KCET’s Emmy®-Winning News Documentary Series SOCAL CONNECTED Returns Oct. 9 With Ten New Episodes Highlighting In-Depth Investigative Reporting
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New Season Premieres With An Insider’s Look
At One of the Most Turbulent Years For Local News in Southern California
Burbank, Calif. – Sept. 11, 2018 – KCET, the nation’s largest independent public television station, announced today the return of its Emmy® award-winning weekly half-hour news documentary series SOCAL CONNECTED. In its ninth season, SOCAL CONNECTED debuts long-form episodes focused on a single topic, allowing for a deeper exploration of critical issues. Producers take viewers behind the scenes of some of the biggest local headlines, challenge those in power with tough questions and tell the stories that stay with viewers long after the show is over. SOCAL CONNECTED premieres Tues., Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. on KCET in Southern California.
Highlights from this season include:
- “Out of Bounds” reports the rise and fall of one of L.A.’s most promising high school athletes.
-“News Blues” takes you inside L.A.’s newsrooms, documenting one of the most disruptive years in the local media landscape.
-“The People V. Kiera Newsome” follows a team of Loyola Law School students and professors as they fight to free a young woman they believe was wrongly convicted.
Upcoming episodes of SOCAL CONNECTED include (subject to change):
“The News Blues” Tues., Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. (PREMIERE)
Local newsrooms in Southern California are shrinking at an alarming pace. The L.A. Times may have found its savior in Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, but other newsrooms in L.A. are looking to be rescued.
“Out of Bounds” Tues., Oct. 16 at 8 p.m.
One of the nation’s top high school athletes was on a path to the NFL but instead became the poster child for what’s wrong with L.A.’s mental health system. SOCAL CONNECTED documents the life and times of Dorsey High’s Antonio Carrion.
“Divide and Conquer” Tues., Oct. 23 at 8 p.m.
Gerrymandering is one of the most effective tools to manipulate an election and guarantee a win. SOCAL CONNECTED profiles how some local governments have used political borders to dilute minorities’ power and what is being done about it.
“Blood Money” Tues., Oct. 30 at 8 p.m.
A look at the profiteering behind two of America’s fastest growing diseases affecting millions of Californians.
“People v. Kiera Newsome” Tues., Nov. 13 at 8 p.m.
A local woman strives to prove her innocence behind bars. A team of local pro-bono lawyers and law students fight the odds to get her out.
“The New Normal” Tues., Dec. 18 at 8 p.m.
California’s wildfires are more severe and deadlier than ever before. Debates are raging as to what to do, who will pay for billions of dollars in damage and what can be done to lessen the destruction as California adjusts to its new normal: year round fire.
SOCAL CONNECTED is executive produced by Karen Foshay. The season’s production team also includes Vince Beiser, Robert McDonnell, Katie Cooper, Gina Pollack, Stuart Sender, Tori Edgar, David Egen, Michael Ray, and Peggy Holter, among others.
To view this season’s episodes and additional online reporting visit KCET.org/socalconnected.
Join the conversation on social media using #SoCalConnected.
*KCET and Link TV are expected to merge with PBS SoCal, subject to regulatory approvals.
ABOUT SOCAL CONNECTED
SOCAL CONNECTED is Southern California’s longest running investigative and feature mini-documentary series and is the winner of nearly every major local and national journalism award, including a George Foster Peabody®, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia silver batons, and 27 regional Emmy® awards. Over 160 shows of Socal Connected can be viewed at KCET.org/socalconnected. Funding is made possible in part by The Ahmanson Foundation and the support of KCET viewers.
ABOUT KCET
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