North Coast Current contributors, and its editorial director, won multiple awards July 10 from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

The Current also won Second Place for Online News Site behind U-T San Diego.

Contributors Scott Allison, Alex Groves and Helen Hawes, and Editorial Director Roman S. Koenig, were recognized for their work in 2013 at the annual SPJ awards banquet held at the Bali Hai on Shelter Island.

Hawes won Second and Third Place awards for online video news; Groves won Second and Third Place awards for non-daily writing; Allison won Second and Third Place for online news photography; and Koenig won First, Second and Third Place for print news design, First Place for print feature design, and First Place for online design.