Patch Editors Honored by Press Club

Patch editors were honored Saturday night with awards for their outstanding journalism during the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club's 35th annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City.

Articles by Rachel Stern and Brad Kava have appeared on Gilroy Patch many times. 

Rachel Stern, Patch's associate local editor, took first place in the headline category for her article titled, ."

Santa Cruz Patch Editor Brad Kava was awarded second place for his Santa Cruz-based news story, ."

The winners were selected from 440 entries from media professionals in the 11 Greater Bay Area counties. Awards honored work done in 2011. 

Entries were judged by the Press Clubs of Bakersfield, Cleveland, Florida, Milwaukee, New Orleans and San Diego.

Click here for a complete list of Bay Area winners.

Congratulations!

Patch Award Winners

BROADBAND
Overall Excellence-Broadband Only
FIRST PLACE, Redwood City Patch, Stacie Chan    

SECOND PLACE, Albany Patch, Emilie Raguso    

Blog/Commentary    
FIRST PLACE,
Lisen Stromberg, columnist for Palo Alto Patch

Sports Story    
FIRST PLACE,
Scott Campbell, former long time sports editor for Peninsula Patch sites

 Feature Story of a Serious Nature    
SECOND PLACE,
Drew Himmelstein, South San Francisco Patch    

Multi Media/Interactivity    
SECOND PLACE,
Aaron Selverston, Palo Alto Patch

News Story         
SECOND PLACE,
Brad Kava, Santa Cruz Patch    

Feature Story of a Light Nature    
FIRST PLACE,
Charles Burress, El Cerrito Patch  

Headline    
FIRST PLACE, Patch,
Rachel Stern, Silicon Valley Associate Local Editor

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