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As Women Writers Week continues at RogerEbert.com, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) has just announced the winners of the 2017 Gracie Awards, honoring the achievements of female luminaries in new and traditional media platforms. This year’s 42nd annual awards gala, which will take place Tuesday, June 6th, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, supports the AWMF’s educational programs and scholarship campaigns that benefit women in media. Among this year's honorees are America Ferrera, Drew Barrymore, Samantha Bee, Lena Dunham, Alia Shawkat, Robin Roberts, Mariska Hargitay, Linda Ellerbee, Olivia Colman and Savannah Guthrie, and touch on issues spanning from immigration to reproduction rights, race relations to women in the workforce. On Tuesday, June 27th, local and student award winners will be recognized at the Gracie Awards Luncheon at the Cipriani in New York City.
"If we learned one thing this year, it is that the strength, courage and contributions of women are crucial and necessary components in moving the world forward," said Sarah Foss, AWMF Chair and Chief Product Officer, Advertising Management Systems, Imagine Communications. "As we look to honor women in media, we take pause and recognize the millions of women who are not able to use their voice and creativity to share their message with the world. We hear you. We are you. And we stand beside you. We look forward to another great year and congratulations to the 2017 Gracie Award honorees."
Here is the complete list of this year's winners. Congratulations to one and all!
TELEVISION – GALA HONOREES
Soft News Feature: "Hidden Figures": Women of NASA, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
Actress in a Breakthrough Role: Alia Shawkat (Search Party), TBS
Sports Feature: All The Way Back: The Story of Emily Fogle, CBS Sports Network
Actress in a Leading Role - Comedy or Musical: America Ferrera (Superstore), Universal Television
Interview Feature (Grand Award): Between Breaths: A Story of Anxiety, Addiction, Hope (ABC News 20/20), ABC News
Special or Variety: Black Girls Rock!, BET Networks
News Series: Brock Turner Case, CBS News
Ensemble Cast: Call the Midwife, Neal Street Production for BBC and PBS
Interview Feature: Chessy Prout, the St. Paul’s Accuser (Savannah Guthrie), NBC's TODAY Show
Comedy: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, CBS Television Studios
Producer - Reality: Denise Contis (Naked and Afraid XL), Discovery Channel
Actress in a Supporting Role - Comedy or Musical: Donna Lynne Champlin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), CBS Television Studios
Actress in a Featured or Guest Role: Drew Barrymore (Odd Mom Out), Bravo Media
Limited Series: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Warner Bros. Television
Musical and Ensemble Cast (Grand Award): Hairspray Live!, Universal Television
Documentary: He Named Me Malala, National Geographic Channel
Reporter/Correspondent: Isobel Yeung (Afghan Woman's Rights), VICE on HBO
Producer - Entertainment: Lisa Wolfinger - Mercy Street, Lone Wolf Media and Scott Free for PBS
Producer - Non-Fiction: Lori McCreary (The Story of God with Morgan Freeman), National Geographic Channel
Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama: Lynn Whitfield (Greenleaf), OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Actress in a Leading Role - Drama: Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television
Reporter/Correspondent: Nelufar Hedayat, Fusion TV
Family Series (Grand Award): Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, Nickelodeon in association with Lucky Duck Productions
Actress in a Supporting Role - Made for TV Movie or Limited Series: Olivia Colman (The Night Manager), AMC Networks
Investigative Feature: Outside the Lines: Baylor Rape Crisis, ESPN
Director: Renee Cullen, CNN
