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Variety Wins 16 SoCal Journalism Awards, Including Best Website and Entertainment Journalist of the Year


Variety won 16 awards at the SoCal Journalism Awards, including best website for Variety.com and entetainment journalist of the year for Chris Willman.

The Variety staffers and contributors picking up first-place trophies included Daniel D’Addario, Jennifer Dorn, Owen Gleiberman, Angelique Jackson, Neil Jamieson, Ted Keller, Haley Kluge, Emily Longeretta, Jonny Marlow, J. Kim Murphy, Rebecca Rubin, Ramin Setoodeh, Tatiana Siegel, Greg Swales and Abbey White. J. Kim Murphy, associate news editor for Variety.com, prevailed for best TV/streaming/radio feature for his story “Welcome to ‘Ren Faire’: Lance Oppenheim’s HBO Docuseries Follows a Festival Trapped in a Real-Life Game of Thrones.” The Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in journalism went to Clarissa Ward of CNN, who had to accept via a video message due to her being on assignment covering the breaking situation in the Middle East.

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