The Los Angeles Press Club has announced the nominees for the 65th SoCal Journalism Awards, highlighting media excellence across the region, and TheWrap has garnered 8 nominations.
Winners will be named during a ceremony on June 25, 2023 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
TheWrap Founder and Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman was nominated as an individual for her ongoing WaxWord blog series.
Reporter Sharon Knolle received two nominations. First for his examination of the “Sex and the City” sequel series and whether the show portrays middle-aged women negatively, titled “Is ‘So’…majority? Why Carrie and her friends seem be on top of the hill at 50.”
A second nod came to see how women are doing in today’s comedy scene: “Forget Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle: Female Comedians Say Stand-Up Has ‘Never Been Safe’ For Women.”
Reporter Andi Ortiz was nominated in the Entertainment Feature Film category for her oral history of the cult that has grown around Disney’s “Hocus Pocus” since its release in 1993, titled “How ‘Hocus Pocus’ Went From Box Office Bomb to Disney’s Halloween Darling.”
In the same category, “Golden Globes misses target of 300 voters to 101, ousts Reform member Frank Rousseau from Waxman over false stories (exclusive) was also nominated.
Brenda Gazzar was nominated in the Lifestyle Feature category for “5 Years of #MeToo: How the movement spread beyond Hollywood, for better and worse.”
Ada Guerin, Tatiana Leiva and Catie Laffoon were nominated in the Cover Art category for TheWrap magazine’s story on Amanda Seyfried.
And finally, critic Robert Hofler was nominated as an individual in the Critical Theater/Performing Arts category.
“I am thrilled and very proud that the LA Press Club has seen fit to recognize some of the incredible work TheWrap has published over the past year,” said TheWrap Co-Executive Publisher Adam Chitwood. “From incisive reporting to sharp reporting, stunning photography and Sharon Waxman’s award-winning WaxWord, the nominations are a testament to TheWrap’s outstanding team of reporters, editors, creatives and more.”
