The Independent Journal has won 19 awards in the California News Publishers Association’s annual journalism contest — including the award for general excellence, its top honor.
The general excellence award is the IJ’s second in four years in its circulation category. The award was for consecutive editions on Oct. 26 and 27, 2025.
Overall, IJ earned awards for work in reporting, photography, column and editorial writing, and illustration. The contest was for work published in 2025.
IJ reporter Steven Rosenfeld was honored with multiple awards for his reporting in a four-part series on the renewable energy agency MCE. The series earned first place in the category of enterprise news story or series, first place for in-depth reporting and second place in public service journalism…