Neon Tommy took home 10 honors at last night's 54th Southern California Journalism Awards at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The gala, presented by the Los Angeles Press Club, featured Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the latter via Skype, as keynote speakers, sharing their lessons from Watergate and beyond.

Neon Tommy award-winners are as follows:

 

Winners:

Online Feature: Catherine Green, "Kneading the System: Mark Stambler’s Cottage Food Crusade"

Sports Photo: James Santelli, "USC Football: Sun Devils Scorch Trojans 43-22"

Youth Media Individual Blog: Tracy Bloom, "Politics Today"

Youth Media Broadcast, Podcast or Stream: Benjamin Gottlieb and Arezou Rezvani, "Eye on the Middle East Podcast" 

 

Second Place:

Online Investigative: Benjamin Gottlieb and Mary Slosson, "Diego Garcia, 25" (in conjunction with Los Angeles Times)

Online News: Paresh Dave, "In California, Obama’s High Speed Rail Network Slowed by Authority’s Miscues"

Online Personality Profile: Andrew McIntyre, Kate Rooney, Benjamin Gottlieb, Mary Slosson and Reut Cohen, "Classroom Frontlines"

Online Entertainment News/Feature: Allegra Tepper, "Shepard Fairey: Rebel with a Cause"

Youth Media News Website: Callie Schweitzer, Tracy Bloom, Ryan Faughnder, Paresh Dave and Dan Watson,
NeonTommy.com, "Neon Tommy: Annenberg Digital News"

Third Place:

Online Political Column/Commentary: Tracy Bloom, "Top 5 Rick Perry Gaffes"

 

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