Selena Kuznikov Variety received 74 nominations for the SoCal Journalism Awards sponsored by the Los Angeles Press Club during the 2023 calendar year, with nods across magazine and entertainment journalism, video, audio, online content, and social media.
Among the nominations announced Thursday were Brent Lang and Chris Willman for entertainment journalist of the year. Additionally, Variety.com was nominated for best traditional news organization website in the online category.
In the all-platform art/photography category, Variety’s annual Hitmakers issue (highlighting SZA as Hitmaker of the year) and Zac Efron print editions were nominated for best issue.
Portraits of Cate Blanchett and Penn Badgley were both nominated for best entertainment portrait photo. In the magazine category, Variety‘s “No Words” special WGA strike issue was nominated for best in-house or corporate publication.
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