TheWrap won four top awards at the LA Press Club’s National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, held Sunday night at the Sheraton Universal Hotel.
Film reporter Drew Taylor and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman shared the trophy in the Online Hard News – Film category for “Disney Imagineers Demand Stop Mass Relocation to Florida After ‘Don’t Say Gay Explosion ‘ (Exclusive)”, which he judges called “a compelling article about how employees at an entertainment company responded with backlash over one of the most divisive cultural issues.”
Steve Pond, Awards Executive Editor of TheWrap, won for his online feature “How Questlove Learned to Stop His ‘Reluctant-Leader Shtick’ for ‘Summer of Soul’.”
Tim Baysinger won in the movie business category for his story “How Disney’s Kareem Daniel Became the Most Powerful Figure in Hollywood You’ve Never Heard Of,” while Brendan Katz took second place for “How Hollywood Can Be sabotaging profits with new talent Push to Pay Upfront”. | Graphics.
Photographer Jill Greenberg won in the portrait photography category, for a photo of “Pose” star MJ Rodriguez, which the judges praised: “Using stunning colors in her portraits of actress MJ Rodriguez, Jill Greenberg gives her a look otherworldly that is sensual and very compelling.”
Corina Marie was recognized with second place for her featured photo of the “Ted Lasso” cast, while Ian Spanier’s news photo of homeless musician Paul Jacobsen took second place. TheWrap Creative Director Ada Guerin and Photo Editor Tatiana Leiva, along with Designer Chris Smith and Photographer Corina Marie, took third place in the Best Cover Art category for TheWrap Magazine’s “Emmy” issue. : The Race Begins”.
Brian Welk took second place for his series “Spotlight on Deaf Actors” in the Diversity in the Film Industry category.
TheWrap’s “How I Did It” video series, overseen by Jennifer Laski and Sharon Waxman, took second place in the TV/Movie Soft News Video category for “How the ‘King Richard’ Composer Synced a Note piano with a tennis stroke”.
“The Wrap-Up” podcast, hosted by Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt, won second and third place in Audio Hard News Features, for “Legal Experts Break Down the Britney Spears Conservatorship” and “Examining the ‘Rust’ tragedy and its impact on Hollywood.” Waxman also took second place for his WaxWord column “Inside Hollywood: How the Bob Iger-Bob Chapek Rift Led to the ScarJo Blunder.”
Veteran reporter Diane Haithman won two third-place awards, for Online TV Feature “‘The Next Ted Lasso’: After Year in Pandemic, Hollywood Dumps Edgy for ‘Uplifting’ Projects” and for TV Soft News Story /streaming “Domestic Workers Call for Hollywood to Clean Up Their Act Representing Their Lives on Screen.”
Managing Editor Benjamin Svetkey took third place in the humorous writing category for “That Time I Hid From William Hurt On The Set Of ‘Lost In Space,’ And How It Got All ‘Wiggy.'”
TheWrap’s Lindsey Ellefson and Executive Editor Thom Geier took second place in the Best Headline competition for “Rachel Mad-Dough: Is the MSNBC Host Worth $30 Million a Year Without a Late-Night Show?”