David Gill and Tony Hicks at the 46th Annual SF Press Club Journalism Awards in San Francisco on Dec. 13, 2023.

SAN FRANCISCO — RIFF writer David Gill, columnist Tony Hicks and editor Roman Gokhman each won first place, while Gokhman and photographer Steve Carlson won second place at the 2023 San Francisco Press Club Awards on Dec. 13.

Hicks won first place in Digital Media: Columns-Features for Insert Foot, his weekly column that originally ran in the Contra Costa Times newspaper before moving to RIFF in 2019.

Gill was awarded first place in Digital Media: Entertainment Review category for his album review of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Live at the Fillmore 1997 album. RIFF also took place second place in the category, with Gokhman and photographer Steve Carlson’s review of Paul McCartney’s concert at Oakland Arena last spring.

Gokhman won first place in the Digital Media: Profile category for his profile of country and roots artist Amanda Shires, as well as an honorable mention in the Digital Media: Feature Story / Light Nature category for “A tour of Nashville with Camaron Ochs, two years after the tornado.”

Other winners included the San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg, KRON4, San Francisco Examiner, Bay City News and dozens of other Bay Area outlets.

Recently retired and longtime KRON4 anchor Pam Moore won the press club’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. Moore signed off KRON4 News on June 29 after anchoring for the channel since March 1991.

“It has been a joy to work within the Bay Area journalism community,” Moore said, in a statement posted on the press club’s website.

CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa of TechCheck and KPIX’s Ryan Yamamoto emceed the event. The New York Times’ SF Bureau Chief Heather Knight spoke and did a Q&A with members about the biggest issues, both in San Francisco and in the national media.

There were over 550 entries this year. The sold-out event was held at the San Francisco Elks Club, near Union Square.