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San Antonio Current
The San Antonio Current, San Antonio’s award-winning alternative media company, has served as the city’s premiere multimedia source of alternative news, events and culture since 1986. We dig deep into the issues that affect our community and we fearlessly cover the most important things happening in San Antonio’s cultural landscape. We are the alternative voice for San Antonio’s fun, intelligent, socially conscious night owls and like our readers, we want to make this city a better place to live, one story at a time. Get your San Antonio news and culture fix from our web site and at more than 1000 magazine distribution locations citywide, including Whole Foods, your local coffee shops, retailers and bars.
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Awards
2026
2nd Place
Immigration Coverage — Dean Zach
3rd Place
Arts Feature–Long Form — Stephanie Koithan
3rd Place
Food Writing — Ron Bechtol
Honorable Mention
Digital Wildcard — Michael Karlis, news-explainer videos
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2025
2nd Place
Right-Wing Extremism Coverage — Michael Karlis
3rd Place
Food Writing — Nina Rangel
Honorable Mention
Investigative Reporting — Sanford Nowlin, USAA coverage
2nd Place
Ad Marketing Campaign, Created In-House — Cassandra Wagner and Sam Serna, Whiskey Business campaign
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2023
Honorable Mentions
Music Writing and Beat Reporting
Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) Awards
2022
1st Place
Political Column
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
2021
2nd Place
Political Column
3rd Place
Arts Criticism
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
2019
2nd Place
Music Writing
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
2018
2nd Place
Immigration Coverage
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
2016
1st Place
Music Writing
2nd Place
Editorial Layout
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
2015
3rd Place
Long-Form News Column
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
2014
1st Place
Feature Story
1st Place
Food Writing
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
2014
1st Place
Print News or Feature Story — Michael Barajas, Portrait of a Shattered Family
2nd Place
Print General Commentary/Criticism — Callie Enlow, Ride and/or Die
2nd Place
Journalist of the Year — Mary Tuma, for reproductive-rights coverage
Houston Press Club — Lone Star Awards
2012
1st Place
Cover Design
3rd Place
Column
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
2010
1st Place
Investigative Reporting — Greg Harman, Nukes of Hazard
1st Place
Opinion and Commentary — Elaine Wolff, for columns on the proposed Healy-Murphy Park sale
Society of Professional Journalists — Fort Worth First Amendment Awards
2010
Reporting Recognition
Greg Harman’s nuclear-fuel-chain series selected among the year’s best environmental reporting by the Natural Resources Defense Council’s OnEarth magazine
Natural Resources Defense Council’s OnEarth magazine
2009
Top honors
Investigative Reporting and Defending the Disadvantaged — Greg Harman
Recognition
Opinion and Commentary — Elaine Wolff
Society of Professional Journalists — Fort Worth First Amendment Awards