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 2006-07 academic year were the Society of Professional Journalists, the California College Media Association and the Associated Collegiate Press.

Below is a list of awards earned by the Daily Cal this past year:

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
Associated Collegiate Press
http://www.studentpress.org/acp/index.html
  • Best of Show (Four-year Dailies), First Place: The Daily Californian