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KCETLink Media Group Receives 19 Southern California Journalism Award Nominations Presented by the Los Angeles Press Club
News Program SOCAL CONNECTED Earns Seven Nominations;
Southern California Arts and Culture Series ARTBOUND and
Digital Series DEPARTURES Each Garner Six
Burbank, Calif. - June 2, 2015 - KCETLink Media Group, a leading national independent non-profit public broadcast and digital network, is proud to announce that it has received 19 nominations for the 57th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club. The stations nominations include seven for its acclaimed news program SOCAL CONNECTED and six for its transmedia arts and culture series ARTBOUND, and six for KCETs longest running digital series, DEPARTURES, and its columns on the Los Angeles river and the East side of Los Angeles . The 57th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards will be presented on Sunday, June 28 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.
The 57th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards nominations for KCETLink Media Group include:
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR - ONLINE
Carren Jao, for her work on Departures The Confluence Blog and the L.A. River
TELEVISION - NEWS
SoCal Connected - Processed Human Waste as Fertilizer: The Stinky Controversy
Derrick Shore, Lata Pandya, Kenny Gioseffi and Michael Bloecher
TELEVISION - INVESTIGATIVE
SoCal Connected - Overmedicated Elderly
Val Zavala, Lata Pandya, Dan Caston and John Sandoval
TELEVISION - FEATURE NEWS
SoCal Connected - Foreign Restaurant Chains
Conor Knighton, Katherine Spiers, John Sandoval and Michael Bloecher
SoCal Connected - Bugs as Food
Derrick Shore, Katherine Spiers, Michael Bloecher and John Sandoval
TELEVISION - ENTERTAINMENT NEWS OR FEATURE
Artbound Presents Studio A - La Santa Cecilia
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Drew Tewksbury and Daniel Leonard
TELEVISION - PERSONALITY PROFILE/INTERVIEW
SoCal Connected - Clare Graham
Nic Cha Kim, Kenny Gioseffi, Michael Bloecher and Matthew Crotty
TELEVISION - TALK/PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SoCal Connected - Environmental Special
Val Zavala, Linda Burns, Cara Santa Maria, Derrick Shore, Jennifer Sabih, et al.,
TELEVISION - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Artbound - Without Borders/Sin Fronteras
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty and Drew Tewksbury
Artbound - American Deserta
Juan Devis, Bruce Dickson, Joris Debeij and Matthew Crotty
TELEVISION - DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
Artbound - Shades of L.A.
Juan Devis, Joris Debeij and Matthew Crotty
Artbound - Zorinthian Ranch
Juan Devis, Chris Metzler, Jeff Springer and Matthew Crotty
WEBSITE, NEWS ORGANIZATION EXCLUSIVE TO THE INTERNET
Departures
Juan Devis, Justin Cram, Rubi Fregoso, Yosuke Kitazawa and Luis Sierra Campos
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS - EDUCATIONAL REPORTING
Departures - How to Get Students Excited About Learning to Code
Leslie Aaronson
ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS - ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS)
SoCal Connected - Wildlife Center
Cara Santa Maria, Alicia Clark, John Sandoval and Michael Bloecher
ONLINE - SOCIAL MEDIA - BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENHANCE and/or COVER A STORY (ORGANIZATION)
Artbound - The Mojave Project
Melody Soto, Drew Tewksbury and Daniel Medina
ONLINE SPORTS NEWS or FEATURE
Departures - Politics of Surfing
Ryan Reft
ONLINE - BLOG, INDIVIDUAL
Departures - Confluence: news and stories related to the revitalization of the Los Angeles river
Carren Jao
ONLINE - BLOG, GROUP
Departures - East of East: news and stories on the San Gabriel Valley and beyond
Carribean Fragosa and Romeo Guzman
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.
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