About The Advocate

The Advocate is a student newspaper published at Contra Costa College, a community college in San Pablo, California. The paper is published weekly during the school year and has a circulation of approximately 2,500. Since 1990, The Advocate has won 13 National Pacemaker Awards and was inducted into the Associated Collegiate Press Hall of Fame in 1996. The Advocate's current editor-in-chief is Sam Attal.

Advocate reporters and photographers cover the campus, which rests halfway in San Pablo and halfway in Richmond in the East Bay Area. The students cover topics ranging from crime on campus, to student profiles, sports and local entertainment. The tradition of The Advocate has always been to chase news stories and focus on the hard news.

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Associated Collegiate Press

California Newspaper Publishers Association

Journalism Association of Community Colleges

Honors

ACP National Newspaper Pacemaker Award

1990, 1994, 1997,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

CNPA Better Newspaper Contest 1st Place Award

1970, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000

JACC Pacesetter Award

1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009