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The Voice received the second-place award in the “Photo Story/Essay” category for coverage of local residents foraging for edible plants. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

The Mountain View Voice took home five awards over the weekend at the California News Publishers Association’s 2024 California Journalism Awards, honored for coverage ranging from technology and land use to Peninsula sporting events.

Voice reporter Emily Margaretten took third place in the technology category for her coverage of the “Chatbots Decoded” AI exhibit at the Computer History Museum, which featured both a rich history of artificial intelligence as well as a look towards the future of the emergent tech.

Margaretten also received fifth-place honors for land use reporting for her coverage of Google’s decision to terminate the Google Landings project, which signaled a wavering desire for new tech offices and a major decision that will affect the future of North Bayshore’s development.

The site of the Google Landings project remains a largely undeveloped construction site in the North Bayshore area of Mountain View. Google has ended its plans for the major office development. Photo by Ryan Morgan.

Reporter Zoe Morgan also scored third-place recognition in the Youth and Education category for her coverage of Bullis Charter School’s charter renewal, a contentious issue that raised questions over enrollment demographics and the appropriate level of charter school oversight.

On the visual side, Voice contributor Karla Kane and visual journalist Magali Gauthier received the second-place award in the category of “Photo Story/Essay” for their coverage and photos of local residents foraging for edible plants.

Instructor Garth Harwood, right, introduces students to the common sowthistle during a foraging basics class at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills on March 9, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

Gauthier also won third place for the “news” category of visual journalism for her photos of Peninsula roller derby, a fast-paced contact sport with a local community that prides itself on its diversity and inclusivity.

The competitive statewide contest includes news agencies from across the state, broken up into divisions based on print and online circulation. The Voice’s division includes publications with 200,000 or fewer unique monthly visitors. News publications across Embarcadero Media, which includes the Mountain View Voice and the Palo Alto Weekly, received dozens of awards for local news coverage.

The full list of winners is available at the CNPA website.

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