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The awards honor the accomplishments of news and legal leaders whose work embodies the values of the First Amendment.

The awards honor excellence in digital journalism around the world.

We’re expanding our 2024 Voter Guide to live events, printable zines, and TikTok videos to reach more audiences across California, while still continuing to deliver nonpartisan election reporting.

The L.A. Local News Initiative will create new local news coverage for California’s largest county.

The awards honor thoughtful reporting, thorough coverage and strong storytelling and celebrate stories that would have gone untold without the cultural competence that AAJA journalists bring to the profession.

Our tenth year will take CalMatters’ journalism to the next level: informing and impacting even more Californians, making the state a better place to live.

CalMatters has published more than 11,000 stories and columns that Californians have used to transform the state’s future.

CalMatters’ journalism was described as “outstanding,” “top-notch” and “presented with empathy” by judges in the California Journalism Awards.

CalMatters launched Digital Democracy in April, and its impact has rippled across the Legislature.

The awards honor human-centric reporting and photography from CalMatters.