Seventh Annual California Journalism Awards

The Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) is pleased to announce the winners of the Seventh Annual California Journalism Awards and Katharine M. Macdonald Award on March 1, 2001.

Established in 1994, the California Journalism Awards recognize excellence in reporting on California State government and politics. This year the center gave awards in four categories: The John Jacobs Award for excellence in daily coverage, and special feature or enterprise reporting; Radio Journalism Award for excellence in radio reporting; and the Television Journalism Award for excellence in television reporting--A cash prize of $500 accompanied each of these awards. A fourth category, the Macdonald Award, was given to a student journalist and was also award a $300 cash prize.

• For Print (Special Feature/Enterprise Reporting)
  Daniel Weintraub, Orange County Register



• For Print (Daily Coverage)
  Jim Sweeney, Union Tribune, San Diego



• For Radio (Special Feature/Enterprise Reporting)
  Ellen Ciurczak, The California Report, KQED, San Francisco



• Radio (Daily Coverage)
  Aaron Glantz, KPFA, Berkeley



• For Television (Special Feature/Enterprise Reporting)
  Randy Paige, KCBS, Los Angeles



• Television (Daily Coverage)
  Kevin Riggs, KCRA,Sacramento



• For the Katherine M. Macdonald Award for Student Journalism
  Virginia Sellers-Erxleben, The Collegian, CSU, Fresno