In summary
The awards honor human-centric reporting and photography from CalMatters.
CalMatters journalists were honored Thursday night with awards for “deep” and “compelling” coverage in the Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego awards contest.
The awards honor outstanding work produced by San Diego-area professional and student journalists.
Justo Robles and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde were awarded first place for feature reporting on a serious subject for their story, “Border Patrol dropped 42,000 migrants on San Diego streets. Now county, groups are seeking help.”
“A deep, compelling look at this issue from multiple perspectives. Great work lifting up such a critical issue impacting migrants, policy, communities and service agencies,” noted judges of the work.
Alejandro Lazo was awarded first place for reporting on housing and development for his story, “Corporate landlord’s California buying spree alarms tenants: ‘I only earn enough to pay the rent.’”
And Kristian Carreon, a freelance photojournalist for CalMatters, was awarded second place for a feature photo on the story, “California child welfare agencies under fire for pocketing foster kids’ Social Security money.”
Judges’ comments were only available for some awards.