KCET and PBS SoCal Win 9 Southern California Journalism Awards Presented by L.A. Press Club
KCET and PBS SoCal won nine first place wins at the 64th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Six of the nine first-place awards went to the award-winning arts and culture series "Artbound" for five episodes from the last season which premiered in fall of 2021. The stations' nine wins placed it second among all regional television stations. In addition to the nine wins, PBS SoCal and KCET also received nine second-place honors — including Senior Director of Production Angela Boisvert's runner-up position as "Television Journalist of the Year" — along with four third-place honors.
The organization’s nine wins are listed as follows:
Educational Reporting
- Angela Boisvert, Matt Bass, Juan Devis, Jacqueline Reyno and Kathy Kasaba
Entertainment Personality Profile/Interview
- Juan Devis, Ruben Guevara III, Dan Kwong, Nic Cha Kim, Mike Vargas and Moni Vargas
Entertainment News or Feature (Under 5 Minutes)
"Artbound: The Story of Rubén Guevara and Frank Zappa"
- Juan Devis, Ruben Guevara III, Dan Kwong, Nic Cha Kim, Mike Vargas and Moni Vargas
Gender and Society (Includes LGBTQ Reporting)
- Juan Devis, Nic Cha Kim, Julieta Messmer, Marianne Amelinckx and Angela Boisvert
Human Interest Feature (Over 5 Minutes)
"Artbound – Life Centered: The Helen Jean Taylor Story"
- Don Hahn, Juan Devis, Laura Hull, Georgie Kajer and Lori Korngiebel
Graphic
"Artbound: The Curiously Magical Air of Los Angeles"
- Vera Valentine
Religion/Spirituality Reporting
"Tending Nature: Indigenous Land Stewardship"
- Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Laura Purdy, Anna Rau and Corbett Jones
Videographer (Any News, Feature, Sports or Documentary Videographer)
"Tending Nature: Indigenous Land Stewardship"
- Corbett Jones, Matt Whalen
Lifestyle Feature
"SoCal Wanderer: Crème Caramel LA"
- Juan Devis, Jaime Morgan Munoz, Rosey Alvero, Marley Lister and Robert McDonnell
