Awards

Associated Collegiate Press – Best of Show Awards

Category: Four-year campus, 10,000 students or fewer

Fourth Place, Best Website – The Runner Online

Eighth Place, Best Feature Magazine – Converge

California College Media Association 2022 California College Media Awards

Category: Four-year campus, 15,000 students or fewer

First Place, Newspaper Overall Design – Damian Lopez and Vada Hepner – April 28, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 issues

First Place, Newspaper Front Page Design – Damian Lopez and Ellen Kommel – “Full Court Press,” April 14 issue

First Place, Best Magazine Story – Graciela Aguilar –  “Here, We Learn”

First Place, Best Non-News Video – Vada Hepner and Joe Bejarano – “Vossler Farms”

Second Place, Social Justice Coverage – Zeltzin Estrada Rodriguez, Joy Gamble and Ellice Richman – “Asian American Students and Responses to Hate”

Second Place, Best Special Section – Zeltzin Estrada Rodriguez – “Sexual Assault Awareness”

Second Place, Best News Video – Carlos Hernandez – “CSUB is all in for OUTober”

Third Place, Best Feature Photo – Alexis Lynde – “Via Arte”

Third Place, Best Magazine Spread Design – Lilliawna Shaffer – “Business Ingenuity”

Third Place, Best Sports Photo – Carlos Hernandez – “Game Time” (Nov. 3 front page)

 

CCMA 2021 Excellence in Student Journalism Award (For work published in 2020)

3rd place – Best News Video, “Students for Bernie rally at CSUB” by Ace Harrison and Carlos
Hernandez

https://therunneronline.com/25591/news/bernie-sanders-campaign-holds-rally-at-csub/

 

2nd Place – Best Podcast, “Domestic Violence During COVID” by Chris Burdick and Presley
Jameson

https://therunneronline.com/28007/runner-radio/the-runner-on-air-domestic-violence-during-covid/

1st Place – Best Editorial Cartoon, “Virtual Graduation” by Grace Maness

 

2nd Place – Best Newspaper Inside Page, “Blaze Across America” by Sam Underwood And
Destinee Sims

1st Place – Best Sports Photograph, “Men’s Basketball” by Mari Woodmansee

https://therunneronline.com/25367/photography/csub-mens-basketball-wins-game-in-overtime-58-57/#modal-photo

2nd Place – Best News Photograph, “Unidos con Bernie” by Clarissa Alderete

2nd Place – Best Newspaper Column, Album Reviews of Ariana Grande, Joji and BTS by Lischa
Mears

https://therunneronline.com/28466/opinion/ariana-grande-positions-review-a-heavenly-journey-of-healing-and-loving-again/

https://therunneronline.com/28227/opinion/album-review-jojis-nectar-is-the-redemption-arc-of-2020/

https://therunneronline.com/28643/opinion/bts-be-album-review-a-warm-sonic-hug-in-the-cold-darkness-of-2020/

2nd Place – Best News Series, Fall 2020 Presidential Elections coverage by Destinee Simms, Valeria Roman, Jennifer Samano, Ray Dean, Paige Atkison, and Melanie Romo

https://therunneronline.com/28079/features/to-vote-or-not-to-vote-runners-consider-casting-their-first-ballots/

2020 Elections Issue of The Runner

California College Media Association 2020 (For work published in 2019) 

Third Place, Best Feature Photograph -“Henna Singh applies a henna tattoo” by Briana Gutierrez

Third Place, Best Multimedia Package -“Runner Nights” by Carlos Hernandez, Ayres Harrison,
Tony C. Hernandez II, Sofia Martinez

Third Place, Best Podcast -“Runner on Air: Exclusive Interview with Dr. Zelezny” by Eric Dean,
Katie Goree, Sam Underwood

Third Place, Best Non-News Video -“Fall Pep Rally” by Carlos Hernandez, Alexis Garcia

Second Place –Best Magazine Story -Converge, “Reunion on the Midway” by Sarah Rhodes

First Place –Best Magazine Cover Design –Converge, Spring 2019, by Bre Parks, Nacho(no last name provided)

Third Place –Best Newspaper Website -The Runner Online

2019

The Runner awards

CCMA — California College Media Association

 

 

Gina Butler, first place — best sales promotion materials

 

 

Maria Rodriguez and Jonathan Wells, first place — best news video

Bakersfield Business Conference

 

 

AJ Alvarado, first place — best photo illustration

 

2017

The Runner awards

CCMA — California College Media Association

 

Gina Butler, first place — best sales promotion materials

 

 

Maria Rodriguez and Jonathan Wells, first place — best news video

Bakersfield Business Conference

 

 

AJ Alvarado, first place — best photo illustration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esteban Ramirez, second place — best non-breaking news story

Student files complaint against CSUB professor

 

 

Chris Mateo, second place — best features story

Through hard labor, dreams are reborn

 

 

Julie Mana-Ay, second place — best editorial

Election awakens fear in minorities

 

 

Syleena Perez, second place — best sports story

Larios powered by guardian angel

 

 

Maria Rodriguez and Roel Rumualdo, second place — best non-news video

Spikeball at CSUB

 

 

Cristian Macias, second place — best podcast

Making Mixes with Klayton and Rene

 

Karina Diaz, Ben Patton, Maria Rodriguez, Javier Valdes and Jonathan Wells, second place — best use of social media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://storify.com/csub_runner/breaking-the-news-through-social-media

 

The Runner Staff, third place — best newspaper

 

 

Carla Chacon, Julie Mana-Ay, Marissa Patton, Annie Russell and Javier Valdes, third place — best news series

Goh looks to give back to Bakersfield community

Carter hopes to bring opportunity and jobs to Bakersfield

Assistant professor speaks about importance of voting

Protesters call for unity, change following election results

Concerns over DACA program raised; President Mitchell to sign petition

 

 

Ben Patton, third place — best features photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AJ Alvarado, third place — best sports photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACP – Associated Collegiate Press Best in Show

3rd place for best newspaper

3rd place for best website

 

 

 

2016

The Runner Awards

CCMA — California College Media Association

 

AJ Alvarado, first place — best sports photo for weekly, CSUB wins third match in row 

CSUB wins third match in row

 

 

 

AJ Alvarado, third place — best photo series for weekly, PBR Blue Def Series rides into town

PBR Blue Def Series rides into town

 

 

Esteban Ramirez, third place — best sports story for weekly, From humble beginnings to all-time scorer

From humble beginnings to all-time scorer

 

 

The Runner, third place — best special issue for weekly,  40th Anniversary of The Runner Issue

 

 

Shelby Parker, honorable mention — best arts and entertainment story for weekly, “McFarland, USA” runs into our hearts

“McFarland, USA” runs into our hearts

 

 

The Runner Online, honorable mention — best website for weekly

 

 

ACP – Associated Collegiate Press Best in Show

7th place, best small-school website

 

2015

CCMA – California College Media Association

 

ACP – Associated Collegiate Press Best in Show

 

 

2014

California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest

2nd Place
Best Editorial Comment
“Where does my textbook money go?”
Staff Writer / Michelle Bean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest
2nd Place
Best Writing
“Student Confessions Create Controversy”
Editor in Chief / Robin Garcia

 

 

 

 

California College Media Association
3rd Place
“The Bull Rider”
Photographer / Juana Martinez