Actress in a Leading Role - Made for TV Movie or Limited Series: Riley Keough (The Girlfriend Experience), Starz Entertainment
On-Air Talent - News or News Magazine: Robin Roberts (Game Changers with Robin Roberts), ABC News and Rock'n Robin Productions
On-Air Talent - Entertainment or Sports: Samantha Bee (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee), TBS
Producer - News: Stephanie Busari, CNN
Made for TV Movie: Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le, Lifetime
Hard News Feature: The Killing Machine (60 Minutes), CBS News
Family Series: The Powerpuff Girls, Cartoon Network
Talk Show - Entertainment: The View, ABC Television Network
Interview Series: The Women of Silicon Valley, NBC's TODAY Show
Non-Fiction or Reality: This Is Life With Lisa Ling, CNN
Drama: This Is Us, 20th Century Fox Television
Talk Show - News: TODAY, NBC's TODAY Show
RADIO – GALA HONOREES
Special: A Date with the First Lady (Cafe Mocha Radio), Miles Ahead Broadcasting
Producer: Adell Coleman (SiriusXM Urban View), SiriusXM Radio
Interview Feature - Non-Commercial Syndicated: Amanda Lindhout - A Gut-Wrenching Call Home (The Current), CBC Radio One
Host/Personality: Cheree Carter, Cumulus Media
Imaging: Cheree Carter, Cumulus Media
News Feature - Non-Commercial Syndicated: Europe Wakes Up To Prospect of Female Terrorists (Eleanor Beardsley), National Public Radio
Talk Show: GMA After Hours, ABC Radio
Reporter/Correspondent - Non-Commercial Syndicated: Hanna Rosin (Invisibilia), National Public Radio
Co-host: Kelly Ford (Ty, Kelly and Chuck), Cumulus Media
Public Service Announcement: McVay Minute and J:30, Dawson McAllister Association
Producer - Non-Commercial Syndicated: Meara Sharma (Kidnapped), On the Media, WNYC Studios
Interview Feature: Sandyland: On the M Train, SiriusXM Radio
Public Affairs - Non-Commercial Syndicated: Stretched: A Working Parents' Juggling Act (All Things Considered), NPR News
Investigative Feature - Non-Commercial Syndicated: The Cost Of Crossing (Jasmine Garsd), National Public Radio
News Feature: Two Little Bombs (Leila Fadel), NPR
Crisis Coverage - Non-Commercial Syndicated: Zika - Mothers in Brazil, National Public Radio
INTERACTIVE MEDIA – GALA HONOREES
Original Online Programming - Standalone Video (Grand Award): #MoreThanMean - Women in Sports 'Face' Harassment, Just Not Sports & One Tree Forest Films, Sarah Spain & Julie DiCaro
Online Video Host or Correspondent: Bianna Golodryga, Yahoo News
Original Online Programming - Standalone Audio: Breasts Unbound, Audible, LLC.
Website - Information or Entertainment: Broadly, VICE Media
Website - News: espnW.com, espnW
Online Producer - News: Ingrid Formanek, CNN International
Digital Newsletter: Lenny, Lenny Letter
Blog: Madaya Mom, ABC News
Online Producer - Information or Entertainment: Michelle Nash (Webucation), FUSION
Podcast Host: Nora McInerny (Terrible, Thanks for Asking), American Public Media
Podcast: Startup Season 4: Dov Charney's American Dream, Gimlet Media
Original Online Programming - News or Documentary: The Racial Politics of Abortion, ESSENCE Magazine
Original Online Programming - Video Series: UPLift Someone: Give UP a Gift, UP TV
TELEVISION – LUNCHEON HONOREES
Documentary - Local: #Playfor22, WKRC-TV
Hard News Feature - Student: Behind Closed Doors, University of Maryland, College Park
Community/Regional Programming - Local: Breast Cancer 2 Bikini, KTVN Channel 2 News (Sarkes Tarzian - CBS Affiliate)
Soft News Feature - Local: Food Truck Fighting Hunger, WCVB
Producer - Live - Local: Kaitlyn Anderson (CBS 13 News Live at Five), WGME
On-Air Talent - Student: Katiuska Guzman (The Roundabout), William Paterson University of New Jersey
Producer - Edited - Local: Kim Nordt-Jackson (Cosmos - An HD Odyssey), KTRK-TV
Director - Local: Kristin Dickerson (Miss Lori), KTUL Tulsa's Channel 8
Sports Feature - Local: Lumberjill (Kylee Knoles, John Dempsey), News 12 Connecticut
Talk Show - Local: MomsEveryday, Gray Television, Inc.
