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The Pulitzer PrizesWinner · 2017 · Breaking News ReportingCraig Lazzeretti
Coverage of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire (East Bay Times staff)
SPJ Northern CaliforniaFirst Place · 2024 · Breaking News (Radio/Audio)Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez
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SPJ Northern CaliforniaFirst Place · 2025 · Interview (TV/Video — Student)Paula Sibulo
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The Pulitzer PrizesFinalist · 2007 · Feature PhotographyMary F. Calvert
Fistula, a devastating childbirth injury in sub-Saharan Africa (The Washington Times)
The Pulitzer PrizesFinalist · 2023 · Feature PhotographyStephen Lam
A disaster in plain sight — documenting fentanyl addiction in San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle)
SPJ Northern CaliforniaFirst Place · 2024 · Ongoing CoverageDavid Sjostedt
The San Francisco Standard
The Pulitzer PrizesFinalist · 2020 · Feature PhotographyMary F. Calvert
Six Men Tell Their Stories of Sexual Assault in the Military (The New York Times)
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