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• Eve Batey Editor, East Bay Nosh
• Zac Farber Managing editor
• Iris Kwok Environment reporter
• Ally Markovich Education reporter
• Ximena Natera Visual journalist
• Emilie Raguso Senior editor, news
• Nico Savidge Senior reporter
• Pamela Turntine Editor-in-chief
• Supriya Yelimeli Housing and homelessness reporter

• D'Andre Ball
• Michael Berry
• Laura Casey
• Momo Chang
• Brandy Collins
• Kate Darby Rauch
• Joanna Della Penna
• Joanne Furio
• Andrew Gilbert
• Brock Keeling
• Brian Krans
• Emily Mendel
• Anna Mindess
• Risa Nye
• Elise Proulx
• Nancy Rubin
• John Seal
• Moriah VanVleet
• Alix Wall
• Mal Warwick
• Daphne White

• Alejandra Armstrong Audience engagement editor
• Frances Dinkelspiel Co-founder, executive editor
• Lance Knobel CEO and co-founder
• Colleen Leary Vice president, client partnerships
• Doug Ng News platforms director
• Tasneem Raja Editor-in-Chief, The Oaklandside
• Tracey Taylor Co-founder, editorial director
• Andrew Weiler Manager, client services
• Michael Zivyak Chief revenue officer

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Education reporter Ally Markovich Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) James Madison freedom of information award 2022, special citation for speaking truth to power.

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Housing and homelessness reporter Supriya Yelimeli Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) excellence in journalism award 2021 for outstanding emerging journalist.

News Platforms Director Doug Ng Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) excellence in journalism award 2021 in the design (web/mobile) category.

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Senior Editor Sarah Han Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) excellence in journalism award 2020 in the arts and culture category (print/online small division) for her food editing and reporting in the East Bay.

Senior Editor Emilie Raguso Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) excellence in journalism award 2020 in the longform storytelling category (print/online small division).

Reporter Natalie Orenstein Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) excellence in journalism award 2020 in the features storytelling category (print/online small division).

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Publisher of the year, Local Independent Online News Publishers, 2020 Awarded to Berkeleyside’s parent organization Cityside in the large newsroom category

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Benjamin Ide Wheeler Medal, 2019 Berkeleyside founders Frances Dinkelspiel, Lance Knobel and Tracey Taylor received this prestigious award that honors community members whose work has benefited the people of Berkeley

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Community journalism, Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter), 2019 Excellence in Journalism Award in the community journalism category

Longform storytelling, SPJ NorCal Excellence in Journalism award, 2018 Berkeleyside’s Frances Dinkelspiel for her article, “One day, one night: The fuse that lit the Battles of Berkeley”

Journalist of the year, SPJ NorCal Excellence in Journalism award, 2017 Berkeleyside’s Emilie Raguso

Explanatory reporting, SPJ NorCal Excellence in Journalism award, 2016 For comprehensive coverage of homelessness in Berkeley

Community journalism, SPJ NorCal Excellence in Journalism award, 2014

Community journalism, SPJ NorCal Excellence in Journalism award, 2013

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Feature stories, Education Writers Association, 2018 Reporter Natalie Orenstein a finalist for her “Beyond the Buses” series on school integration

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Best local Twitter account, East Bay Express, 2018 Best of the East Bay

Best local Twitter account, East Bay Express, 2015 Best of the East Bay

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Overall excellence, San Francisco Press Club, 2017 Berkeleyside won first-place in the digital media division for overall excellence, breaking news, and coverage of the November 2016 election, among other awards

From 2013 to 2018, Berkeleyside produced the annual Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas, the Bay Area’s first ideas festival. It brought together some of the world’s great thinkers for two thrilling days of discussion, debate and workshops designed to engage and inspire. Questions about the festival? Please email Uncharted founder and co-curator Lance Knobel at lance@citysidejournalism.org.