Yucheng Tang, who is reporting for ChicoSol as a California Local News Fellow, has been recognized with four statewide awards by the California News Publishers Association (CNPA) and a national award from the Society for Feature Writers.
The CNPA honored Tang and Editor Leslie Layton with a fourth place award for their work on the role of Bidwell Mansion in the community. The series included “Chico State historian dug deep to tell the Bidwell story” by Tang; “Carlson serving time for Bidwell Mansion arson” by Layton; and “Long neglected Mechoopda history could play a bigger part in next project” by Tang.
Tang was awarded with a fifth place in homelessness reporting: a fifth place in in-depth reporting; and a fifth place in video journalism.