The Santa Ana College el Don is considered the nation's top community college newspaper. SAC Journalism students have won more top national design, editing photographic and writing awards than any college or university in California.

Since 1990, Santa Ana College Journalism students have won more than 1,400 national, state and local honors. SAC has produced five L.A. Times scholarship winners, four Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Gold medal winners, seven Orange County Press Association scholarship winners and six College Designer of the Year recipients.

As a staff, the el Don has won eight consecutive Associated Collegiate Press National Pacemaker Awards, considered the Pulitzer Prize in college journalism. The newspaper has also won seven consecutive College Newspaper of the Year awards, 10 consecutive Columbia Gold Medals, 15 consecutive state General Excellence honors and eight consecutive ACP First Placve, Best of show awards.