Latinos and Media Project
The Sigma Delta Chi Awards competition began in 1932 as the Distinguished Service Awards, which honored professional journalists for outstanding meritorious service in the field. Starting in 1939, the scope of the awards was expanded to include excellence in editorial content. Today the Sigma Delta Chi Awards are one of the most highly esteemed award competitions in the profession, largely because all of the entrants in the contest are judged by panels of their peers. To date, the Society of Professional Journalists has awarded more than 1000 medallions to the winners of these prestigious awards. [1992, 1996, 1997]
-1992-
Career Achievement Award
Frank del Olmo, Los Angeles Times
-1996-
Television -- Investigative Reporting
Matt Meagher, Tim Peek, Miguel Sancho, Richard Cherkis, Bob Read
Inside Edition
Door to Door Insurance
-1997-
Investigative Reporting
Joel Grover, Sylvia Teague, Richard Alvarez, Dolores Lopez and Juan Carreon, License for Sale
Magazine Reporting
Steve Lopez, Search for the Unicorn
Radio Feature Reporting
Joe Richman, Deborah George and teenage reporters Melissa Rodriguez, Frankie Lewchuck and Juan Rodriguez, Teenage Diaries
Television - Spot News Reporting
Dave Marquis, Mike Garza and Kevin Tansey, Boats into Bridge