SLO Tribune named a finalist for top California journalism award — among 31 total
The Tribune has been named a finalist for 31 awards from the California News Publishers Association, including general excellence and several other top categories.
The Tribune won first place for general excellence last year, the third time the news organization has won best-in-class in the last five years.
Aside from general excellence, The Tribune is also a finalist for public service journalism — the competition’s next-highest award — following a first-place win in that category last year for coverage of the mental health care crisis in San Luis Obispo County. This year’s entry is for former reporter Mackenzie Shuman’s series on lingering pollution from dry cleaning chemicals across the state.
In addition, reporter Chloe Jones and Shuman are two of three finalists for best investigative reporting.
Other awards include finalists for best in-depth reporting, enterprise news story, business coverage, coverage of local government, photography, video, environmental reporting, editorial comment and more.
CNPA released the list of finalists on Thursday, with up to five in each category.
The Tribune competes in Division 3 for daily news organizations with a print circulation under 15,000.
The final results and placings will be announced at the 2023 California Journalism Awards Gala in Los Angeles on July 13.
Click here to see the complete list of finalists by division.
