California Ethnic Media Awards 2020

Ethnic Media Services and California Black Media – joint sponsors of the multi-lingual California Ethnic Media Awards for outstanding reporting in 2020.  The winners and finalists were 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-language 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 indispensable for communicating with our diverse society,”  said EMS director Sandy Close.