{"id":72099,"date":"2026-06-26T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=72099"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:59:16","slug":"el-tecolote-newsroom-inn-cja-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/el-tecolote-newsroom-inn-cja-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"El Tecolote newsroom wins national, statewide awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are proud to announce that <em>El Tecolote\u2019s<\/em> newsroom received national and statewide recognition in June for its visual journalism, public service, immigration and investigative reporting, as well as its deep commitment to the community it serves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day, our small team works to inform, defend and uplift San Francisco\u2019s working-class and immigrant Latino communities. We are called to this work because we care deeply about the communities we come from. We continually push ourselves to challenge harmful narratives, hold powerful institutions accountable and meet the moment with journalism that is ethical, reparative and innovative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As editor-in-chief of this beloved and historic community newsroom, I am thrilled to share a roundup of the latest honors our team received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=1568%2C1045&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/072025-JACENTODAYLABORER-ET-PU-01-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National award for visual journalism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Institute for Nonprofit News\u2019 annual conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, <em>El Tecolote<\/em> received the Insight Award for Visual Journalism in the small-newsroom category for photojournalist Pablo Unzueta\u2019s photo essay, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/sf-immigrant-worker-disability\/\">An immigrant came to San Francisco for work. One injury changed everything<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story follows Jacento B., a San Francisco day laborer whose life changed after a workplace injury. One judge praised the project for drawing out \u201cthe humanity behind the writing\u201d through its powerful photographs, videos and visual presentation. This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/el-tecolote-wins-national-award-for-community-centered-visuals\/\">second consecutive year<\/a> Unzueta has received this national honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/09172025-AJOKING-ET-PU-10.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/09172025-AJOKING-ET-PU-10.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/09172025-AJOKING-ET-PU-10.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/09172025-AJOKING-ET-PU-10.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/09172025-AJOKING-ET-PU-10.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/09172025-AJOKING-ET-PU-10.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/09172025-AJOKING-ET-PU-10.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/09172025-AJOKING-ET-PU-10.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A clerk grabs a box of \u201cArtri Ajo King,\u201d a supplement the Food and Drug Administration has warned against, inside a Mission Street produce store in San Francisco, Calif., on Sept. 17, 2025. The supplement is widely used by Latinos for bone pain, but doctors say it can cause hormonal dysfunction and worsen diabetes. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>California awards for community-centered journalism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The California News Publishers Association honored the <em>El Tecolote<\/em> newsroom with four California Journalism Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Service Journalism: <\/strong>Reporter Mariana Dur\u00e1n received second place for her <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/arti-king-pain-supplement\/\">investigation into Artri Ajo King<\/a>, a supplement containing hidden ingredients that can cause serious health problems over time. Despite federal warnings, the supplement remained popular among older Latino immigrants living with chronic pain and was widely available in Latino-serving stores across San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following publication, local clinics reported that more patients were seeking help to safely stop using the supplement, and at least one Mission District store removed it from its shelves. The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/nov\/19\/latinos-california-artri-ajo-king\">syndicated the investigation<\/a>, El Tecolote<a href=\"https:\/\/factchequeado.com\/teexplicamos\/20260114\/artri-ajo-king-salud-peligro-latinos\/\"> partnered with Factchequeado<\/a> on a follow-up explainer, and Spanish-speaking consumers received clear, actionable health information that had often been unavailable to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=600%2C399&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=1200%2C799&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=1568%2C1044&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02272025-ROSARIOSOMOS-ET-PU-71.jpg?w=2000&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rosario Orteg\u00f3n, 56, stands beside her prayer space inside her San Francisco apartment on Feb. 27, 2025. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community Focus:<\/strong><em> El Tecolote<\/em> received third place for its sustained reporting on how Spanish-speaking Latina immigrant mothers in San Francisco approached health and wellness amid rising costs, immigration enforcement and cuts to Medi-Cal. The initiative grew from community listening that identified major gaps in trusted Spanish-language information about mental health, <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/california-immigrant-health-cuts\/\">healthcare access<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latina-mom-empty-nest-mental-health\/\">immigration-related trauma<\/a> and culturally resonant <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/acupunctures-sf-lati\/\">approaches to healing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work included reporting produced with <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/sf-latino-immigrant-mental-health-research\/\">Somos Esenciales,<\/a> a grassroots group of immigrant Latina mothers <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latino-mental-health-services-san-francisco\/\">conducting research<\/a> on mental health, the <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/arti-king-pain-supplement\/\">Artri Ajo King investigation<\/a>, the private Entre Nosotras WhatsApp group and the Querida Consejera <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/mental-health-burnout-advice\/\">advice column<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Immigration Reporting: <\/strong>Reporter Mariana Dur\u00e1n received third place for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/ice-check-in-sf-separated\/\">\u2018She\u2019s my home\u2019: An S.F. couple\u2019s life unraveled after one ICE check-in.<\/a>\u201d The story documents San Francisco resident Roberto\u2019s grief after his wife, Sandra, was arrested during a routine appointment at ICE\u2019s San Francisco field office and detained while awaiting progress in her asylum case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the belongings Sandra left untouched in their apartment and Roberto\u2019s account of the life they had built together, Dur\u00e1n documented the intimate consequences of a broader surge in arrests at ICE check-ins. The story connected changing immigration-enforcement practices and increasingly limited paths out of detention with the devastation experienced by one San Francisco family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mercado_8.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mercado_8.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mercado_8.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mercado_8.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mercado_8.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mercado_8.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mercado_8.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mercado_8.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Miguel Mercado sits inside the RV he has called home for three years in San Francisco\u2019s Mission District on Feb. 12, 2026. With the Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program set to end in April, he does not know where he will go next. Photo: Yesica Prado for El Tecolote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investigative Reporting:<\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>El Tecolote<\/em> received fifth place for its examination of <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/sf-rv-crackdown-weaponized-parking\/\">San Francisco\u2019s efforts to displace families living in recreational vehicles<\/a>. Over more than a year, journalists Yesica Prado, Pablo Unzueta, Erika Carlos and Mariana Dur\u00e1n combined sustained field reporting with a review of thousands of pages of public records to show how parking restrictions, construction projects and political pressure were used to repeatedly displace primarily working-class, immigrant and Latino families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reporting helped shift the public framing of RV residents from \u201cblight\u201d to neighbors facing displacement, while <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/sf-rv-crackdown-permit-failures\/\">exposing the failures<\/a> of enforcement-first policies, explaining how legislation would <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/sf-rv-crackdown-fallout\/\">impact<\/a> people\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/sf-rv-permit-denied\/\">daily lives<\/a> and prompting a city <a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/rv-permit-cash-scam\/\">investigation<\/a> into allegations that a city worker sold RV parking permits for cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to announce that El Tecolote\u2019s newsroom received national and statewide recognition in June for its visual journalism, public service, immigration and investigative reporting, as well as its deep commitment to the community it serves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88922,"featured_media":72100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"large","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25166],"tags":[],"coauthors":[25049],"class_list":["post-72099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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