Jon
06-04-2007, 04:34 PM
We had the following story in the Monday edition of the Daily Journal.
It was nice to win this number of awards.
Daily Journal dominates Press Club awards
The San Mateo Daily Journal was awarded 29 awards — including 11 first place, nine second place and nine honorable mention prizes — at the 30th annual Peninsula Press Club Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards banquet Saturday night.
The award count is the most the newspaper has ever received and marks the third year straight the Daily Journal won more awards in its category of newspapers under 75,000 circulation it shares with its competitors including the Daily News Group, the San Mateo County Times, the Examiner, the Fremont Argus, the Hayward Daily Review, the Oakland Tribune and the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Last year, the newspaper won 20 awards.
Editor in Chief Jon Mays swept the editorial category winning first place for “The trouble with trees,” second place for “Gambling bill should be left to die” and honorable mention for “Did the boycott make its point?”
Other Daily Journal first place winners were: Bill Silverfarb for his news/political columns; Dana Yates and Heather Murtagh for their continuing coverage of the Peninsula Avenue Interchange eminent domain threat; Murtagh for her technology story “Your wireless future awaits” and feature story of a light nature, “Gettin’ into the groove;” Cheri Lucas for her entertainment review “Trendspotting” and specialty travel story, “Canadians party like it’s a summer job;” Nathan Mollat for his sports column, “The Sports Lounge;” Emanuel Lee for his sports story “Healing one day at a time” and sports game story, “Serra: Finally!” and Nicola Zeuzem for his ad design for “Downtown San Mateo.”
Daily Journal second place winners were: Mays in the analysis category for the story, “Track battle doesn’t have height fight’s verve;” Michelle Durand for her headline, “Coroner plots fee increase” and her news/political columns; Silverfarb for his feature columns, Murtagh and Yates for their series “Who are the immigrants;” Murtagh for her feature story of a serious nature “Charting a new path; Lee for his sports story “Life off the court not always easy” and Zeuzem for his ad design for “The ‘Wow’ experience.”
Daily Journal honorable mention winners: Mays in the analysis category for the story “Five years later: Was Ken White worth it?” Durand for her feature columns and continuing coverage of the Mike King trial; Lee for his sports column; Murtagh for her specialty story “Breweries boast beer bounty” and headline “No, speed racer, no” and Yates for continuing coverage of the battle to save Coyote Point and feature story of a light nature “Stiletto workouts.”
Daily Journal intern and next year’s teen columnist Hannah Hoffman was also awarded a $1,500 scholarship in the name of the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen. Hoffman will be a senior at Burlingame High School. Also receiving the Herb Caen scholarship is San Jose State University student Shaminder Dulai, a photographer.
Other winners in the under 75,000 category included: the County Times’ Tim Simmers who won first, second and honorable mention in the business category; first place for the Daily News’ Jamie Casini and Eric White in the headline category; first place for the Hayward Daily Review’s Matt O’Brien and Martin Ricard in the analysis category; the Oakland Tribune’s Kristin Bender in the feature story of a serious nature category; first place for the Daily News’ Banks Albach in the breaking news category; first place for the County Times’ Rebekah Gordon in the news category and second place for the Examiner’s Ed Carpenter in the news category.
In the photography division, the County Times’ John Green won a total of five awards including two second place prizes.
The Mercury News won a total of 37 awards in the category of newspapers of more than 75,000 circulation.
The Peninsula Press Club’s annual competition is open to any news organization in the 11 Greater Bay Area counties. Winners were selected from a total of 522 entries and were judged by the Florida Press Club, Milwaukee Press Club, the Press Club of Cleveland, the San Diego Press Club and the Press Club of Southeast Texas. The photography staff of the Orange County Register judged the photo entries.
The annual awards dinner took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City.
It was nice to win this number of awards.
Daily Journal dominates Press Club awards
The San Mateo Daily Journal was awarded 29 awards — including 11 first place, nine second place and nine honorable mention prizes — at the 30th annual Peninsula Press Club Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards banquet Saturday night.
The award count is the most the newspaper has ever received and marks the third year straight the Daily Journal won more awards in its category of newspapers under 75,000 circulation it shares with its competitors including the Daily News Group, the San Mateo County Times, the Examiner, the Fremont Argus, the Hayward Daily Review, the Oakland Tribune and the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Last year, the newspaper won 20 awards.
Editor in Chief Jon Mays swept the editorial category winning first place for “The trouble with trees,” second place for “Gambling bill should be left to die” and honorable mention for “Did the boycott make its point?”
Other Daily Journal first place winners were: Bill Silverfarb for his news/political columns; Dana Yates and Heather Murtagh for their continuing coverage of the Peninsula Avenue Interchange eminent domain threat; Murtagh for her technology story “Your wireless future awaits” and feature story of a light nature, “Gettin’ into the groove;” Cheri Lucas for her entertainment review “Trendspotting” and specialty travel story, “Canadians party like it’s a summer job;” Nathan Mollat for his sports column, “The Sports Lounge;” Emanuel Lee for his sports story “Healing one day at a time” and sports game story, “Serra: Finally!” and Nicola Zeuzem for his ad design for “Downtown San Mateo.”
Daily Journal second place winners were: Mays in the analysis category for the story, “Track battle doesn’t have height fight’s verve;” Michelle Durand for her headline, “Coroner plots fee increase” and her news/political columns; Silverfarb for his feature columns, Murtagh and Yates for their series “Who are the immigrants;” Murtagh for her feature story of a serious nature “Charting a new path; Lee for his sports story “Life off the court not always easy” and Zeuzem for his ad design for “The ‘Wow’ experience.”
Daily Journal honorable mention winners: Mays in the analysis category for the story “Five years later: Was Ken White worth it?” Durand for her feature columns and continuing coverage of the Mike King trial; Lee for his sports column; Murtagh for her specialty story “Breweries boast beer bounty” and headline “No, speed racer, no” and Yates for continuing coverage of the battle to save Coyote Point and feature story of a light nature “Stiletto workouts.”
Daily Journal intern and next year’s teen columnist Hannah Hoffman was also awarded a $1,500 scholarship in the name of the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen. Hoffman will be a senior at Burlingame High School. Also receiving the Herb Caen scholarship is San Jose State University student Shaminder Dulai, a photographer.
Other winners in the under 75,000 category included: the County Times’ Tim Simmers who won first, second and honorable mention in the business category; first place for the Daily News’ Jamie Casini and Eric White in the headline category; first place for the Hayward Daily Review’s Matt O’Brien and Martin Ricard in the analysis category; the Oakland Tribune’s Kristin Bender in the feature story of a serious nature category; first place for the Daily News’ Banks Albach in the breaking news category; first place for the County Times’ Rebekah Gordon in the news category and second place for the Examiner’s Ed Carpenter in the news category.
In the photography division, the County Times’ John Green won a total of five awards including two second place prizes.
The Mercury News won a total of 37 awards in the category of newspapers of more than 75,000 circulation.
The Peninsula Press Club’s annual competition is open to any news organization in the 11 Greater Bay Area counties. Winners were selected from a total of 522 entries and were judged by the Florida Press Club, Milwaukee Press Club, the Press Club of Cleveland, the San Diego Press Club and the Press Club of Southeast Texas. The photography staff of the Orange County Register judged the photo entries.
The annual awards dinner took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City.