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KCET and PBS SoCal Win 9 Southern California Journalism Awards Presented by L.A. Press Club

The stations' nine wins placed it second among all regional television stations.
June 27, 2022
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KCET and PBS SoCal won nine first place wins at the 64th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Six of the nine first-place awards went to the award-winning arts and culture series "Artbound" for five episodes from the last season which premiered in fall of 2021. The stations' nine wins placed it second among all regional television stations. In addition to the nine wins, PBS SoCal and KCET also received nine second-place honors — including Senior Director of Production Angela Boisvert's runner-up position as "Television Journalist of the Year" — along with four third-place honors.

The organization’s nine wins are listed as follows:

Educational Reporting

Explore the values that arts education provides for all young people and communities.

"Artbound: Arts Education"

  • Angela Boisvert, Matt Bass, Juan Devis, Jacqueline Reyno and Kathy Kasaba

Entertainment Personality Profile/Interview

A tribute to Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara.

"Artbound: Con Safos"

  • Juan Devis, Ruben Guevara III, Dan Kwong, Nic Cha Kim, Mike Vargas and Moni Vargas

Entertainment News or Feature (Under 5 Minutes)

Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara recounts his work with Frank Zappa.

"Artbound: The Story of Rubén Guevara and Frank Zappa"

  • Juan Devis, Ruben Guevara III, Dan Kwong, Nic Cha Kim, Mike Vargas and Moni Vargas

Gender and Society (Includes LGBTQ Reporting)

An LGBTQ nightclub event “Mustache Mondays” was an incubator for today’s exciting artists.

"Artbound: Mustache Mondays"

  • Juan Devis, Nic Cha Kim, Julieta Messmer, Marianne Amelinckx and Angela Boisvert

Human Interest Feature (Over 5 Minutes)

Ceramist Helen Jean Taylor crafted timeless works in clay.

"Artbound – Life Centered: The Helen Jean Taylor Story"

  • Don Hahn, Juan Devis, Laura Hull, Georgie Kajer and Lori Korngiebel

Graphic

A graphic of flying parrots.
A graphic of flying parrots. | Illustrated by Vera Valentine

"Artbound: The Curiously Magical Air of Los Angeles"

  • Vera Valentine

Religion/Spirituality Reporting

A special highlighting efforts to preserve traditional practices for future generations.

"Tending Nature: Indigenous Land Stewardship"

  • Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Laura Purdy, Anna Rau and Corbett Jones

Videographer (Any News, Feature, Sports or Documentary Videographer)

A special highlighting efforts to preserve traditional practices for future generations.

"Tending Nature: Indigenous Land Stewardship"

  • Corbett Jones, Matt Whalen

Lifestyle Feature

"SoCal Wanderer: Crème Caramel LA"

  • Juan Devis, Jaime Morgan Munoz, Rosey Alvero, Marley Lister and Robert McDonnell
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