The Union newspaper won a handful of awards in the annual California Journalism Awards contest, including a third place in the general excellence category.
The Union newspaper won a handful of awards in the 2020 California Journalism Awards Contest.
The paper took fifth place in General Excellence, a category that includes all papers with a daily circulation of 15,000 or under.
The Union Publisher Don Rogers lauded the newspaper’s contest wins.
“What’s most important to me is that we are the very best we can be for our communities every day,” Rogers said. “Having our colleagues recognize our work is both icing and a sign of being on the right track, especially with such a challenging year.”
Staff Writer Liz Kellar took a fourth place award in Breaking News for “’Tragic:’ Man shot, killed after pointing Airsoft rifle at law enforcement.” The story focused on the officer-involved shooting death of Gabriel Strickland.
OroraTech will host its first payload on a
Spire 6U nanosatellite scheduled for launch in December. Spire, a space-based data and analytics service provider, announced its new partnership agreement with OroraTech on April 8.
Spire’s 6U nanosatellite will carry an OroraTech thermal-infrared camera and data processing unit that will be used to detect fires and transmit monitoring data about areas at risk of wildfires. Under the partnership agreement, OroraTech will use both Spire’s satellite and ground network for data transmission.
OroraTech’s global wildfire intelligence service processes data from satellites in both Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Orbit (GEO). The company eventually wants to develop a nanosatellite constellation designed to significantly increase temporal and spatial data resolution, expand geographical coverage and fill in the data gaps of existing satellite sources. OroraTech hopes to have the constellation in place by 2026.