Yahoo News The Hollywood Reporter Wins Best Website, Print Journalist of the Year at SoCal Journalism Awards
The Hollywood Reporter won best website and Rebecca Keegan was named print journalist of the year at the 66th annual SoCal Journalism Awards, which were handed out Sunday night.
THR won a total of 11 first places, the most awards for any publication, including prizes for critics Daniel Fienberg, David Rooney and Sheri Linden, as well as a win for best feature under 1,000 words by Gary Baum and Ryan Gajewski. It was a stellar night for Keegan, who also won an award for best culture/arts feature under 1,000 words for her piece “The Auteurs of San Quentin.”
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There were also wins for Scott Feinberg (best audio personality profile/interview over 10 minutes), Anaja Smith (best use of social media tied to a cover story), as well as THR‘s excellent photo department, which picked up awards for single topic photo essay (culture/entertainment) and entertainment portrait photo.
The awards are handed out by the Los Angeles Press Club, which previously said that more than 2,300 entries were submitted this year. The winners were announced at an awards dinner gala at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
Also during the ceremony, the organization bestowed honorary awards upon Jane Seymour, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich, Fox 11’s Amanda Sala and the National Press Photographers Association’s Mickey H. Osterreicher.
Smith, who won the Joseph Quinn Lifetime Achievement Award, said the honor was “the most important and gratifying honor of my professional career,” and he called on journalists “to keep standing up for the truth” and against subjective interpretations of the truth in these uncertain times “when facts and truth and journalism seem to matter less.”
“You’re not supposed to be liked,” Smith added, before the lights in the ballroom suddenly went out during his speech. “The lights are off but the microphone ain’t,” he said to laughter in the room.
A full list of THR’s first- and second-place wins follows.
WEBSITE, TRADITIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATION
Winner: The Hollywood Reporter Staff, THR.com
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: PRINT, over 50,000 circulation
Winner: Rebecca Keegan
CRITICISM OF TV
Winner: Daniel Fienberg, “The ‘Succession’ Series Finale Was a Brilliant Family Nightmare” / “‘The Last of Us’ Review: Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in HBO’s Powerful Video Game Adaptation” / “‘Reservation Dogs’ Finale Caps an Unlikely and Magical Series to Cherish”
CRITICISM OF FILM, (Over 1,000 Words; each review)
Winner: David Rooney, “‘Poor Things’ Review,” “‘All of Us Strangers’ Review,” “‘Past Lives’ Review”
CRITICISM OF FILM, (Under 1,000 Words; each review)
Winner: Sheri Linden, “’A Still Small Voice’ Review,” “‘Fingernails’ Review,” “‘Hesitation Wound’ Review”
COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS OF FILM
Runner-Up: Lovia Gyarkye, “Critic’s Notebook: Three Debut Features Give Depth and Dimension to Black Mothers”
COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS OF TV
Runner-Up: Daniel Fienberg, “Critic’s Notebook: Capitalism and TV Today, a Love/Hate Story”
FEATURE, Culture/Arts, (Over 1,000 Words)
Winner: Rebecca Keegan, “The Auteurs of San Quentin”
FEATURE (Under 1,000 Words)
Winner: Gary Baum, Ryan Gajewski, Winston Cho, “How TMZ Became Hollywood’s Grim Reaper”
PHOTO ESSAY (single topic), Culture/Entertainment
Winner: Ash Barhamand, Ava Selbach, Peter B. Cury, Obidi Nzeribe, Yotam Shwartz, “The 25 Most Powerful Stylists”
PORTRAIT PHOTO, Entertainment
Winner: Ash Barhamand, Ava Selbach, Peter B. Cury, Lou Escobar, “Ayo Edebiri”
ENTERTAINMENT PHOTO
Runner-Up: Ash Barhamand, Ava Selbach, Peter B. Cury and Lou Escobar, “Ayo Edebiri”
INVESTIGATIVE
Third Place: Gary Baum, “Brad Pitt and the Bizarre Charity Mess That’s Left Katrina Victims Stranded Again
BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENHANCE and/or COVER A STORY By a Journalist Tied to an Organization
Winner: Anaja Smith, “2023 Beauty Issue”
BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENHANCE and/or COVER A STORY By a Group
Third Place: Ryan Fish, Anaja Smith, Dominoe Ibarra, Lesley Goldberg, Katie Kilkenny, Tiffany Taylor,
Caitlin Huston, “Strike Coverage”
OBITUARY/IN APPRECIATION, Film/TV Personalities
Third Place: Daniel Fienberg, “Critic’s Appreciation: Andre Braugher Was an Intensely Dramatic, Intensely Funny Actor’s Actor”
PERSONALITY PROFILE/INTERVIEW, Entertainment Personalities (Over 10 Minutes)
Winner: Scott Feinberg, “‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — ‘The Three Amigos’: Alfonso Cuarón (‘Le Pupille’), Guillermo del Toro (‘Pinocchio’) and Alejandro González Iñárritu (‘Bardo’)”
PERSONALITY PROFILE, Film Personalities
Runner-Up: James Hibberd, “Harrison Ford: ‘I Know Who the F*** I Am’”
Third Place: Seth Abramovitch, “Ailing ‘Superman’ Star Valerie Perrine Finally Finds Her Hero: ‘The Guy Should Be Sainted’”
PERSONALITY PROFILE, TV Personalities
Runner-Up: Rebecca Sun, “Ali Wong Gets Dramatic”
LIFESTYLE FEATURE
Runner-Up: Seth Abramovitch, “’Succession,’ With Smoothies: Inside the Erewhon Dynasty”
Third Place: Beatrice Verhoeven, “Flea-Market Treasure Hunt: Turning Old Film Reels Into Art Objects”
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Third Place: Gary Baum, Katie Kilkenny, Lesley Goldberg, “Writers’ Shut-It-Down Strategy Has Been Effective, Executives Privately Concede”
ENTERTAINMENT FEATURE, TV/Streaming Related
Third Place: Borys Kit, “‘Daredevil’ Hits Reset Button as Marvel Overhauls Its TV Business”
PERSONALITY PROFILE, Politics/Business/Arts Personalities
Runner-Up: Seth Abramovitch, “A Pellicano Target’s Second Act”
HARD NEWS
Third Place: Scott Feinberg, “Gruesome Footage of Oct. 7 Atrocities Screens in Hollywood Under Heavy Guard”
BLOG, GROUP
Runner-Up: Borys Kit, Aaron Couch, “Heat Vision”
THEATER, ARTS FEATURE
Third Place: Abbey White, “‘Dark Disabled Stories’ Invites Audiences to an Experiment in Unapologetically Accessible Theater”
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