Director - Student: Murugi Thande, Women of WUSA9
Producer - Student: Murugi Thande, Women of WUSA9
Hard News Feature - Local: Rape Cases in Utah Courts, ABC 4 Utah
Soft News Feature - Student: The Business of Moving On (Angelo Bavaro), Maryland Capital News Service
Investigative Feature - Local: Toxic Safety, KPIX-TV
Documentary - Student: Unspoken: Heroin Addiction in the Muslim Community, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
On-Air Talent - Local: Vicky Nguyen, KNTV NBC Bay Area
RADIO – LUNCHEON HONOREES
Talk Show - Student: A League of Our Own - How Social Media Affects Women (Juliana Spano), Radio Hofstra University
Public Affairs - Student: A League of Our Own - Women In Prison Project (Juliana Spano), Radio Hofstra University
Producer - Non-Commercial Local: Anita Rao (The State of Things), WUNC
Host/Anchor - Non-Commercial Local: Anne Hallward MD (Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia), Safe Space Radio
Interview Feature - Non-Commercial Local: As It Happens - Rumana Monzur Interview, CBC Radio One
Hard News Feature - Local: Boyfriends Killing Boys (Megan Cloherty), WTOP Radio
News Feature - Student: Decision 2016 (Kelly Green, Alyssa Compa, & Geneva Gerwitz), Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM
Host/Anchor - Local: Erin O'Malley (WBMX Boston Middays), CBS Radio
News Feature - Non-Commercial Local: Homeless and Alone, She Struggles Toward Graduation (Laura Yuen), Minnesota Public Radio|American Public Media
Imaging - Local: Jillian Kempton (WLTW 106.7 Lite FM), iHeartMedia
Producer - Student: Juliana Spano, Radio Hofstra University
Reporter/Correspondent - Non-Commercial Local: Karen Foshay (KCRW Investigates: Burned), KCRW
Talk Show - Non-Commercial Local: Ladies, Let's Talk, Vermont Public Radio
Producer - Local: Laurel Lee (Pulse Roundtable Broadcast), Cox Media Group
Interview Feature - Local: New York Primary Day - Election Central with Rita Cosby, WABC Radio/Cumulus Media
Crisis Coverage - Local: Orlando Pulse Tragedy Roundtable, Cox Media Group
Host/Personality - Student: Pavlina Osta (Toni Tennille - Surviving Muskrat Love), The Pavlina Show
Documentary - Non-Commercial Local: Seven Schools Later: One Student's View of Segregation (WNYC's Radio Rookies), WNYC Radio
Co-host - Local: Shelli Sonstein (The Jim Kerr Rock 'n Roll Morning Show - Q104.3), iHeartMedia
Public Affairs - Local: Sonstein Sunday (Q104.3), iHeartMedia
Crisis Coverage - Student: Stonewall Inn Vigil for Orlando (Kacie Candela), WFUV
Interview Feature - Student: Strike A Chord: Veterans Returning Home (Blaine Kaniewski), WFUV
Special - Non-Commercial Local: Taking the Lead (Note to Self), WNYC Studios
Public Service Announcement - Local: The New 93Q Cares For Kids Radiothon, Cox Media Group
Soft News Feature - Local: Then You Stand (Exceptional Women - MAGIC 106.7), Beasley Media Group
INTERACTIVE MEDIA – LUNCHEON HONOREES
Online Video Host or Correspondent - Student: Concepts with Kacie: Bubbles, WFUV
Podcast - Student: Rebecca Lewis - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, WFUV
Online Producer - Student: 'Stealing Intimacy', GlobalGirl Media UK
Original Online Programming - Student: Tech Talk: Your Career, Your Choice, Passaic County Technical Institute, PCTI
Website - Student: Victoria's Amazing World, Victoria Bonavita
For more information about The Alliance for Women in Media, visit their official site.
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