Culture OC Takes Home Four California Journalism Awards for Writing in 2024

Culture OC writers, from left, Joel Beers, Anne Marie Panoringan, Timothy Mangan and Jessica Peralta. Background: The cast of "Something Rotten," produced by the Camino Real Playhouse in September 2023. Photo collage by Heide Janssen, Culture OC

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Culture OC is proud to announce that its writers, Joel Beers, Anne Marie Panoringan, Timothy Mangan, and Jessica Peralta, were chosen as winners at the 2024 California Journalism Awards this past Saturday, May 17.

The awards gala was hosted by the California News Publishers Association at the Hilton Universal City in Los Angeles. Our work was reviewed in Division 7 which includes newsrooms with under 199,000 unique monthly visitors and fewer than three full-time employees.

THE RESULTS

Fine Arts Writing/Reporting 1st Place: Joel Beers, "Hey Brother, Can You Spare an Empty Space?"

Food Writing/Reporting 1st Place: Anne Marie Panoringan, "Healthy (Vegan/Vegetarian) Dining Options for Orange County Diners"

Music Writing/Reporting 3rd Place: Timothy Mangan, Five Reviews of the Pacific Symphony as They Prepare For a New Music Director

• "Prieto and Pacific Take the Fifth (Mahler’s, That Is)"

• "Andrew Litton Throws His Hat in Pacific Symphony Ring"

• "Shiyeon Sung Leads Pacific Symphony in Impressive Performance of Tchaikovsky"

• "Tianyi Lu Leads Pacific Symphony in a Singing Account of Sibelius"

• "St.Clair Opens His 35th Pacific Symphony Season with Nostalgic Agenda"

Profile Story 3rd Place: Jessica Peralta, "Suitors Become Owners of the Old/New Wayfarer"

The full list of CJA winners can be found here: cnpa.com/california-journalism-awards/2024-cja-winners/