KCET and PBS SoCal Together Nominated for 56 Southern California Journalism Awards More Than All Other LA Based Broadcast Stations Combined
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Flagship News Series SOCAL CONNECTED Outpaces Record from Last Year
Earning 27 Nominations
Burbank, Calif. – May 16, 2019 – The Public Media Group of Southern California (PMGSC), formed by the merger of PBS SoCal and KCETLink Media Group, announced today that it received a total of 56 nominations for the 61st annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club. The tally ranks PMGSC and its content channels KCET and PBS SoCal as earning more nominations than all local television stations combined and the second highest number of nominations (after the Los Angeles Times) of any other Southern California media organization.
The organization’s nominations include a record-breaking 27 (up from 24 last year) for the acclaimed news program SOCAL CONNECTED in categories such as “Television Journalist of the Year” for the series’ Executive Producer Karen Foshay, “Talk/Public Affairs Program,” and “Animation Moving Graphic” for the show’s “Immigration 101” digital initiative. KCET’s multi-media arts and culture series ARTBOUND received 17 nominations, both for digital content and on-air episodes from Season Nine of the series.
Also nominated are KCET’s historical series LOST LA, produced in conjunction with the USC Libraries, CITY RISING, SOCAL WANDERER, EARTH FOCUS and THE MIGRANT KITCHEN. Included in the “Feature Documentary” category was PBS SoCal’s FINDING HOME: A FOSTER YOUTH STORY, part of a special multi-platform social impact initiative that raises awareness about the challenges faced by transition-age foster youth in Los Angeles.
The 2019 Southern California Journalism Awards will be presented on Sunday, June 30 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
The 61st Annual Southern California Journalism Awards nominations for KCET and PBS SoCal include:
TALK/PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- SoCal Connected (KCET)
Karen Foshay, Deepa Fernandes, Nic Cha Kim, Dina Demetrius and Kathy Kasaba
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, over 25 minutes
- Artbound (KCET) - “That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles”
Juan Devis, Christopher Hawthorne, Matthew Crotty, Jacqueline Reyno and Travis LaBella - City Rising: The Informal Economy (KCET)
Joanna Sokolowski, Kate Trumbull-LaValle, Juan Devis, Justin Cram and Matthew Crotty - Finding Home: A Foster Youth Story (PBS SoCal)
Pamela Tom, Laurie Parker, Brenda Brkusic, Karen Hunte and Michelle Merker
DOCUMENTARY, SHORT, under 25 minutes
- Artbound (KCET) - “Open Your Eyes: Lula Washington Dance Theatre”
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Adebukola Bodunrin, Angela Boisvert and Matt Bass - The Migrant Kitchen (KCET) “The Jewish Deli”
James Mann, Antonio Diaz, Stef Ferrari, Matthew Crotty and Jacqueline Reyno - SoCal Connected (KCET) - “The People v Kiera Newsome”
Gina Pollack, Andy Viner, Karen Foshay, Luisa Conlon and Helki Frantzen
TELEVISION JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
- Karen Foshay (SoCal Connected)
ANCHOR/HOST
- Val Zavala (SoCal Connected)
PHOTOJOURNALIST/VIDEOGRAPHER
- Osceola Refetoff (Artbound)
ACTIVISM JOURNALISM
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “L.A. Teen Takes on the Oil Industry”
Dina Demetrius and Michael Bloecher - City Rising: The Informal Economy (KCET)
Joanna Sokolowski, Kate Trumbull-LaValle, Juan Devis, Justin Cram and Matthew Crotty
PUBLIC SERVICE NEWS or FEATURE
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Stolen Paychecks”
Deepa Fernandes, Lata Pandya, Alberto Arce, Austin Stoecklein and Dennis Nishi
CONSUMER NEWS or FEATURE
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Blood Money”
Katie Cooper, Karen Foshay, Eduardo Gil de Montes, Michael Ray and Tori Edgar
SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM
- Earth Focus (KCET) – “Adaptation to Global Water Shortages”
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Nicky Milne, Tracy Martinez and Kim Spencer
MEDICAL/HEALTH REPORTING
- SoCal Connected (KCET) – “Heat”
Stuart Sender, Grisha Alasadi, Guy Livneh, Tori Edgar and Michael Ray
NATIONAL POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT REPORTING
- City Rising: The Informal Economy (KCET)
Joanna Sokolowski, Kate Trumbull-LaValle, Juan Devis, Justin Cram and Matthew Crotty
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Watch What You Sign”
Vince Beiser, Karen Foshay, Lata Pandya, Alberto Arce and Dennis Nishi - Artbound (KCET) - “Whittaker-Bermite: Environmental Redemption in Santa Clarita, California”
Christopher Langley - SoCal Connected (KCET) – “Heat”
Stuart Sender, Grisha Alasadi, Guy Livneh, Tori Edgar and Michael Ray
TRAVEL REPORTING
- SoCal Wanderer (KCET) – “Anacapa to Ojai”
Zoe Buck, Rosey Alvero, Bijan Rezvani, Justin Cram and Juan Devis
REVIEWS-BOOKS/ART/ARTCHITECTURE/DESIGN
- Artbound (KCET) - “‘Bridges in a Time of Walls’ Brings Chicano Art to Mexico City”
Samanta Helou Hernandez
FEATURE PHOTO
- Artbound (KCET) - “Boarded Up Farmhouse”
Osceola Refetoff
