The Beverly Hills Courier is a finalist for a total of 22 California Journalism Awards and Southern California Journalism Awards, given out by the California News Publishers Association and the Los Angeles Press Club, respectively. The Courier is a finalist for 13 California Journalism Awards in the categories of Writing, Breaking News, Housing and Land-Use Reporting, Coverage of Youth and Education, Film and TV Writing/Reporting, Profile Story, Food Writing and Sports Feature Story. Additionally, the Courier’s Summer STYLE 2024 issue is a finalist in the Special Section category.
The Courier is also a finalist for nine Southern California Journalism Awards in the categories of Hard News, Local Political/Government Reporting of Homelessness or Housing, Personality Profile, Business Reporting, Business Feature, Sports Profile, Gender and Society Reporting and Criticism of Film over 1,000 words.
The finalist entries were written by Courier Publisher Lisa Friedman Bloch (Summer STYLE 2024 cover profile of Jay Leno and Bruce Meyer and Holiday STYLE 2024 cover profile of Candace Parker); COO/Executive Editor Ana Figueroa (Wine + Dine 2024 cover profile of Evan Funke and the news story, “Teacher Files Wrongful Termination Claim Against BHUSD”); former staff reporter Clara Swanson (“State to Approve the Beverly Hills Housing Element,” “One Beverly Hills Breaks Ground” and “Local Pro-Palestinian Protests Elicit Strong Response”) and film and television writer Neely Swanson.
The winners of the California Journalism Awards will be announced at a gala on May 17 at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City. Winners of the 67th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards will be announced on June 22 at a ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
