Thank you! I am honored to be a finalist for FIVE Southern California Journalism Awards, including and especially for Online Journalist of the Year. WOW!
Thank you to everyone who has supported me and to all of the outlets who published my work. Please see below for my print, digital and broadcast content which is nominated. Thank you to the Los Angeles Press Club for this opportunity to be recognized!
A5. ONLINE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
- Lisa Niver, We Said Go Travel
- Spencer Custodio, Voice of OC
- Damien Newton, Streetsblog LA
- Joe Rubin, Capital & Main
- Sahra Sulaiman, Streetsblog LA
B4a. ACTIVISM JOURNALISM
- Lisa Niver, Ms. Magazine, “What Growing up X Taught Ilyasah Shabazz about Feminism”
- Patrick Range McDonald, Housing Is A Human Right, “Garcetti-fication: A Gentrification Cautionary Tale”
- Patrick Shanley, The Hollywood Reporter, “’Damn It, That’s Huge:’ Actors With Down Syndrome Are Finding More Work in Hollywood”
- Angelika Albaladejo, Capital & Main, “Child Law Penalizes Moms for Abusive Partners”
- Vic Gerami, The Blunt Post, “LGBTQ Armenians Face Resign of Terror”
B13. EDUCATIONAL REPORTING
- Lisa Niver, Wharton Magazine, “Treat Your Business Rival as Inspiration, Not Competition”
- Larry Buhl, Capital & Main, “When Charter Schools Fail, Parents Are Left Scrambling”
- Andrew J. Campa, Glendale News-Press, “Glendale Community College to return fees for student IDs it likely shouldn’t have collected”
- Sonali Kohli, Iris Lee, Priya Krishnakumar, Marcus Yam and Jerome Campbell, Los Angeles Times, “Surrounded: Homicides near schools, and the students left behind”
- Theresa Marie Moreau, American Greatness, “Juilliard Goes to China”
G6. PRINT MAGAZINE FEATURE, Under 1,000 Words: Any feature.
- Lisa Niver, Hemispheres Magazine for United Airlines, “Painter by the Numbers, Rembrandt”
- Tim Gray, Variety, “Jay Roach Wants to Start a Conversation With ‘Bombshell’”
- Peter Savodnik, The Journal of Alta, “The Lost Galleon of the California Desert”
- Celine Teo-Blockey, Peter Flax and Nora O’Donnell, The Red Bulletin, “Heart And Soul”
- Blaise Zerega, The Journal of Alta, “COLD CASE: Like ‘a Falling Star’ from Outer Space”
I10. BROADCAST LIFESTYLE FEATURE
- Lisa Niver, KTLA 5 News, “Star Treatment Package Giveaway”
- Artifact Nonfiction and KCET, KCET, “Nightshift”
- Dignicraft, Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty and Jacqueline Reyno, KCET, “Artbound: Día de Los Muertos”
- KCET, Tastemade and Roy Choi, KCET, “Broken Bread: Future of Food”
CONGRATULATIONS to all of the FINALISTS! I am honored to be recognized in this esteemed group!
My past nominations and winning content:
2019 Winner: NAEJ Award for KTLA TV segment
2019 Finalist: National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards in three categories
- Category H2a. Soft News: Ms. Magazine: Polar Bears Can’t Vote So You Have To
- Category F6a. Soft News Feature – Under 5 Minutes—Film/TV: KTLA TV Oscars Countdown to Gold with Lisa Niver
- Category C1b. Business, Music/Tech/Art: My Wharton Magazine article: Four Female Founders Share Their Origin Stories
2019 Finalist: Southern California Journalism Awards for Broadcast Television Lifestyle Segment: Ogden Ski Getaway
2018 Finalist for three categories of Southern California Journalism Awards:
- SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY REPORTING: Smithsonian
- TRAVEL REPORTING: Popsugar Fitness
- PERSONALITY PROFILE: Saturday Evening Post
2017 2nd place winner for Southern California Journalism Award Print Column and finalist for Travel Reporting.
