"Mission Local closed the book on 2025 with a successful run through awards season, taking home a cache of prizes in both the Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism contest and the San Francisco Press Club Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards. Mission LocalMission Local's winners in the San Francisco Press Club awards: 's winners in the SPJ contest: In the category of Overall Excellence, Best Community News Website, Mission Local. In the category of Breaking News, first place, Joe Eskenazi, "Mission Local obtains list of SFUSD schools to potentially merge/close.""
"In the category of Business/Technology Story, first place, Julia Gitis, "From 1,000 to zero: The loss of public news racks in San Francisco." In the category of Columns - News/Political, first place, Joe Eskenazi. In the category of Criminal Justice, first place, Abigail Vân Neely, "New shoes, baby steps, and 'too much to lose' at Tenderloin community court." In the category of Environment/Nature, second place, Ronna Raz, "Comic: Meet San Francisco's urban wildlife, from lichen to coyotes." In the category of Investigative Reporting, second place, Abigail Vân Neely, "Supe candidate Michael Lai touts his education startup. Teachers recall low wages, disorder and collapse." In the category of Photography/Photo Series, second place, Angel Mayorga, Michael Santiago, David Chalk, "SNAPS." Onward to 2026!"
Mission Local closed 2025 with a strong awards showing across two major contests: the Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism contest and the San Francisco Press Club Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards. The outlet won Overall Excellence as Best Community News Website and earned first-place honors in Breaking News (Joe Eskenazi), Business/Technology Story (Julia Gitis), Columns - News/Political (Joe Eskenazi), and Criminal Justice (Abigail Vân Neely). Additional recognitions included second-place awards in Environment/Nature (Ronna Raz), Investigative Reporting (Abigail Vân Neely), and Photography/Photo Series (Angel Mayorga, Michael Santiago, David Chalk).
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