KCET Wins 11 L.A. Area Emmy Awards, Garners Most Of Any Broadcast Station

KCET received 11 awards at the 70^th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy^® Awards presented by the Los Angeles Television Academy. Nominated for the most of any station in the region, the network's honorees for KCET original programming include two awards each for acclaimed local news program "SoCal Connected" (including Best Informational Series) and for historical series "Lost LA" (produced in conjunction with the USC Libraries and sponsored by Union Bank).

Other KCET originals receiving accolades include three awards for "City Rising," (in partnership with the California Endowment), two each for "The Migrant Kitchen" (produced in partnership with acclaimed culinary publication Life & Thyme) and "Tending The Wild" (produced in partnership with the Autry Museum of the American West). The 2018 Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy^® awards were presented on Saturday, July 28 at the Saban Media Center at the Television Academy in North Hollywood.

"I am so proud of all the hard work that has gone into the creation of these shows and is now represented by these Emmy wins,” said Juan Devis, Chief Creative Officer, KCETLink Media Group. “It's nothing short of extraordinary to look at the quality and quantity of the work being done at KCET where our goal is to create diverse content that matters and makes a difference in our community."

The 70^th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy^® Award awards for KCET include: 

INFORMATIONAL SERIES (MORE THAN 50% REMOTE)

• SOCAL CONNECTED

Vince Beiser, Reporter; Linda Burns, Senior Producer; Dina Demetrius, Producer; Deepa Fernandes, Reporter; Karen Foshay, Executive Producer; Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer; Kathryn Keeney Jaeger, Producer; Nic Cha Kim, Reporter; George Lavender, Reporter; Robert J. McDonnell, Supervising Producer; Dennis Nobuya Nishi, Segment Producer; Marie Targonski-O'Brien, Associate Producer;  Stephanie O'Neill, Reporter; Lata Pandya, Producer; Val Zavala, Anchor, Producer, Reporter
L.A. LOCAL COLOR

• THE MIGRANT KITCHEN – “Alta California”

Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Antonio Diaz, Producer; Stef Ferrari, Producer; Ben Hunter, Producer; Kelly Parker, Producer

CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES

• CITY RISING

Rita Baghdadi, Producer; Justin Cram, Producer; Matthew Crotty, Co-Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Kelly Parker, Producer; Jeremiah Hammerling, Producer

CULTURE/HISTORY

• TENDING THE WILD

Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Stacy Lieberman, Executive Producer; Zoe Montano, Associate Producer; Laura Purdy, Producer; Austin Simons, Producer

FEATURE SEGMENT

• LOST LA – “The Green Book”

Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Bill Dotson, Segment Producer; Nathan Masters, Host, Producer; Hugh McHarg, Executive Producer; Zoe Montano, Associate Producer; Kelly Parker, Producer; Catherine Quinlan, Executive Producer

INFORMATION SEGMENT

• SOCAL CONNECTED – “The Price of Freedom”

Karen Foshay, Producer; George Lavender, Reporter

SHORT PROMO –NEWS/

• CITY RISING Launch Promo

Dudley Saunders, Producer

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – PROGRAMMING

• Logan Kibens, LOST LA

OUTSTANDING EDITOR – PROGRAMMING

• Hyunsoo Moon, CITY RISING

CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS - COMPOSER

• Jose Alejandro Parody, THE MIGRANT KITCHEN

CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS – SOUND MIXER

• Steve Bucino, TENDING THE WILD

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