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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-lnaguage 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 indispensible 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/

EMS SALUTES ALL THE MEDIA WHO SUBMITTED ENTRIES AND MADE THIS A REALLY COMPETITIVE CONTEST:

Ethnic Media Services:

Ethnic Media Services works to enhance the capacity of ethnic news outlets in California and nationwide to inform and engage diverse audiences about broader public Issues that impact their lives. Its mission is to build a more inclusive communications infrastructure that connects historically isolated communities with each other and with mainstream public life. Launched in January 2018 by veterans of New America Media following its closure in 2017, EMS operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the San Francisco Study Center. For more information go to WWW.ethnicmediaservices.org or contact Julian Do at jdo@ethnicmediaservices.org.

California Black Media:

California Black Media exists to facilitate communications between the Black community, media, grassroots organizations and policy makers by providing balanced, fact-based reporting to a network of over 22 Black media outlets across California. Based in Sacramento, CBM’s news coverage focuses on leading state public policy issues that impact the lives of people in the communities it serves. For more information contact Tanu Henry at tanu@cablackmedia.org