Bee reporting on education, homelessness, labor and more wins journalism honors
Modesto Bee journalists won nine 2024 California Journalism Awards, including four first-place honors, the California News Publishers Association announced.
The Modesto Bee competes in awards Division 3, which includes publications like the Ventura County Star, The Tribune (in San Luis Obispo), The Bakersfield Californian, the Stockton Record and others.
The Bee’s first-place awards are:
▪ In the category of homelessness reporting, “Charges against homeless spike before Supreme Court case,” by Trevor Morgan and Kathleen Quinn
▪ For labor reporting, “Employees allege union busting and unsafe work conditions at Modesto plant,” by Julietta Bisharyan
▪ For transportation reporting, “Cyclist survives after being hit by truck and recalls her experience,” by Trevor Morgan and Dominique Williams
▪ And for religion and faith writing, “Modesto woman displays almost 1,000 nativity sets during Christmas season,” by Maria Figueroa
The Bee also brought home two second-place awards:
▪ For labor reporting, “Store manager of more than 20 years reaches ’breaking point’ and sues supermarket chain,” by Dominique Williams
▪ For investigative reporting, a package of stories on the topic “Data show police use-of-force and stops persistently target Black and Hispanic individuals,” by Julietta Bisharyan and Trevor Morgan
In the category youth and education reporting, Taylor Johnson won third place for “State attorney general questions sex education curriculum approved by local public school.”
And Dominique Williams took fourth place in coverage of business and the economy for her story “A 14-year-old restaurant is being picked up and moved to another city” and won a fifth-place award for her regular roundups of Stanislaus County restaurant health inspection reports.
