UCR Magazine has been recognized with a Southern California Journalism Award for the special digital feature “Deliver Us from Overnight Delivery.” Issued annually by the Los Angeles Press Club, the Southern California Journalism Awards honor “the best reporting in or about Southern California.”
The award recognizes article author and former UCR staff member Tess Eyrich; photographer Stan Lim; videographer Omar Gonzalez; designer Rick Donato; and magazine editor Jessica Weber with the first-place prize for environmental reporting in the “climate change/society” category.
The first in a new series of online-only special features from UCR Magazine, “Deliver Us from Overnight Delivery” highlights the work of UCR professor and historian Catherine Gudis, UCR alum Audrey Maier, and University of Redlands professor Jennifer Tilton in documenting communities across the Inland Empire that have been dramatically reshaped by the logistics industry and the mounting toll on families, neighborhoods, and public health as warehousing continues to expand across the region.
Judges said of the article’s selection: “A sharp, deeply reported examination of the hidden environmental cost of overnight delivery. This is a story many should care about because it affects everyone. The writer connects consumer convenience to sprawling warehouse growth, air pollution, and community health impacts with clarity and urgency. By grounding a vast logistics system in the lived experience of Inland Empire residents, it delivers accountability journalism that is both locally rooted while still resonant with a national audience.”
Winners of this year’s Southern California Journalism Awards were announced during a June 28 ceremony in Los Angeles and saw UCR Magazine recognized alongside reporting from top publications including the Los Angeles Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg, among others.