El Leñador wins the prizes
Bilingual Cal Poly Humboldt student-run newspaper El Leñador and its staff won numerous awards, including the “People’s Choice” award in the Best of Show category, at a university press conference earlier this this month.
The article published in English and Spanish also won first place for Best Special Issue/Section, Best Arts & Entertainment Story, and Best Illustration, along with other nods to the work of the staff. in photography, computer graphics and feature film writing.
“El Leñador has been rewarded for all our passion and hard work. It filled my soul as a journalist with happiness and enthusiasm to do more,” said co-editor Karina Ramos Villalobos, who won the top prize for best arts and entertainment story.
Ramos Villalobos joined El Leñador reporter Ricardo Lara Nava and public relations manager Steffi Puerto to present a workshop at the Associated Collegiate Press conference on their work publishing a bilingual monthly publication that focuses its coverage on Latinx and various communities.
“El Leñador makes an effort to publish local news in Spanish due to the lack of information for local Spanish speakers in Humboldt County,” Lara Nava said. “We are a small team that wears many hats to get the paper out.”
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ARCATA, Calif. — El Leñador, Cal Poly Humboldt’s bilingual student-run newspaper, won first place in the “People’s Choice” award in the Best of Show category at the Associated Collegiate Press national conference in Long Beach on March 5. The paper also won three first-place awards in the California College Media Association’s 2022 national competition and those awards were presented at the same conference.
The English and Spanish newspaper, which focuses on coverage of Latinx and diverse communities, won top awards for Best Special Issue/Section, Best Arts & Entertainment Story, and Best Illustration. The staff also won five additional awards.
“El Leñador has been rewarded for all our passion and hard work. It filled my soul as a journalist with happiness and enthusiasm to do more,” said co-editor Karina Ramos Villalobos, who also won the top prize for best arts and entertainment story.
El Leñador staff Ramos Villalobos, journalist Ricardo Lara Nava and public relations manager Steffi Puerto also held a workshop during the ACP conference on how they produce a bilingual university news publication.
“El Leñador makes an effort to publish local news in Spanish due to the lack of information for local Spanish speakers in Humboldt County,” Lara Nava said. “We are a small team that wears many hats to get the paper out.”
About El Lenador
El Leñador is an award-winning bilingual monthly news publication. You can find El Leñador online at ellenadornews.com or the print editions distributed on campus and in Arcata, Eureka, Fortuna, McKinleyville, and Trinidad. In 2016, El Leñador was named Best Non-Weekly Newspaper by the California College Media Association and Region 11’s “Best All-Round Student Newspaper” by the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2020 Mark of Excellence competition.
2022 Associated Collegiate Press Spring 2022 National College Media Conference
First place
People’s Choice: Newspaper
Best Show Awards Competition
Third place
Journal / Four-year campus, 10,000 students or less
Best Show Awards Competition
2022 CCMA Awards
First Place Prize
Best Special Issue/Section – El Leñador Staff – La Leñadora: Female Issue
Best Arts and Entertainment Story – Karina Ramos Villalobos – Local Nigerian Reggae Musician Ju Drum Uses His Platform for Social Justice Message
Best Illustration – Raven Marshall – May 2021 Cover: COVID-19: What You Need to Know Now
Second Place Award
Infographic – Sergio Berrueta, Nancy Garcia, Alexandra Gonzalez – What you need to know about COVID-19 now
Reportage photography – Ricardo Lara Nava – BIPOC Surfer
News Photo – Lupita Rivera – Justice for Josiah: Four years later, the fight continues
Third Place Award
Report – Ricardo Lara Nava – Eureka Chinatown Project
