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The prestigious Journalistic Excellence Award was bestowed upon Indica News founder and editor, Ritu Jha, during an event on December 4 by the San Francisco Press Club. Jha won the award in the Digital Media category.
The award recognizes the best stories published between January 2023 through June 2024, and is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the San Francisco Bay Area. This year, over 798 entries were submitted by various media outlets.
Her story, ‘How Indian American Tej Gundavelli’s Touch-A-Life is changing communities, one nonprofit at a time’, won the third place in the Digital Media—Business/Technology category at the San Francisco Press Club 47th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards function held at The Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco.
“I am honored and pleased to win this award. It encourages you to work hard and stay focused,” said Jha after the awards function. “I would like to thank the jury, readers, subscribers, and the supporting community for having faith in indica.”
This is Jha’s fifth win at the San Francisco Press Club’s Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards.
The competing media outlets include:
National/International: Associated Press, The Athletic, BBC, Bloomberg, CBS News, El Tecolote, Epoch Times, Financial Times, Fox News, Gizmodo, Indica News, Insider, LinkedIn News, MarketWatch, Mashable, Politico, Re/Code, Reuters, The Nation, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Univision, USA Today, VentureBeat.
Local print/online: Contra Costa Times, Mission Local, Oakland Tribune, Palo Alto Daily Post, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Gate, San Francisco Business Journal, San Francisco Bay Times, San Francisco Standard, San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley Business Journal, Bay City News.
TV: KBWB, KCSM, KICU, KGO, KNTV, KOFY, KPIX, KRON, KSTS, KTVU.
Radio: KALW, KFTY, KHMB, KPFA, KQED, KSFO, Sing Tao Chinese Radio.
