KCETLink Media Group Receives Two Top National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards Presented by the Los Angeles Press Club

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Amanda Martin             

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Burbank, Calif. – Dec. 5, 2016 - KCETLink Media Group, a leading national independent nonprofit public broadcast and digital network, is proud to announce that it has received two first-place awards for the 9^th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club. The wins include “Best Documentary Feature” and “Best Use of Social Media” for the critically acclaimed multi-platform arts and culture series ARTBOUND, which provides critical in-depth analysis of how the state’s arts and culture affect society and shape California as the creative capital of the world

ARTBOUND is telecast on both KCET public television in Southern California and Link TV (available to all 87 million subscribers of Dish Network and DirecTV) nationwide. It is available for streaming and also available on Hulu, Apple TV and Roku.

The 2016 National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards were presented on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.

The 9^th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards for KCETLink Media Group include: 

DOCUMENTARY OR SPECIAL PROGRAM, FEATURE

• Artbound  - “Charles Lummis, Reimagining the American West”

Juan Devis, Stephen Pagano, Matthew Crotty and Jaime Morgan Muñoz
BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

• Artbound –  “50 Years Later, Artist Dale Brockman Davis Reflects on the Watts Riots”

Melody Soto and Zoe Montano
ABOUT ARTBOUND

The critically acclaimed, multi-platform series ARTBOUND captures the spirit of the burgeoning arts and culture communities in Southern and Central California; exploring their impact on society at large. Illuminating the cultural issues of our times, ARTBOUND provides critical in-depth analysis of how arts and culture affect society and shape California as the creative capital of the world. Through one-hour documentaries and an expanded digital footprint, ARTBOUND (found at kcet.org/artbound and linktv.org/artbound) is the result of cultural tastemakers throughout the region and collaborations with LA’s top cultural institutions. Since its inception in 2012, the series has earned high industry praise including several Emmy^® Awards, LA Press Club awards, two Golden Mike awards and a National Entertainment Journalism award, among others. Most recently, ASCAP recognized ARTBOUND with the prestigious ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Multimedia Award for outstanding music.

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.