New America Media names Inquirer.net US, Balitang America among awardees
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NEWS BEAT CATEGORIES Outstanding Health & Health Care Coverage WINNER SKYLINK TV – ‘Bay Area Today’ program – Danny Wong – “What is Cancer?” episode MERIT RECIPIENT LA OPINION – Araceli Martinez Ortega – “Latinos & Diabetes” [series]
Outstanding Coverage of the Environment WINNER EASTERN GROUP PUBLICATIONS/EGPNews.com – Nancy Martinez – “Exide, Porter Ranch: A Double Standard” MERIT RECIPIENTS: LA OPINION – Jorge Macias – “Thousands in the San Gabriel Valley at Risk for Lead and Arsenic Contamination” SKYLINK TV – ‘Bay Area Today’ program – Danny Wong – “Three-Color Bins” episode
Outstanding Coverage of Politics & the 2016 Elections WINNER KDTV UNIVISION 14 – Maria Leticia Gomez, Joe Perry, Luis Felipe Godinez – “En Espera de la Muerte” [Waiting for Death] MERIT RECIPIENT El TECOLOTE– Alexis Terrazas & Atticus Morris – “Alernate Reality: Growing Acceptance of White Nationalism in Trump’s America” / “Realidad Alterna: Creciente Aceptaciòn del Nacionalismo Blanco en el América de Trump”
Outstanding Coverage of Immigration WINNER SKYLINK TV – ‘Bay Area Today’ program – Danny Wong – “Under the Same Roof” episode MERIT RECIPIENTS CHICO SOL – Bianca Quilantan — “Door of Hope” LA OPINION – Araceli Martinez Ortega – “Stranded on the Border, Without Asylum and Without Hope” [series]
Outstanding Education Coverage TWO WINNERS INDIA CURRENTS – Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan – “How Much Is Too Much?: The Price Of Pushing Kids To Attain Elite Status” SKYLINK TV – ‘Bay Area Today’ program – Jasmine Chen — ‘Relentless Learning” episode
Outstanding Coverage of Arts, Culture & Entertainment WINNER KDTV UNIVISION 14 – Beatriz Ferrari & Eduardo Mancera – “El Pintor de Las Patronas” [The Painter of Las Patronas] MERIT RECIPIENTS INQUIRER.net – Cecile Ochoa – “86-Year-Old Fil-Am to Ride in Biker Rally, If He Ignores His Doc” KDTV UNIVISION 14 – Flavio Lacayo & Eduardo Mancera – “Exodo a La Santeria” [Exodus to Santeria]
Outstanding Sports Coverage WINNER SING TAO DAILY – Mingyue [Flora] Xu – “American Boy Embodies Shaolin Spirit” MERIT RECIPIENTS VIDA EN EL VALLE – Juan Esparza Loera – “Cabada’s Run Fueled by His Past” KDTV UNIVISION 14 – Leon Felipe Gonzalez & Joe Perry – “La Cancha de la Esperanza” [The Field of Hope]
SPOTLIGHT AWARDS Outstanding Coverage of Gender/LGBTQI Issues WINNER MIDPENINSULA COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER – ‘Talking with Henrietta’ program – Henrietta Burroughs – “In the Aftermath of the Mass Shooting in Orlando” MERIT RECIPIENT SING TAO DAILY – Isabelle Yiu – “Chinese American LGBT Community Asks for Respect for All”
Outstanding Cross-Cultural Reporting WINNER EL TECOLOTE – John Morrison – “Frisco 5” series MERIT RECIPIENT PAKISTAN LINK – Ras Siddiqui – “Jews and Muslims Hold Joint Vigil at the California State Capitol”
Emerging Youth Voice WINNER EL NUEVO SOL – Pilar de Haro, Keila Vizcarra, Grecia Lopez, Curtis Poindexter, Aracelly Solis, Aurabella Hernandez, Lorena Roque, Daniel Shin and Michael Arvizu – “Young Workers/ “Trabajadores Jovenes en Los Angeles” [series] MERIT YOUTH RADIO – Emiliano Villa – “When Economics Divide Siblings”
Outstanding Coverage of Voter Engagement WINNER Balitang America – The Filipino Channel TV – Troy Espera, Danny Manansala, Rommel Conclara, Henni Espinosa, John Caña, Don Tagala, Steve Angeles & Gel Santos Relos – Election Day 2016 newscast and “The Fil-Am Vote” election special
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS ETHNIC MEDIA CHAMPIONS Regina Brown Wilson – Director – CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA Jarrette Fellows, Jr. – Publisher & Editor – COMPTON HERALD Dong Kim – Publisher – HYUNDAE NEWS Joseph Orozco – Manager – KIDE-HOOPA 91.3 FM