The San Diego Business Journal took home 17 awards at the 43rd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards dinner on Oct. 25.
They included the coveted Best of Show for a Non-Daily Newspaper for its special section “Balboa Park Beyond 1915: Legacy of the Exposition.” The section, which also won a first place award, celebrated the 100th birthday of one of San Diego’s iconic sites with a historic retrospective. It was produced by Pam Crooks, Suzan Peterson and Patti Anderson.
The Business Journal also took home four first-place awards, five second-place awards and six third-place awards.
First-Place Winners
Brad Graves, “Nature’s Nightlight” (Science/Technology)
Emmet Pierce, “Low Barriers Help Companies Make Fast Start” (Business & Financial)
Emmet Pierce, “Taylor Guitars Fights Brand Theft” (Criminal Justice)
Sandie Powers, “Brand Theft” (Feature Layout Design)
Second-Place Winners
Lou Hirsh, “The Aftermath” (Business & Financial)
Michael Lipkin, “They Didn’t See It Coming” (History)
Emmet Pierce, “Courts Use Mediation to Ease Overcrowding” (Criminal Justice)
Emmet Pierce, “Practically Speaking” (Education)
Emmet Pierce, “Groundbreasking Space” (Real Estate)
Third-Place Winners
Angela Castillo, “Surfing’s Clean Break” (Feature Layout Design)
Michael Lipkin, “Worst-Case Scenario” (Business & Financial)
Brittany Meiling, “Out of the Shadows” (Health & Medicine)
Emmet Pierce, “Navigating the Labor Law Landscape” (Criminal Justice)
Sandie Powers, “The Next Round” (Front Page Design)
Emmet Pierce, “Tech Sector Works to Keep Graduates in Town” (Science/Technology)
