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LA School Report won 3rd place in the 55th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, after being named a finalist in two categories (group blog, online-only website) in its first year of publication.

In the online-only news outlet category (H13), Truthdig and California Healthline came in just ahead of us.  In group blog category (H12), the top spots went to THR, Truthdig, and LA Weekly).

Other winners of note include WitnessLA, which won 1st place in two different categories (including Database Driven Online Journalism).  LA Weekly writers also won a bunch of awards — including among them Gene Maddaus (Print Journo of the Year). Martin Henderson from Patch.com won online journalist. Check out the full listings here.

Congrats to everyone, and watch for us out next year!

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