{"id":317209,"date":"2026-05-15T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317209\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:19:10","slug":"alta-journal-16-nominations-at-socal-journalism-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317209\/","title":{"rendered":"Alta Journal: 16 Nominations at SoCal Journalism Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Press Club announced its finalists for this year\u2019s Southern California Journalism Awards, and Alta Journal\u2019s talented contributors have earned 16 nominations spanning a wide range of categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for our work to be nominated in such a broad range of categories, and it speaks to the excellent work by our team and our contributors,\u201d says Alta editorial director Blaise Zerega. \u201cAlta is proud to be part of California\u2019s outstanding journalism community. Congrats to all the finalists!\u201d<\/p>\n

Winners of the 68th annual awards will be announced at this year\u2019s gala on Sunday, June 28, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. A full list of nominated Alta talent can be found below. <\/p>\n

Criticism of Film<\/p>\n

Manjula Martin<\/a><\/p>\n

Criticism of Literature<\/p>\n

Anita Felicelli<\/a><\/p>\n

John Freeman<\/a><\/p>\n

Criticism of Art\/Architecture\/Design<\/p>\n

Michael Callahan<\/a><\/p>\n

Illustration<\/p>\n

Matt Mahurin: \u201cSketchbook: Disasters Bring Out Our Best<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Page Design<\/p>\n

John Goecke, Brent Hatcher: \u201cSpecial Section: 25 Books That Define California<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Issue<\/p>\n

John Goecke, Brent Hatcher: \u201c25 Books That Define California<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Activism Journalism<\/p>\n

Nicole Garcia, David Wolman: \u201cThe \u2018Undesirables\u2019<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Gender and Society Reporting<\/p>\n

Nicole Garcia, David Wolman: \u201cThe \u2018Undesirables\u2019<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Commentary<\/p>\n

Andrew Dubbins: \u201cWill Rogers Is on Fire<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Feature, Culture and Society <\/p>\n

Joy Lanzendorfer: \u201cVigilantes at the Door<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam Rogers: \u201cCalifornian Spoken Here<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Humor\/Satire Writing<\/p>\n

Gustavo Arellano, Stacey Grenrock Woods: \u201cAsk a Californian<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Regular Podcast<\/p>\n

California Book Club, \u201cCalifornia Book Club: Lisa See<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Talk\/Public Affairs<\/p>\n

Alta Journal\u2019s California Book Club<\/a><\/p>\n

Personality Profile, Business\/Government\/Society Personalities<\/p>\n

Jeff Gordinier: \u201cHolbox\u2019s Michelin Chef Was Awaiting Citizenship Until 2025<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Each category is awarded a first, second, and third prize, so stay tuned in June to check in on our trophy tally.\u2022<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Casillas is an associate editor at Alta Journal. A graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, she has previously written for the Poly Post and Enspire Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Press Club announced its finalists for this year\u2019s Southern California Journalism Awards, and Alta Journal\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[132580,132594,12788,132592,132585,132583,132589,7,118350,9,132582,8,132599,132591,132596,21650,132600,55160,89818,132588,132581,132593,32665,132597,132602,132584,132587,132586,132601,132590,132598,132579,132595],"class_list":["post-317209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-2026-journalism-awards","tag-adam-rogers","tag-alta-journal","tag-andrew-dubbins","tag-anita-felicelli","tag-blaise-zerega","tag-brent-hatcher","tag-california","tag-california-book-club","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-journalism","tag-california-news","tag-culture-reporting","tag-david-wolman","tag-film-criticism","tag-gustavo-arellano","tag-illustration-award","tag-jeff-gordinier","tag-john-freeman","tag-john-goecke","tag-journalism-nominations","tag-joy-lanzendorfer","tag-l-a-press-club","tag-literature-criticism","tag-los-angeles-journalism","tag-manjula-martin","tag-matt-mahurin","tag-michael-callahan","tag-millennium-biltmore-hotel","tag-nicole-garcia","tag-podcast-journalism","tag-southern-california-journalism-awards","tag-stacey-grenrock-woods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317209","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=317209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}