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Capital & Main

Capital & Main Wins 20 Prizes at the Southern California Journalism Awards

Capital & Main won 7 first-place prizes and 20 overall at the 66th annual Southern California Journalism Awards, one of the largest regional media contests in the nation. Winners were announced by the Los Angeles Press Club at a gala on June 23 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A.

Cerise Castle was awarded first place in the Educational Reporting category for her stories on Temecula’s far-right school board. Judges described Castle’s work as “great storytelling that helps guide the reader through gnarly politics with real consequences for students.”

Robin Urevich and Gabriel Sandoval of ProPublica won top honors in the Culture News, Online category for their story on the long-term residents of a residential hotel, who lost their homes and communities when the property was converted into a tourist hotel. Said the judges, “This poignantly written and well researched story illuminates what is at stake in the displacement of affordable housing — not just roofs over people’s heads, but the loss ofentire supportive and creative communities.”

Jessica Goodheart’s reporting on the threat to background actors from artificial intelligence was awarded first place for Entertainment News, Online. 

Rick Wartzman took first place in the Consumer News or Feature category for his piece on the state of the U.S. education system. Judges wrote, “this eye-opening, detailed report on the structural failures of our system of higher learning is frightening — as well as a call to action.”

A complete list of winners is below.

First Place:

Second Place:

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