The Orange County Press Club is excited to announce the finalists for the 2025 Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Award winners will be celebrated at the Press Club’s annual awards gala on June 18 at the Anaheim Hills Golf Course, 6501 E. Nohl Ranch Road, Anaheim. Cocktail hour starts at 6 p.m., followed by the awards program.
Tickets can be purchased for $75 via PayPal.
And now, the award finalists are . . .
- Ashley Ahn
- Daniel Aitken
- Heather Ashbach
- Annika Bahnsen
- Paul Bersebach
- Noah Biesiada
- Keith Birmingham
- Carolyn Burt
- Sara Cardine
- Mara Casey
- Fashion Castillo
- Terry Castleman
- Richard Chang
- Matthew Coker
- Jeff Collins
- Mark Crantz
- Mimi Ko Cruz
- Spencer Custodio
- Ivy Dai
- Samantha Dunn
- Hosam Elattar
- Dorothy Elder
- Yusra Farzan
- John Fredricks
- Laila Freeman
- Billy Fried
- Hannah Fry
- Kristina Garcia
- Nick Gerda
- Edwin Goei
- Jeff Goertzen
- Manuel Gomez
- Malena Gonzales
- Spencer Grant
- Jeff Gritchen
- Chris Haire
- Todd Harmonson
- Scott Hays
- Angie Orellana Hernandez
- Paul Hodgins
- Jonathan Horwitz
- Brad A. Johnson
- Hanna Kang
- Brock Keeling
- Victoria Le
- Peter Lefevre
- Julie Leopo
- Christopher Luu
- Mike Madrid
- Pat Maio
- Timothy Mangan
- Eric Marchese
- Patrice Marsters
- Greg Mellen
- Eddie Monahan
- Sarah Mosqueda
- Andre Mouchard
- Caitlin Navo
- Anne Marie Panoringan
- Han Parker
- Jessica Peralta
- Shawn Price
- Cynthia Rebolledo
- Rick Reiff
- Jill Replogle
- Erika Ritchie
- Paul Rodriguez
- Ted Rohrlich
- Ashley Ryan
- Gabriel San Román
- Tony Saavedra
- Maximo Santana
- Norberto Santana Jr.
- Haley Sawyer
- Kaitlyn Schallhorn
- Mindy Schauer
- Scott Schwebke
- Teri Sforza
- Richard Simon
- Michael Slaten
- Dustin Snipes
- Sharon Stello
- Erika Taylor
- Grace Toohey
- Destiny Torres
- Christopher Trela
- Andrew Turner
- Anne Valdespino
- Vanessa Vela
- Ruben Vives
- Richard Winton
- Kaitlin Wright
- David N. Young
We look forward to celebrating media excellence with everyone on June 18!