The Laguna Beach Independent won two awards at the Orange County Press Club’s annual journalism awards, which were announced this past Monday.
The paper’s package of articles by multiple authors published last October, “Remembering the Firestorm,” won an honorable mention in the series category.
Columnist Roderick Reed won second place in the Marjorie Freeman Award for best humorous story with “Finding Inspiration by the Pinprick.”
The Newport Beach Independent earned three awards. Editor Chris Trela individually received two, third place awards for a profile and an arts-culture story; columnist Scott Peotter received an award in the best-of category for a round-up story.
