KCET Wins 14 Southern California Journalism Awards Most Of Any Broadcaster
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KCET Flagship News Series SOCAL CONNECTED Wins 9 Awards
Original Series LOST LA Wins 3
Burbank, Calif. – June 25, 2018 – KCET, the nation’s largest independent public television station, is proud to announce that it has won 14 First Place Awards at the 60th annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club. The station's wins include nine for its acclaimed news program SOCAL CONNECTED, including being awarded “Best Talk/Public Affairs Show.” In addition, SOCAL CONNECTED’s host Val Zavala was awarded “Best Television Host/Anchor” and Nic Cha Kim was named as “Television Journalist of the Year” for his work on the series. KCET’s historical series LOST LA (produced in conjunction with USC Libraries) garnered a total of three First Place awards. Other original KCET series were also honored including CITY RISING (in partnership with the California Endowment) and THE MIGRANT KITCHEN (produced in partnership with acclaimed culinary publication Life & Thyme) each receiving one. The 2018 Southern California Journalism Awards were presented on Sunday, June 24 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
The 60th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards for KCET include:
TELEVISION JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
- Nic Cha Kim (SoCal Connected)
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS – SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY REPORTING
- SoCal Connected - “The Assassin Bugs”
Dina Demetrius, Deepa Fernandes, & Alberto Arce
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS – MINORITY/IMMIGRATION REPORTING, Broadcast
- Lost LA - “The Green Book”
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Nathan Masters, Adebukola Bodurin & Kelly Parker
TELEVISION/FILM – ANCHOR/HOST
- SoCal Connected – “The Way Home”
Val Zavala
TELEVISION /FILM- VIDEOGRAPHER
- Lost L.A. - “Descanso Gardens”
Douglas E. Porter
TELEVISION - INVESTIGATIVE
- SoCal Connected - “Bumps in the Road”
Karen Foshay, Vince Beiser, & Alberto Arce
TELEVISION - NEWS FEATURE (over 5 minutes)
- SoCal Connected – “Who Approved That?”
Kathryn Keeney Jaeger, Stephanie O’Neill, & Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION/FILM – LIFESTYLE FEATURE
- SoCal Connected – “Military Buds”
Kathryn Keeney Jaeger, Vince Beiser & Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION/FILM – ENTERTAINMENT NEWS or FEATURE
Juan Devis, Nathan Masters, Matthew Crotty, Kelly Parker & Logan Kibens
TELEVISION/FILM – NON-ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY PROFILE/INTERVIEW
- SoCal Connected – “Virus Hunter”
Val Zavala and Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION/FILM - TALK/PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Karen Foshay, Linda Burns, Dina Demetrius, Kathryn Keeney Jaeger, & Lata Pandya
TELEVISION/FILM - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, (over 25 minutes)
Juan Devis, Justin Cram, Kelly Parker, Rita Baghdadi, & Jeremiah Hammerling
TELEVISION - DOCUMENTARY, (short under 25 minutes)
- The Migrant Kitchen – “Alta California”
Juan Devis, Antonio Diaz, Matthew Crotty, Ben Hunter, Kelly Parker, & Stef Ferrari
ONLINE – POLITICAL COMMENTARY
Brian Addison
*KCET is expected to merge with PBS SoCal, subject to regulatory approvals, by mid-2018.
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