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KCET’s SOCAL CONNECTED Receives Three Southern California Journalism Award Wins Presented by the Los Angeles Press Club

June 26, 2017
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Amanda Martin                     

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KCETLink Media Group Honored with 14 Recognitions in Total Including Arts and Culture Series ARTBOUND and Acclaimed News Magazine Series SOCAL CONNECTED

Burbank, Calif. – June 26, 2017 - KCETLink Media Group, a leading national independent nonprofit public broadcast and digital network, is proud to announce that it has received three wins for its news magazine series SOCAL CONNECTED during last night’s 59th annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club. The station's first, second and third place recognitions include its acclaimed news program SOCAL CONNECTED and KCET’s multi-media arts and culture series ARTBOUND. The KCET special election initiative, “Props in a Minute” also received recognition in the category of Best Political/Government Reporting. The 2017 Southern California Journalism Awards were presented on Sunday, June 25 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.

The 59th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards first place honors for KCETLink Media Group include: 

ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS – CRIME REPORTING

Alex Stapleton, Lata Pandya, Amanda Garcia, Val Zavala, Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - HUMAN INTEREST FEATURE

Derrick Shore and Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - ENTERTAINMENT NEWS OR FEATURE

Nic Cha Kim, Robert McDonnell, Michael Bloecher
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.

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