23-06-2025
IndieWire Wins Four Southern California Journalism Awards, Including Best Website
IndieWire took home four of the top prizes at the 2025 Southern California Journalism Awards, including Best Website, News Organization Exclusive to the Internet, which honored the entire staff, and three awards for individual writers. IndieWire received a grand total of 11 nominations at this year's awards, which marks the most it has earned in a single year. The winners were announced by the Los Angeles Press Club at a gala on the evening of Sunday, June 22.
IndieWire TV Critic Ben Travers won the Criticism of TV award, with the judges offering the following praise for his review of 'Somebody Somewhere' Season 3: 'What is the best thing a review can deliver? If it's a favorable review, and the reader has not experienced the production, it inspires the reader to immediately seek out the piece and experience it. This review fills that bill admirably — and as a bonus offers accessible prose and some nice turns of phrase. In short, the review itself is enjoyable, and it lures the reader to a TV series that the reviewer finds enjoyable and satisfying.'
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Senior Film Reporter Brian Welk won the News Feature, Film/Broadcast Related category for his story Tax Credits Aren't Enough: How States Are Wooing Film Productions. The judges wrote 'This is an important story for the industry, and it's well-written.'
IndieWire's Craft Editor Sarah Shachat and producer Trevor Wallace won the Regular Podcast category for How 'Hacks' Keeps Ava and Deborah (and the Audience) on Their Toes in Season 3, with the judges writing 'This quite entertaining podcast was especially well-produced and offered revealing, behind-the-scenes insights.'
IndieWire also received three second place finishes (Chief Critic and Reviews Editor David Ehrlich for Criticism of Movies, Features Writer Jim Hemphill for Commentary/Analysis of Film, and Senior News Editor Samantha Bergeson for TV/Streaming/Radio Feature) and two third place finishes (Digital Director Christian Blauvelt for Obituary/In Appreciation, TV/Film Personalities and Associate Editor Harrison Richlin for Entertainment Commentary, TV/Film Related). IndieWire's Weekend Editor Rance Collins also received a nomination in the Print Journalist (Under 50,000 Circulation) category for his previous work at the Beverly Press.
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