Published: Friday, 21 May 2021 10:01
The Ojai Valley News received two 2020 California Journalism Awards presented by the California News Publishers Association this week, including a first-place finish.
In the category for weeklies with under 4,300 circulation, OVN Publisher Laura Rearwin Ward won first place in the Editorial Comment category for the Nov. 20 editorial, “Want justice? Take the train.”
The editorial highlighted how the Los Angeles Superior Court denied reporters remote access to cover the water adjudication lawsuit proceedings during the height of the pandemic.
Throughout the year, the OVN fought these restrictions, working with pro bono attorneys from UC Irvine to file an ex-parte motion on the OVN’s behalf, and lost. It also had letters of support from the First Amendment Coalition and from four heads at the ACLU, who also pushed the court on the OVN’s behalf.
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