Radio & Television News Association's Golden Mike Awards® Honor Southern California PBS Stations KCET and PBS SoCal With 14 Nominations in 12 Categories For Outstanding Broadcast Journalism
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Los Angeles, Calif. – Jan. 23, 2023 – PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California’s flagship PBS organizations, announced this morning a total of 14 nominations for the 73rd Annual Golden Mike® Awards presented in-person by the Radio & Television News Association (RTNA) of Southern California on Saturday, March 25. PBS SoCal and KCET were nominated 14 times in 12 Division A categories that included Long Form Documentary, Sports Reporting, Light News Series and Best Digital News Reporting. The Golden Mike Awards is the longest running broadcast news awards show in America, and one of the most distinguished because some of the top journalists across America do the judging.
The KCET Original Emmy® award-winning environmental series EARTH FOCUS, produced in partnership with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was nominated five times in four categories for subject matters that ranged from pollution and wildfires, to mental health and Type 2 Diabetes. Additional nominations went to the Emmy® -winning historical documentary series LOST LA (a co-production with the University of Southern California Libraries), the indigenous peoples series TENDING NATURE standalone special “Indigenous Lands Stewardship” (produced in partnership with the Autry Museum of the American West), regional insider’s guide SOCAL WANDERER, arts & culture series ARTBOUND and Emmy®-winning food series THE MIGRANT KITCHEN (produced in partnership with Life & Thyme).
The 73rd Annual Golden Mike® Award wins for KCET and PBS SoCal are listed below by category:
BEST VIDEO EDITING OF A HARD NEWS STORY, SERIES, OR SPECIAL
EARTH FOCUS: Fighting for Air
BEST SPORTS REPORTING
LOST LA: How Basketball Helped Revitalize the Yellow Brotherhood
BEST LONG FORM PROGRAM OR DOCUMENTARY
TENDING NATURE: Indigenous Land Stewardship
BEST LIGHT NEWS SERIES
SOCAL WANDERER
BEST SERIOUS FEATURE REPORTING, 5 MINUTES OR LESS
EARTH FOCUS: California Wildfires
BEST ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING, 10 MINUTES OR LESS
ARTBOUND: The Story of Ruben Guevara and Frank Zappa
BEST BUSINESS AND CONSUMER REPORTING, 10 MINUTES OR LESS
SOCAL WANDERER: Mingles Tea Bar
BEST MEDICAL AND SCIENCE REPORTING, 10 MINUTES OR LESS
EARTH FOCUS: Struggling with Mental Health During the Pandemic
EARTH FOCUS: Type 2 Diabetes & Limb Preservation
BEST NEWS VIDEOGRAPHY OF A HARD NEWS STORY, SERIES, OR SPECIAL
EARTH FOCUS: California Wildfires
BEST NEWS VIDEOGRAPHY OF A FEATURE STORY, SERIES, OR SPECIAL
THE MIGRANT KITCHEN: Russian Food
TENDING NATURE: Indigenous Land Stewardship
BEST VIDEO EDITING OF A FEATURE STORY, SERIES OR SPECIAL
THE MIGRANT KITCHEN: Taiwanese Food
BEST DIGITAL NEWS REPORTING
Kristina Wong: Mask-Making Heroes in the Pandemic
The RTNA salutes the best in broadcast journalism on an annual basis in Southern and Central California. From breaking news to documentaries, awards for outstanding work were presented to reporters, videographers, producers, writers, and managers at Radio and TV stations from San Diego to Fresno. The RTNA is a nonprofit organization representing broadcast news professionals throughout Southern California and coordinates TV pool coverage of major news events in the region, fights for freedom of information causes, and provides scholarships for the next generation of broadcast journalists.
About Earth Focus
Launched in 2007 on Link TV, EARTH FOCUS is the longest-running investigative environmental news program on U.S. television. This season, co-produced by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and from presenting sponsor Hasa International, examines the social and environmental determinants of health affecting a wide range of populations living in the United States, including farmers suffering the effects of rural isolation, warehouse workers breathing polluted air, and uninsured families dealing with the stress of paying for health care. Since its inception, the series has provided audiences with urgent local and global environmental coverage that spotlights in-depth reports on key issues such as endangered species, climate change, environmental health and sustainable practices.
About PBS SoCal and KCET
PBS SoCal and KCET are both part of the donor-supported community institution, the Public Media Group of Southern California, which was formed by the merger of PBS SoCal and KCETLink Media Group. PBS SoCal is the flagship PBS station for diverse people across California and delivers content and experiences that inspire, inform and educate. PBS SoCal offers the full slate of beloved PBS programs including MASTERPIECE, NOVA, PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE, and a broad library of documentary films including works from Ken Burns; as well as educational content including PBS KIDS programs including DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and CURIOUS GEORGE. KCET is on-air, online and in the community, and plays a vital role in the cultural enrichment of Southern California. KCET offers a wide range of award-winning local programming as well as the finest public television programs from around the world. Throughout its history, KCET has won hundreds of major awards for its local and regional news and public affairs programming, its national drama and documentary productions and its website, kcet.org. For additional information about both KCET and PBS SoCal productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org and pbssocal.org KCET Originals and PBS programming are available to stream on the FREE PBS App on iOS and Android devices, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung Smart TV, and Chromecast. KCET is also available to watch live on YouTube TV, Amazon and Roku platforms. For more information please visit kcet.org/apps.