Individual and Publication Awards

Received between 2016-2020

Individual Awards


First Place - Best Arts or Entertainment Profile-
"Print Interrupted"- Student Journalism- 2019-12th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

First Place -Best Feature Writing-Print or Online, Student- “Faust’s Hiding Place: Old World Books Carried by the Oppressed”- 2018- 2017 -60th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards- Los Angeles Press Club

Second Place- Best Non-Breaking Story-"Ugly Side of Art Emerges as Workers try to Unionize"- 2020 CCMA Awards

Second Place- Personality Profile for News Publications- "Print Interrupted"-2019 Gold Circle Awards- The Columbia Scholastic Press Association- Columbia University in the City of New York

Second Place- “Best Non-Breaking News Story Division: Non-weekly” – 2016 California College Media Awards

Third Place – Best Magazine Story-"Print Interrupted"- 2020 CCMA Awards

Third Place- “Best Enterprise Writing- Student”- “El Nino Rain Clouds Overwhelm Campus Water Pumps” – Los Angeles Press Club, 2016- 58th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards

Fourth Place- Magazine News Feature- “Faust’s Hiding Place: Old World Books Carried by the Oppressed”- 2018 State Publication Award- Journalism Association of Community Colleges

Meritorious- Enterprise News Story/Series- "Former Professor: Conditions in Da Vinci Hall Caused Cancer" – 2019 SoCal Regional Publication Award- Journalism Association of Community Colleges

Meritorious- “Enterprise News Story/Series”-  – 2017 SoCal Publication Award- Journalism Association of Community Colleges




Publication Awards


Editor-in-Chief- “Collegian Times Magazine” 

Magazine Pacemaker Award- 2019 Associated Collegiate Press

First Place- Pinnacle Award- Two-Year Feature Magazine- 2019- College Media Association

Gold Medalist- 2019- The Columbia Scholastic Press Association- Columbia University in the City of New York

General Excellence - JACC SoCal 2019 Publication Awards- Journalism Association of Community Colleges

First Place- Best Print Cover/Student-Maggie Awards 2019/20

Second Place- In-House or Corporate Publication- Magazine- 2020- 62nd SoCal Journalism Awards- Los Angeles Press Club

Fifth Place- Best of Show Award- Feature Magazine- 2019- Associated Collegiate Press


Reporter- "Collegian Times Magazine

Pacemaker Finalist- 2018 Associated Collegiate Press

General Excellence - JACC SoCal 2018 Publication Awards- Journalism Association of Community Colleges

Pacemaker Finalist- 2017 Associated Collegiate Press

General Excellence - JACC SoCal 2017 Publication Awards- Journalism Association of Community Colleges

Mark Excellence - Student Magazine- 2017-Society of Professional Journalists Region 11

First Place with Special Merit- Collegian Times-2017- American Scholastic Press Association


Reporter, Editor-in-Chief, Page Editor - 2015-2019 -Newspaper - "Los Angeles Collegian

First Place- Best College Newspaper -2017- Los Angeles Press Club

Best Newspaper (Two-Year School) – 2017- The David L. Adams Apple Award- College Media Association

Best Newspaper (Two-Year School) – 2016- The David L. Adams Apple Award- College Media Association

First Place- Best College Newspaper -2016- Los Angeles Press Club

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