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California Ethnic Media Awards

CALIFORNIA ETHNIC MEDIA 2020 AWARDS

UNIQUE AWARDS PROGRAM CELEBRATES JOURNALISM IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES

20 winners will receive cash awards of $1000 each

Ethnic Media Services and California Black Media – joint sponsors of the multi-lingual California Ethnic Media Awards for outstanding reporting in 2020 – announced today that the winners and finalists will be identified at a special online celebration on June 3, between 6-7:30 pm/9-10:30 pm EST.

Some 230 entries were submitted, over half in languages other than English. Judges with in-language and in-culture fluency selected 20 winners in seven categories covering the epic news developments of 2020, from COVID-19 and the economic downturn to the movement for racial justice, immigration reform, the Nov. 3 elections, and the 2020 Census. Each winner will receive a cash award of $1,000.

“The ethnic media awards spotlight the people who produce a parallel universe of news largely invisible to general market media but indispensable for communicating with our diverse society,” said EMS director Sandy Close.

EMS will post all winning entries with English language translations, along with the names of finalists and all those who submitted entries on a landing page on its website the night of the awards.

“The pandemic made 2020 the most challenging year for ethnic media and the awards are an opportunity to recognize the entire sector for its dedication to informing audiences against the odds,” said Regina Brown Wilson, Executive Director of California Black Media.

Please register early to attend the online awards. Use this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcOqsqjkpH9L2nXmA_yqaP5B2EZksbr8-

For more information about the awards, please go to https://ethnicmediaservices.org/2020-california-ethnic-media-awards/

Gov. Gavin Newsom will kick off the June 3, 2021 California Ethnic Media Awards with a salute to the ethnic media sector for their coverage of the larger-than-life issues that defined the year 2020.

The awards ceremony will run from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. It will be accessible on Zoom, and livestreamed on Facebook. Some 20 winners selected from over 230 entries will receive awards for excellence in reporting the epic stories of 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic downturn, the 2020 Census, the movement for racial justice, the Trump war on immigrants, climate change and the Nov. 3 elections.

“From his years as San Francisco Mayor, when his first press conference after being elected was with the city’s ethnic media, Gov. Newsom has recognized ethnic media’s indispensible role in communicating with the state’s multilingual, multiethnic populations,” said Ethnic Media Services director Sandy Close.

“Gov. Newsom is the country’s first governor to write a quarterly column expressly for ethnic news outlets called On The Record,” noted California Black Media director Regina Brown Wilson. “Ethnic media represent one of the many vital bridges between government and the people governed.”