Awards and Announcements

The organization said Rubin’s work “exemplifies the highest standards of journalistic integrity and advances public understanding of justice, due process, and equal protection.”

Two of the ten Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism were awarded to CalMatters journalists.

Now, Californians and Hawaiʻi residents alike can search through every word uttered in public hearings, every dollar given to a politician, every bill introduced and every vote taken in their state legislatures.

The site for research work that’s relevant to state policy will become a showcase for research from organizations across California starting in 2026.

The awards honor excellence in digital journalism around the world.

The program gives college students a unique challenge: reporting on student issues and sharing the perspectives of young adults across the state.

The awards honor excellence in digital journalism around the world.

CalMatters intern Sarah Calixto shares what she learned while working at CalMatters, and what journalism students can take away from her experience.

In our first decade, CalMatters journalism has brought communities together, inspired lawmakers to create a better California and made the state more accountable to Californians.

CalMatters’ third Emmy award honored accountability journalism that, as one reporter described, “I could not have done” without Digital Democracy.