Times of San Diego won eighteen awards at the San Diego Press Club’s 53rd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards, taking six first place wins and recognition in 13 different categories.
In criminal justice reporting, Times of San Diego won for first, second and third place. The top award went to Lillian Perlmuter’s story, “What happens when ICE arrests US citizens.”
The newsroom as a whole took second place for in the News Site category, the top distinction judges awarded in the category this year.
“San Diego is lucky to have sophisticated watchdogs covering the community and providing an easily navigable website, chock-full of valuable news and information, in two languages,” a judge wrote.
Times of San Diego also won second place in the Breaking News category, for coverage of the attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego.
“Very comprehensive, with the 3 main stories, with 2 of them available in Spanish,” a judge wrote. “The ticktock was undoubtedly compelling and helpful to try to make sense of a senseless tragedy.”
Judges recognized Times of San Diego in 10 other categories: series, architecture and design, education, editorial, food reporting, history, military, sports, profile and light column.
