Voice of OC\u2019s consistent coverage of local issues was recognized at the state level with six first place awards from the California News Publishers Association and four second place awards from the LA Press Club last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From our coverage of Angels Stadium to E-bike crackdowns, Voice of OC was recognized for its coverage of local government, homelessness, labor and transportation reporting and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the third consecutive year, Hosam Elattar was recognized for his coverage of religion with a first and second place finish for his stories, Orange County Welcomes a Season of Renewal<\/a> and Orange County Gears up to Celebrate Winter Holidays<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our photography took center stage with Voice of OC winning first through fifth place in the Photojournalism category. Photography Director Julie Leopo\u2019s work was honored with first, third, fourth and fifth place, with second place going to student journalist Maximo Santana.<\/p>\n In the photo essay category, four of Leopo\u2019s essays won second through fifth place. Her work included coverage of the impact of the ICE raids<\/a> in Orange County, a thoughtful look at the Cambodian community<\/a> in Santa Ana and Orange County Welcomes a Season of Renewal<\/a>.<\/p>\n At the Southern California Journalism Awards from the LA Press Club, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Norberto Santana, Jr., won second place in Political Commentary for his column, Santana: Anaheim Can\u2019t Afford to Play With the Angels<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Leopo won second place for New Photo for Orange Backs Off Trying to Unmask ICE<\/a>. She was also recognized for Business Reporting, along with Hosam Elattar and former interns Gigi Gradillas and Hugo Rios for their story, Will ICE Raids be the Death of Local Swap Meets in Orange County?<\/a> And student journalist, Maximo Santana received a second place award in News Feature for Orange County\u2019s Biggest Fossil Can Only Be Seen in LA<\/a>.<\/p>\n See the complete list of winners below:<\/p>\n CNPA Awards<\/p>\n 1st Place<\/p>\n Coverage of Local Government<\/p>\n Homelessness Reporting<\/p>\n Labor Reporting<\/p>\n Photojournalism<\/p>\n Religion and Faith Writing<\/p>\n Transportation Reporting<\/p>\n E-Bike Crackdowns, 1st Place<\/p>\n 2nd Place<\/p>\n Columns<\/p>\n Orange County Confronts ICE<\/p>\n Coverage of Business and the Economy<\/p>\n Coverage of Local Government<\/p>\n Health Reporting<\/p>\n Food Insecurity Orange County<\/p>\n Housing and Land-Use Reporting<\/p>\n Photo Story\/Essay<\/p>\n Photojournalism<\/p>\n Profile Story<\/p>\n Religion and Faith Writing<\/p>\n 3rd Place<\/p>\n Breaking News<\/p>\n Coverage of Business and the Economy\u00a0<\/p>\n Environment Reporting<\/p>\n San Clemente\u2019s Struggle With the Coast<\/p>\n Health Reporting<\/p>\n Homelessness Reporting<\/p>\n Are Motels Becoming the New Emergency Shelter?\u00a0<\/p>\n News Photo<\/p>\n Photo Story\/Essay<\/p>\n Photojournalism<\/p>\n 4th Place<\/p>\n News Photo<\/p>\n Photo Story\/Essay<\/p>\n Photojournalism<\/p>\n Public Service Journalism<\/p>\n OC Kneecaps Hate Incident Reporting<\/p>\n Transportation Reporting<\/p>\n Writing<\/p>\n 5th Place<\/p>\n Coverage of Business and the Economy\u00a0<\/p>\n Coverage of Local Government<\/p>\n Enterprise News Story or Series<\/p>\n \u00a0A Charter City\u2019s Rights<\/p>\n Environment Reporting<\/p>\n Photo Story\/Essay<\/p>\n Photojournalism<\/p>\n Profile Story<\/p>\n Southern California Journalism Awards<\/p>\n 2nd Place<\/p>\n Political Commentary, Local \u2013 Online<\/p>\n Business Reporting, Online<\/p>\n News Photo, Art\/Photography<\/p>\n News Feature, Music\/ Culture\/ Performing Arts \u2013 Online<\/p>\n 3rd Place<\/p>\n Environmental Reporting, Climate Change\/ Society \u2013 Online<\/p>\n Photo Essay, News\/News Feature \u2013 Art\/Photography<\/p>\n Medical Reporting, Healthcare Issues, Print\/Online<\/p>\n \n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voice of OC\u2019s consistent coverage of local issues was recognized at the state level with six first place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,3415,158323,131340,131341,158324,131342,131343,141339,131344,79350,131345,2267],"class_list":["post-393505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-awards","tag-cnpa-awards","tag-gigi-gradillas","tag-hosam-elattar","tag-hugo-rios","tag-julie-leopo","tag-la-press-club","tag-maximo-santana","tag-noah-biesiada","tag-norberto-santana-jr","tag-spencer-custodio","tag-voice-of-oc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393505","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=393505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}