2004 NCM Award Winners
Exceptional Communicators
Jim Canales and The James Irvine Foundation
Ned Doffoney, President, Fresno City College
Jayashri Srikantiah and the ACLU of California
Social Marketing Innovator
Walter McGuire, Flex Your Power
Founder Award
Franz Schurmann, Pacific News Service
Centennial Award
The San Fernando Valley Sun
Advocacy Voice
Winner: Charles Ding, Sing Tao Daily, "Alhambra Bait-and-Switch"
Runner-up: Do Tron, Vien Thao Radio, "Eye Surgery in Vietnam"
Best Investigative/In-Depth (English)
Winner: Gabrielle Banks, ColorLines, "Learning Under Lockdown"
Runner-up: Corina Knoll, KoreAm Journal, "Waiting for Aaron"
Best Investigative/In-Depth (In-Language)
Winner: Bingqing (Brenda) Huang, Sing Tao Daily, "When Newcomers Take Over"
Runner-up: Duc Ha, Viet Mercury, "Electric Wheelchairs"
International Affairs (English)
Winner: Richard Won, KoreAm Journal, "In the Eye of the Storm"
Runner-up: Marites N. Sison, Julie Javellana-Santos & Aile Lainez, Filipinas, "Diaspora Dreams"
International Affairs (In-Language)
Winner: Editorial Team, La Opinion, Series on Deportation
Runner-up: Ellen Shen, Sing Tao Daily, "Punk Music and Life"
Health Care
Winner: Gil Griffin & Norma De La Vega, Enlace, "Epidemic of Silence"
Runner-up: Lisa Tsering, India West, "Center For Disabled Kids"
Arts Sports And Entertainment (English)
Winner: Alexandra J. Wall, J – The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, "Orthodox Paradox"
Runner-up: Jimmy Lee, KoreAm Journal, "O Sister, Here Art Thou"
Arts Sports And Entertainment (In-Language)
Winner: Claudia Melendez, Nuevo Mundo, "It’s Not About the Trumpets"
Runner-up: Andre Wacemberg, Brazil Explore Magazine, "From the Neighborhood to the World"
Commentary /Editorial Writing (English)
Winner: Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Final Call and Los Angeles Sentinel "Reasons for Quiet After Cincinnati Police Beating," "Gay Marriage is a Civil Rights Issue" and "More Republican Trash Talk on Race"
Runner-up: Editorial Team, Indian Country Today, Series on California and the Tribes
Commentary /Editorial Writing (In-Language)
Winner: Kai-Ping Liu, World Journal, "Sichen Liang and Iraq’s Cultural Heritage"
Runner-up: Ngo Nhan Dung, Nguoi Viet, "First Learn the Rites"
Jobs, Workplace Issues And The Economy
Winner: Eugene Yi, KoreAm Journal, "Forever In Trouble"
Runner-up: Nancy Lan-Hsin Kao, World Journal, "Leaving Silicon Valley Behind"
Women’s Issues
Winner: Marites Sison, Filipinas, "Barefoot And Pregnant Forever?"
Runner-up: Alexandra J. Wall, Jewish Bulletin, "East Bay Day School Administrator Defies Her Orthodox Roots and Becomes a Rabbi"
Best Youth Voice
Winner: Christine Lee, KoreAm Journal, "Coming Clean"
Runner-up: Philip Mercurio, Philippine News, "Unconsciously Filipino" and "Expedition into Filipino 101"
Photojournalism
Winner: J. Emilio Flores, La Opinion, "Immigrant Caravan"
Runner-up: John J. Tipton, Noticiero Semanal
Valley California Reporting
Winner: Rosario Ortiz, El Californiano, "Living Among the Pesticides"
Runner-up: Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Filipinas, "Stockton is in the Heart"
Environmental Reporting
Winner: Marites Sison, Filipinas, "Manila Most Foul"
Runner-up: Irma Lemus, San Fernando Valley Sun, "Concern over Bradley Landfill"
Community Profiles
Winners: Euyhun Yi, Korea Times, "Children of the First Wave"
Editorial Team, The California Advocate, "Righting the History of the Black Press in America"
Best Community Talk Show
Winner: Ida Choy, Sing Tao Radio, "Captain James Yee Story"
Runner-up: Pari Esfandiari, IranDokht.com "Discussing Iranian Actresses with Shohreh Aghdashloo"
Best Investigative/In-Depth (Broadcast)
Winner: Kyu Hwan Lee, KTVN - Korean Television Networks of North California, "Scent of Korean Traditional Culture"
Runner-up: Angel Ayllon, Univision Noticias 14, "Mixtecos"