PHOTO ESSAY, Culture/Entertainment
- Artbound (KCET) - “Land Artifacts: A Didactic of Ruins”
Osceola Refetoff
PHOTO ESSAY, News/News Feature
- Artbound (KCET) - “Whittaker-Bermite: Environmental Redemption in Santa Clarita, California”
Osceola Refetoff
ANIMATION/MOVING GRAPHIC
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Immigration 101”
Henry Cram - SoCal Connected (KCET)
Dennis Nishi
MINORITY/IMMIGRATION REPORTING
- Artbound (KCET) - “La Raza”
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Laura Purdy and Dignicraft - SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Stolen Paychecks”
Deepa Fernandes, Lata Pandya, Alberto Arce, Austin Stoecklein and Dennis Nishi
GENDER/LGBTQ REPORTING
- Artbound (KCET) - “Artist and Mother”
Joanna Sokolowski, Kate Trumbull-LaValle, Jori Finkel, Matthew Crotty and Kelly Parker
CRIME REPORTING
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Out of Bounds”
Karen Foshay, Vince Beiser, David Egen and Dan Leonard - SoCal Connected (KCET) - “The People v Kiera Newsome”
Gina Pollack, Andy Viner, Karen Foshay, Luisa Conlon and Helki Frantzen
VIDEOGRAPHER
- Artbound (KCET) - “Open Your Eyes: Lula Washington Dance Theatre”
Matt Bass - Artbound (KCET) - “That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles”
Travis LaBella
INVESTIGATIVE
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Stolen Paychecks”
Deepa Fernandes, Lata Pandya, Alberto Arce, Austin Stoecklein and Dennis Nishi
NEWS FEATURE, over 5 minutes
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Blood Money”
Katie Cooper, Karen Foshay, Eduardo Gil de Montes, Michael Ray and Tori Edgar - SoCal Connected (KCET) - “The News Blues”
Karen Foshay, Andy Viner and David Egen
NEWS FEATURE, under 5 minutes
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “What Happened to ‘LA Weekly’?”
Karen Foshay, Michael Ray and Tori Edgar
HUMAN INTEREST FEATURE, over 5 minutes
- SoCal Connected (KCET) “Out of Bounds”
Karen Foshay, Vince Beiser, David Egen and Dan Leonard
LIFESTYLE FEATURE
- SoCal Wanderer (KCET) - “Anacapa to Ojai”
Zoe Buck, Rosey Alvero, Bijan Rezvani, Justin Cram and Juan Devis - The Migrant Kitchen (KCET) “The Jewish Deli”
James Mann, Antonio Diaz, Stef Ferrari, Matthew Crotty and Jacqueline Reyno - SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Under the Influence”
Gina Pollack, Andy Viner, Michael Ray, Tori Edgar and Helki Frantzen
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS or FEATURE
- Lost LA (KCET) - “Fantasyland”
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Nathan Masters, Hugh McHarg and Catherine Quinlan - SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Under the Influence”
Gina Pollack, Andy Viner, Michael Ray, Tori Edgar and Helki Frantzen
ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY PROFILE/INTERVIEW
- Artbound (KCET) – “Open Your Eyes: Lula Washington Dance Theatre”
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Adebukola Bodunrin, Angela Boisvert and Matt Bass - SoCal Connected (KCET) – “30 Years with Val Zavala”
Karen Foshay, Linda Burns, Kathy Kasaba, Robert McDonnell and David Egen
NON-ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY PROFILE/INTERVIEW
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “L.A. Teen Takes on the Oil Industry”
Dina Demetrius and Michael Bloecher - Artbound (KCET) - “Electric Earth: The Art of Doug Aitken”
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Austin Simons, Lance Drake and Charlie Balch - SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Made in L.A.”
Nic Cha Kim, Dina Demetrius and Michael Bloecher
SPORTS
SoCal Connected (KCET) – “Out of Bounds”
Karen Foshay, Vince Beiser, David Egen and Dan Leonard
NEWS – Culture
- Artbound (KCET) - “Connected to the Land: The Work of Laura Aguilar”
Sybil Venegas
SOFT NEWS FEATURE – General News
- Earth Focus (KCET) - “100,000 Residents in Bountiful Central Valley Still Lack Access to Clean Water”
Alastair Bland
LIFESTYLE FEATURE
- Artbound (KCET) - “La Raza: The Community Newspaper That Became a Political Platform”
Carribean Fragoza - The Migrant Kitchen (KCET) - “The Decades-Long Evolution of Thai Cuisine in Los Angeles”
Jean Trinh
GENDER/LGBTQ REPORTING
- SoCal Connected (KCET) - “Hundreds of Torture Survivors Adjust to New Life in SoCal with Organization’s Help”
Lata Pandya
NON-POLITICAL COMMENTARY
- Artbound (KCET) - “The Trouble with Cadiz”
Kim Stringfellow and Julia Sizek
About the Public Media Group of Southern California
The Public Media Group of Southern California (PMGSC) tells stories that matter through original programs that reflect the diversity of our region, and through the full schedule of trusted PBS programs. Our Southern California content channels PBS SoCal and KCET are available for free on internet-connected screens via the PBS Video App, and seven local broadcast channels. Link TV is available nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network. A donor-supported community institution, PMGSC sparks the sharing of ideas at in-person cultural events and community conversations and delivers social impact through a variety of services including those that prepare our most vulnerable children for school.
