Peabody Awards Announce Return to Los Angeles This June, and Four New Jurors for 85th Annual Ceremony
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Peabody Awards are heading back to Los Angeles, following last year’s long-awaited move to the City of Angels.
After several attempts — delayed by the COVID pandemic, and then by the Hollywood strikes — the Peabodys finally made their move to the west coast in 2024, and this year the event will celebrate its 85th anniversary at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Jan.
1. “Our 2024 debut in L.A. was a major success, and we look forward to continuing to introduce the wider Hollywood creative community to what makes Peabody the premier award for media that matters,” said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody. “In such polarized times, the stories that Peabody honors are unifying in their clear call to address injustices and see humanity in all its beauty and messiness.
Honoring such programs remains our goal.” Peabody, which is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, honors programming in the categories of entertainment, documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, children’s and youth, immersive and interactive media, and public service programming.
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