SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Northern California Emmy Awards honored ABC10 Wednesday morning with 28 award nominations for excellence in journalism. ABC10 is tied with the most nominations among news organizations.
Winners will be announced on June 3 during an awards ceremony in San Francisco. There were 853 English language entries in 74 categories. ABC10 Investigative Producer Rory Ward led the team with 11 nominations.
Many of the nominations came from the ABC10 Originals investigative unit, Race & Culture team, and Bartell's Backroads travel series.
Nominees Include:
- Overall Excellence/News Excellence
- Hard News Report - “How PG&E Started the Dixie Fire,” Brandon Rittiman, Tyler Horst
- Investigative-Single Report - “Burning Grizzly Flats,” Andie Judson, Rory Ward
- Investigative-Single Report - “Fire-Power-Money: Who's behind the PG&E bailout?,” Gonzalo Magana, Brandon Rittiman, Rory Ward
- Investigative-Multiple Reports - “Unexplained Death at PG&E: What killed Steve Wink?,” Gonzalo Magana, Brandon Rittiman
- Investigative-Multiple Reports - “The Price of Care: Taken by the State,” Gonzalo Magana, Andie Judson, Mike Bunnell, Sabrina Sanchez, Xavier Uriarte, Rory Ward
- News Feature-Light Feature-Single Report - “Modoc Cattle Country,” John Bartell, Rachel Boyoung Kim
- News Feature-Light Feature-Multiple Reports - “Stockton's Cambodian American Experience,” Ananda Rochita, Rachel Boyoung Kim
- News Feature-Serious Feature-Single Report - “Remembering Jimmy Inn: One Year Later,” Ananda Rochita, Rory Ward
- News Feature-Serious Feature-Multiple Reports - “The Karuk Tribe's Burning Battle,” Carley Gomez, Rachel Boyoung Kim
- Arts/Entertainment-News or Long Form Content - “Bartell's Backroads: Goes to the Movies,” John Bartell, Rory Ward
- Diversity/Equity/Inclusion-News or Short Form Content - “Compton Cowboys," John Bartell, Rory Ward
- Documentary-Topical - “Fire-Power-Money: Secrets of the Camp Fire Revealed,” Gonzalo Magana, Mike Bunnell, Brandon Rittiman, Rory Ward
- Education/Schools-News or Long Form Content - “Dismissed: Being a Teacher in California,” Rachel Jacobs, Alex Bell, Xavier Uriarte, Vanessa Bozzuto
- Historical/Cultural-News or Short Form Content - "Yurok Canoe Ride,” John Bartell
- Historical/Cultural-News or Long Form Content - “Florin Square: Sacramento's Black Wall Street,” Sabrina T Sanchez, Katie Ji Min Kim, Kandace Redd, Rachel Boyoung Kim
- Historical/Cultural-News or Long Form Content - “Honored Ashes, Stories Untold: Sacramento's Deadliest Plane Crash,” Rachel Jacobs, Austin Kloch, Alex Bell, Xavier Uriarte, Vanessa Bozzuto
- Informational/Instructional - Short Form Content - “California Props: Explained - with Brandon Rittiman,” Gonzalo Magana, Brandon Rittiman, Rory Ward, Rachel Boyoung Kim
- Politics/Government-News or Long Form Content - “Explaining Propositions 26 and 27,” Morgan Rynor
- Societal Concerns-News or Long Form Content - “The Golden Cage: Trapped at the U.S. Mexico Border,” Gonzalo Magana, Mike Bunnell, Katie Ji Min Kim, John Bartell, Andie Judson, Rory Ward
- Societal Concerns-News or Long Form Content - “Segregating Sacramento,” Gonzalo Magana, Ananda Rochita, Rory Ward, Tyler Horst
- Promotion-News or Content - “Unexplained Death at PG&E,” Tyler Horst
- Talent-Program Host/Moderator/Correspondent - “Bartell's Backroads: Top Stops 10 region of California Road Trip,” John Bartell
- Writer-News - Kurt Rivera
- Writer-News - “Unexplained Death at PG&E: What killed Steve Wink?,” Brandon Rittiman
- Writer-Content - Andie Judson
- Photographer-News - “What's at the top of California's highest road?,” Tyler Horst
- Photographer-News - Rory Ward
See all the nominees HERE.
ABC10 is one of the region's most awarded news organizations.
In April, ABC10 investigative reporter Andie Judson's reporting on California's conservatorship system was nominated for a Peabody Award. In 2022, ABC10 received 5 Edward R Murrow awards. In 2021, the FIRE - POWER - MONEY investigative series received a national Murrow Award.
