Awards

 • Maynard 200 Program Fellowship, Media Entrepreneurs and Product Developers Track

• First Place Best Photo Series through California College Media Association Awards, 2023

• First Place Best Newspaper Front Page Design through California College Media Association Awards, 2023

• Second Place Best Overall Newspaper Design through California College Media Association Awards, 2023

• Second Place Best Newspaper through California College Media Association Awards, 2023

• Second Place Best Non-News Video through California College Media Association Awards, 2023

• Third Place Best Special Issue/Section through California College Media Association Awards, 2023

• Third Place Best Podcast through California College Media Association Awards, 2023

• Latino Journalists of California Scholarship Recipient, 2022

• First Place Best Arts and Entertainment Story through California College Media Association Awards, 2022

• Craig Hadley Memorial Scholarship, 2021

• First Place Best Newspaper Website through California College Media Association Awards, 2021

• First Place Best COVID-19 Coverage through California College Media Association Awards, 2021

Karina Ramos Villalobos receives El Leñador’s, first-place “People’s Choice” award in Best of Show at the Associated Collegiate Press national conference in Long Beach on March 5, 2022.