Recognition & Awards

  • Society of Professional Journalists’ Excellence in Journalism Award (1996)
  • National Black Newspaper of the Year from the National Black Chamber of Commerce (1997)
  • Best of the Bay: Best Newspaper from the Bay Guardian, then the Bay Area’s largest weekly (1998)
  • Best Community Newspaper from Media Alliance (2001)
  • Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay: Local Hero to Bay View publisher Willie Ratcliff (2003)
  • Certificate of Honor from the City and County of San Francisco, signed by Mayor Willie Brown (2003)
  • Society of Professional Journalists’ Freedom of Information Award (2004)
  • Community Service in Struggle for Economic and Environmental Justice Award from Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club (2004)
  • Leadership Award from Bayview Hunters Point Mobilization for Adolescent Growth in Our Communities, BMagic (2006)
  • Best of the Bay from the Bay Guardian again (2009)
  • Chauncey Bailey Community Advocacy Award from New America Media (2012)
  • Frederick Douglass North Star Award from San Francisco NAACP (2013)
  • Keepers of the Culture 50th Golden Anniversary Award from Black Repertory Group (2014)
  • Black History Month Award from San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society (2014)