took home an award for best writing for her <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnoland.org\/2025\/07\/17\/one-of-fresnos-largest-public-art-displays-now-covers-the-180-freeway-pillars-in-this-south-tower-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 2025 profile of the art and artists<\/a> behind the city\u2019s murals below the 180 freeway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA judge noted that she brought both the art and the neighborhood to life,\u201d Gruner judges in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/steven-camacho-II.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48264\"  \/>Fresno artist Steven Camacho Nu\u00f1ez puts finishing touches on his mural at Fresno\u2019s San Pablo Park Monday, July 14, 2025. Credit: Julianna Morano | Fresnoland<\/p>\n<p>The Gruner awards recognize outstanding journalism by newspapers and digital news operations around the San Joaquin Valley. They are named for the late George Gruner, longtime editor of the Fresno Bee, and are administered by the Fresno State.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fresnoland.org\/2025\/02\/18\/williamson-act\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can check out Greg\u2019s Williamson Act investigation here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fresnoland.org\/2025\/07\/17\/one-of-fresnos-largest-public-art-displays-now-covers-the-180-freeway-pillars-in-this-south-tower-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read Julianna\u2019s deep dive into Fresno\u2019s freeway mural artists here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: The Gruner awards recognize outstanding journalism by newspapers and digital news operations around the San Joaquin Valley.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-295885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}