Variety won 14 first-place finishes Sunday night at the 17th National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, including trophies for Print Journalist of the Year, Film Critic, Investigative Reporting and the news photo.
Chief music critic and senior writer Chris Willman has won four awards, including Print Journalist of the Year. Tatiana Siegel, editor-in-chief of Film and Media, won two major investigative categories. The ceremony took place at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
“We are very proud of the work carried out through Variety every day. These big wins reinforce that we have the largest and strongest team of entertainment journalists in the world,” said Cynthia Littleton and Ramin Setoodeh, co-editors of Variety.
Here is an overview of VarietyThe victories of:
- Chris Willman’s unique voice and prolific output have earned him the title of Print Journalist of the Year. He has been recognized for his film reviews of less than 1,000 words. He also won for action photo for his 2023 shot of Brandi Carlile in concert. And he won for music commentary for “Jason Aldean Already Had the Most Despicable Country Song of the Decade: The Video is Worse.”
- Tatiana Siegel, editor-in-chief of Film and Media, won the entertainment industry investigative award for “Inside the Battle for CNN: Jeff Zucker, Chris Licht and 18 Months of Backstabbing” and for the investigative celebrities for “Crisis at Marvel: Jonathan Majors Back-up Plans”. , Reruns of “The Marvels”, bringing the original Avengers back to life. »
- Chief film critic Owen Gleiberman was recognized for his obituaries and appreciation of film personalities for “Remembering Piper Laurie in ‘Carrie’ and ‘The Hustler.’
- Film and media journalist Katcy Stephan for a less than 1,000 word feature on the film industry: “Movie Pass, Movie Crash: Founder Stacy talks Mitch Lowe, racism and the company’s current state.”
- Jem Aswad, music editor, won the soft news, music and arts award for his retrospective: ‘Why David Bowie Killed Ziggy Stardust, 50 Years Ago Today’.
- Editor-in-Chief Brent Lang won the award for feature covering diversity in film and television for “Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her revealing documentary about Dian von Furstenberg and the making of a ‘Star Wars’ film” .
- Contributor Pamela Chelin won the Online Celebrity Feature Award for ‘Martin Scorsese Hosts Robbie Robertson Tribute Concert’
- Digital design director Dan Doperalski won a celebrity portrait trophy for capturing “Lawman: Bass Reeves” star David Oyelowo.
- Lead photographer Michael Buckner won for news photo for his photo of Fran Drescher on the first day of the SAG-AFTRA strike that appeared on the cover of the July 19, 2023 print edition of Variety. Creative director Haley Kluge and visual director Jennifer Dorn also shared the award.
- Awards editor Clayton Davis won the award for his commentary on the TV industry trend for “Love on the Spectrum” which shows me examples of how my autistic son might be as a child. ‘adult – and it’s incredible.
Variety also racked up over 20 second places and over 12 third places over the course of the evening. The ceremony included honorary commendations given to Kevin Frazier, Tiffany Haddish and Kathy Bates, all of whom demonstrated the power of journalism.
The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the David Robb Civil Justice Award, named in honor of the veteran trade union journalist, who died in December 2023 at the age of 74. Variety and Hollywood Reporter alumna Anita M. Busch joined former Hollywood Reporter editor-in-chief Alex Ben Block to honor Robb and inaugurate the commendation, which comes with a stipend of $5,000. Rick Ellis, writing for AllYourScreens.com, won first for his story “Matthew Feeney Was Minnesota’s ‘Quiet on Set’ Moment.”
Busch, a close friend and colleague of Robb’s who sponsored the memorial award, urged the crowd of journalists to follow his example in helping the marginalized and voiceless, and to always seek out “the underreported stories and the stories that don’t are not.” be said.