The 2024 John Swett media awards were celebrated at the recent CTA State Council in June. The annual awards recognize outstanding coverage of public education, community colleges and the labor movement by news media. Named after the founder of CTA and California’s fourth superintendent of public instruction, the Swett awards are nominated by local CTA chapters.
Top photo caption: Student journalists from Oxford Academy’s The Gamut were nominated by Anaheim Secondary Teachers Assn. Left to right: ASTA President Geoff Morganstern; Oxford Academy’s Elizabeth Hind; CTA Vice President Leslie Littman; students Nathan Perera, Celine Park and Haley Nguyen; CTA Board Member Angela Der Ramos; CCA President and State Council Communications Chair Randa Wahbe.
2024 Award Recipients-Swett Winners
Best Feature Story or Series (Print or Digital) Richard Bammer, The Vacaville Reporter, “At Vaca Pena, Holocaust Survivor Story Comes to Life in Vivid Detail”
Photo caption: Left to right: Corey Penrose (representing Vacaville Teachers Assn., which nominated Richard Bammer); Leslie Littman; Bammer.
Best Investigative Reporting (Print or Digital) Andie Judson, ABC10, “The Wild West of Education: An Investigation Into Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools”
Photo caption: Left to right: Andie Judson; Der Ramos; Wahbe
Best News Story or Series (Broadcast or Podcast) Jessica Harrington, ABC30, “Senior Success Story: Atwater Grad Excels Despite Devastating Loss, Major Family Health Scare” and “Senior Success Story: Clovis North Senior Overcomes Housing Instability to Reach Graduation”
Photo caption: Left to right: CTA Board Member Eva Ruiz; Anthony Misner from Yosemite Unified Teachers Assn., which
nominated Jessica Harrington.
Best News Story or Series (Print or Digital)
Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, “LAUSD’s Black Student Achievement Program Upended, Targeted by Conservative Virginia Group”
MERIT WINNERS
Best Feature Story or Series (Broadcast or Podcast)
Mariana Dale, LAist, “Teachers Unions Often Pick Winning School Board Candidates. Will This LAUSD Election Be Different?”
Best Student Journalism (in all forms)
The Gamut, “Limited You: AUHSD Fails Its Students, Teachers, and Self”
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