KCETLink Media Group Receives 17 Southern California Journalism Award Nominations Presented by the Los Angeles Press Club
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Local News Program SOCAL CONNECTED Earns 12 Nominations;Southern California Arts and Culture Series ARTBOUND Garners Four
Burbank, Calif. – May 25, 2017 - KCETLink Media Group, a leading national independent nonprofit public broadcast and digital network, is proud to announce that it has received 17 nominations for the 59th annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club. The station's nominations include 12 for its acclaimed news program SOCAL CONNECTED and four for its multi-media arts and culture series ARTBOUND. Also nominated is the KCET special election initiative, “Props in a Minute.” The 2017 Southern California Journalism Awards will be presented on Sunday, June 25 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.
The 59th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards nominations for KCETLink Media Group include:
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS – POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT REPORTING
Val Zavala, Linda Burns, Henry Cram, Robert McDonnell, Sheri Candler
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS – OBITUARY/IN APPRECIATION - Artists
- Artbound - “How Juan Gabriel's 1993 Rose Bowl Performance Was Groundbreaking in Conservative California”
Rubén Martínez
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS – CRIME REPORTING
- SoCal Connected - “The Wrongly Convicted”
Alex Stapleton, Lata Pandya, Amanda Garcia, Val Zavala, Michael Bloecher
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS – SCIENCE, HEALTH, TECHNOLOGY REPORTING
- SoCal Connected -“Hyperloop: Tube Travel at Near Supersonic Speed”
Jon Kaplan, Nic Cha Kim, Michael Bloecher
- SoCal Connected – “A Great Use for UC Irvine’s Garbage”
Nic Cha Kim, Jon Kaplan, Amanda Garcia, Michael Bloecher
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS – ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
- SoCal Connected - “A Tale of Two Mountain Lions”
Cara Santa Maria, Adam Hyman, Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION – NEWS FEATURE
- SoCal Connected - “Safe Parking for the Homeless”
Nic Cha Kim, Robert McDonnell, Michael Bloecher
- SoCal Connected - “LA's Public Housing Problem”
Derrick Shore, Lata Pandya, Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - HUMAN INTEREST FEATURE
- SoCal Connected - “Kids, Cancer and Cameras”
Derrick Shore and Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - LIFESTYLE FEATURE
- SoCal Connected - “Bringing Conversations About Death to Life”
Cara Santa Maria, Lata Pandya, Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - ENTERTAINMENT NEWS OR FEATURE
- SoCal Connected - “ ‘Feathers of Fire’: Spectacular Shadow Play”
Nic Cha Kim, Robert McDonnell, Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - PERSONALITY PROFILE/INTERVIEW
- SoCal Connected - “A Tiny House Is a Work of Art”
Nic Cha Kim, Val Zavala, Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - TALK/PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Val Zavala, Linda Burns, Cara Santa Maria, Derrick Shore, Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, (over 25 minutes)
- Artbound - “MOCA: Beyond The Museum Walls”
Juan Devis, Christine Juan, Matthew Crotty, Austin Simons
TELEVISION - DOCUMENTARY, (SHORT)
- SoCal Connected - “Porter Ranch Gas Leak Aftermath”
Derrick Shore, Jon Kaplan, Amanda Garcia, Michael Bloecher
SOCIAL MEDIA - BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENHANCE and/or COVER A STORY (ORGANIZATION)
Melody Soto, Sheri Candler, Zoe Montano
Melody Soto, Zoe Montano, Marq Massengale
ABOUT KCETLINK MEDIA GROUP
KCETLink Media Group is a national independent, nonprofit, digital and broadcast network that provides high-quality, culturally diverse programming designed to engage the public in innovative, entertaining and transformative ways. With a commitment to independent perspectives, smart global entertainment, local communities, and opportunities for engagement and social action, KCETLink depicts people and the world through a lens unavailable elsewhere in U.S. media. A viewer-supported 501(c)(3) organization, KCETLink content is distributed nationally via satellite on Link TV – DIRECTV channel 375 and DISH Network channel 9410 – and on KCET in Southern and Central California via broadcast and cable, as well as through various digital delivery systems. For additional information about KCET and Link TV productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org or linktv.org. Select programming from KCET and Link TV is also available for streaming on Hulu, Apple TV, and Roku platforms.
