Awards

The Daily Californian consistently receives numerous awards on a regional and national level for its comprehensive and innovative coverage of UC Berkeley, the city of Berkeley and the entire UC system. Among the organizations that honored the Daily Cal in the 2008-09 academic year were  the California College Media Association and the Associated Collegiate Press.

Below is a list of awards earned by the Daily Cal in recent years.

2008-2009

Society of Professional Journalists: Region 11 Mark of Excellence Awards
1st place - Editorial Writing - Victoria Tang
1st place - Sports Columns - Jon Doss - 1st place
3rd place - Best Daily Student Newspaper - 3rd place

Associated Collegiate Press
1st place - Washington, DC Best in Show Newspaper Web site
3rd place - San Diego Best in Show 4-year Daily Newspaper
2nd place - San Diego Best in Show Newspaper Web site
2nd place - San Deigo Best in Show Interactive Multimedia Element - Nathan Yan

UWIRE Top 100 Student Journalists
Christine Borden
Stephanie M. Lee

California College Media Association
2nd place - General Excellence
1st place - Online General Excellence
2nd place - Overall Design
1st place - Back to School/Orientation Special Issue
2nd place - Best Special Section - Election Issue
1st place - News Feature - Kevin Leahy "A Friendship Derailed"
2nd place - Editorial - "Keep trimming"
2nd place - Personal Opinion - Kristine DeGuzman
2nd place - A&E Review - Christine Borden
3rd place - A&E Review - Rajesh Srinivasan
1st place - A&E Column - Louis Peitzman
3rd place - A&E Column - Robert Bergin
3rd place - Sports Story - Ryan Gorcey
1st place - Sports Column - Matt Kawahara
2nd place - Sports Column - Steven Dunst
3rd place - Sports Column - Ryan Gorcey
1st place - News Photo - Anna Hiatt
3rd place - News Photo - Alex Smith
3rd place - Sports Photo - Salgu Wissmath
2nd place - Feature Photo - Skyler Reid
1st place - Sports Page Design - Annie Shen
1st place - Feature Page Design - Samantha Truppi
2nd place - Feature Page Design - Bharath Ganesh
1st place - Headline Portfolio - Matt Kawahara
 2nd place - Headline Portfolio - Louis Peitzman
3rd place - Headline Portfolio - Stefanie Lee
1st place - Best Cartoon - Gretchen Faust
2nd place - Best Cartoon - Leslie Tseng
3rd place - Best Cartoon - Eric Wong
3rd place - Breaking News Online

2006-2007

Associated Collegiate Press
http://www.studentpress.org/acp/index.html

  • National Pacemaker, Finalist: The Daily Californian staff
  • Newspaper Web site, First Place: www.dailycal.org
  • Editorial Writing, First Place: Alia Salim
  • Photo Excellence - Environmental Portrai, Second Place: Alan Wong
  • Photo Excellence - Spot News, Honorable Mention: Jessica Kuo

Society of Professional Journalists
http://www.spj.org

  • Sports Column Writing, First Place: Stephen Chen “Cal Football Columns”
  • Online Sports Reporting, Second Place: Brian Bainum, Stephen Chen and Steven Dunst “Football: Cal vs. USC”
  • In-Depth Reporting, Third Place: Bryan Thomas “Living on the Fault”
  • Editorial Writing, Third Place: Amina Khan “Intelligent Activism”
  • Best Affiliated Web site, Third Place: “The Daily Clog”
California College Media Association
http://www.calcollegemedia.org
  • General Newspaper Excellence (Dailies), Second Place: The Daily Californian
  • Best Special Section, First place: The Daily Californian
  • Best Arts & Entertainment Review, First Place: Stephanie Lee
  • Best Headline Portfolio (Dailies), First place: Theresa Johnson; Second Place: Alia Salim
  • Best Sports-Page Design (Dailies), First place: Nancy Yao
  • Best News-Page Design (Dailies), First place: Joyce Lee
  • Best Cartoon (Dailies), First Place: Brad Aldridge; Third place: Deana Sobel
  • Best Sports Photo (Dailies), First place: Linda Zhu
  • Best Illustration (Dailies), Second Place: Ian Cheng
  • Best Breaking News Online, Third Place: "The Daily Clog"
  • Best Photo Illustration (Dailies), Honorable Mention: Skyler Reid
  • Best Features Photo (Dailies), Honorable Mention: Athena Azavedo