The Center for Health Journalism's 2024 Ethnic Media Collaborative Scores Awards and Nominations in Prestigious Journalism Competitions
The Univision Sacramento story El Precio del Campo received the Gracie Award for Best Non-English Language Local Program, a prestigious recognition from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation that celebrates excellence in media created by, for, and about women. The story was written and anchored by Andrea Igliozzi and Rashel Cedeno de Abreu along with photographer Christian Vazquez, news director Vladimir Araya and the USC Center for Health Journalism team.
Univision Sacramento
The Center for Health Journalism's 2024 Ethnic Media Collaborative has earned numerous awards in several journalism competitions, including the California News Publishers Association’s (CNPA) California Journalism Awards, the 2025 Emmy Awards, the Gracie Award, the Society for Professional Journalism awards, and the Empowerment Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice. These awards have recognized outstanding work in 2024.
At the CNPA, Collaborative journalists won awards in several categories including homelessness reporting, food writing; health reporting; audience-community engagement, in-depth reporting and public service journalism.
Below is a list of the Center's winning and finalist entries by category and contest:
Contest: 54th Annual Northern California Emmy Awards 2024-2025
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (Spanish)
Andrea Igliozzi, Reporter; Jose Villareal, Photographer, Laura Alejandra De La Garza, Michelle Levander, Jaya Padmanabhan, Ryan White, Producers; News Outlet Univision 19 KUVS
Health/Medical (Spanish)
Rashel Cedeño De Abreu, Reporter Jose Villareal, Photographer, Michelle Levander, Jaya Padmanabhan, Ryan White, Producers; News Outlet: Univision 19 KUVS
Societal Concerns (Spanish)
Rashel Cedeño De Abreu, Andrea Igliozzi, Reporters; Bryan Albor, Photographer; Christian Vázquez-Garcia, Photographer, Vladimir Araya, Michelle Levander, Jaya Padmanabhan, Ryan White, Producers; News Outlet: Univision 19 KUVS
Precio del Campo: Viviendo en Escasez
News Feature (Spanish)
Saddam Aguayo, Reporter; Ruben Manriquez, Editor; News Outlet: Univision 14 KDTV
Threads of Nostalgia (Hilos de nostalgia)
Contest: California News Publishers Association’s California Journalism Awards
Audience/Community Engagement Award
First place: Genoa Barrow, Madeline Church, Sterling Davies and Larry Lee; News outlet: Sacramento Observer
It’s OK Brotha: Normalizing Black Men’s Mental Health One Story At A Time
Food Reporting
Third Place: Genoa Barrow; News outlet: Sacramento Observer
Hunger Pains (food insecurity in the Black community)
Health Reporting
Fifth place… Genoa Barrow
Head Space: Exploring The Mental Health Needs of Today’s Black Men; News outlet: Sacramento Observer
Public Service
Third place: Genoa Barrow; News outlet: Sacramento Observer
Head Space: Exploring the Mental Health Needs of Today’s Black Men
Homelessness Reporting
Second Place: Aryana Noroozi; News outlet: Black Voice News
Homelessness Series:
Street Medicine Team Provides Healthcare to San Bernardino's Unhoused Populations
Homelessness and Health Issues Intertwine, Impacting Older Adults in California
The Impacts of Excessive Heat on Unsheltered Individuals in the Inland Empire and Beyond
Contest: The Gracie Award
Television Local Non-English Program
Andrea Igliozzi, Rashel Cedeno de Abreu, Christian Vazquez, Vladimir Araya Univision, News Outlet: Univision Sacramento
The Cost of the Harvest
Contest: The Society for Professional Journalism Northern California Awards
Silver Heart Award
Genoa Barrow; News Outlet Sacramento Observer
Head Space: Exploring the Mental Health Needs of Today’s Black Men
Contest: 54th Annual Northern California Emmy Nominations 2024-2025
Human Interest
Dayanna Monroy, Reporter; David Machuca, Editor; News Outlet: Univision 14 KDTV
Echoes of Addiction: Women and Fentanyl (with English Subtitles)
Health/Medical (Spanish)
Dayanna Monroy, Reporter; David Machuca, Editor; News Outlet: Univision 14 KDTV
The Silence of Men: El Silencio de los Hombres
Contest: NAHJ Ñ Award Finalists 2024-2025
University of Florida Award in Investigative Journalism: Small/Medium Newsroom
Andrea Igliozzi, Reporter; Jose Villareal, Photographer, Laura Alejandra De La Garza, Michelle Levander, Jaya Padmanabhan, Ryan White, Producers; News Outlet Univision 19 KUVS
Elaine Rivera Civil Rights and Social Justice Award
Rashel Cedeño De Abreu, Andrea Igliozzi, Reporters; Bryan Albor, Photographer; Christian Vázquez-Garcia, Photographer, Vladimir Araya, Michelle Levander, Jaya Padmanabhan, Ryan White, Producers; News Outlet: Univision 19 KUVS
