In an announcement by the Los Angeles Press Club, Local News Pasadena has received 11 nominations for Southern California Journalism Awards recognizing work published during 2024. Nominations for Local News Pasadena include the prestigious Online News Organization of the Year and Online Journalist of the Year categories.
In addition, the Pasadena-based nonprofit newsroom received two nominations for medical and health reporting, and individual nominations for local political and government reporting, editorials, culture news, lifestyle features, personality profiles, national political commentary and local political commentary.
According to the Los Angeles Press Club, judges pored over more than 2,500 entries to determine the finalists, breaking last year’s record for submissions. To maintain impartiality, awards judging is performed by professional journalism organizations and press clubs from outside Southern California.
“This year’s Southern California Journalism Awards finalists represent the news values of accuracy, trustworthiness, independence, and fairness as well as reflecting how we have contributed additional value and impact to our community and its members,” said publisher Sheryl Turner.
“These nominations inspire us to know local media can do more by helping people make informed decisions, building connections between the past and present, enriching conversations through complexity or nuance, and bridging individual differences,” said Turner.
Finalists for Local News Pasadena
- Online News Organization
- Sheryl Turner, Publisher
- Online Journalist of the Year
- Medical and Health Reporting
- “A Shared Fight For Cancer Survival” (Jane Brackman)
- “Brendan And The Brain” (Victoria Thomas)
- Editorials – Print / Online
- “Goodbye Darkness, Goodbye Quiet” (Phil Hopkins)
- Local Political / Government Reporting, Crime / Corruption
- “A Local Police Force Prepares For War: The Question is With Whom?” (Phil Hopkins)
- Culture News – Events
- “Trouble in Tovaangar” (Phil Hopkins)
- Lifestyle Feature
- “Drayke’s Tale” (Victoria Thomas)
- Personality Profile – Business / Government / Society Personalities
- “Rick Cole: Cooling His Heels Without Breaking Stride” (Phil Hopkins)
- Political Commentary – National
- “We Funded the Central Library Rebuild, But What About Those Books” (Phil Hopkins)
- Political Commentary – Local
- “Welcome to Crown City Prison” (Phil Hopkins)
Winners will be announced at the Los Angeles Press Club Gala at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Sunday, June 22.
2024 was the first full year of publication for Local News Pasadena. In 2023, the organization was nominated for five Southern California Journalism Awards and won three after eight months online.
