IndieWire took residence 4 of the highest prizes on the 2025 Southern California Journalism Awards, together with Greatest Web site, Information Group Unique to the Web, which honored all the workers, and three awards for particular person writers. IndieWire obtained a grand whole of 11 nominations at this yr’s awards, which marks probably the most it has earned in a single yr. The winners have been introduced by the Los Angeles Press Membership at a gala on the night of Sunday, June 22.
IndieWire TV Critic Ben Travers gained the Criticism of TV award, with the judges providing the next reward for his evaluation of “Any individual Someplace” Season 3: “What’s the smartest thing a evaluation can ship? If it’s a good evaluation, and the reader has not skilled the manufacturing, it conjures up the reader to right away search out the piece and expertise it. This evaluation fills that invoice admirably — and as a bonus presents accessible prose and a few good turns of phrase. Briefly, the evaluation itself is gratifying, and it lures the reader to a TV collection that the reviewer finds gratifying and satisfying.”
Senior Movie Reporter Brian Welk gained the Information Function, Movie/Broadcast Associated class for his story Tax Credit Aren’t Sufficient: How States Are Wooing Movie Productions. The judges wrote “This is a vital story for the business, and it’s well-written.”
IndieWire’s Craft Editor Sarah Shachat and producer Trevor Wallace gained the Common Podcast class for How ‘Hacks’ Retains Ava and Deborah (and the Viewers) on Their Toes in Season 3, with the judges writing “This fairly entertaining podcast was particularly well-produced and provided revealing, behind-the-scenes insights.”
IndieWire additionally obtained three second place finishes (Chief Critic and Critiques Editor David Ehrlich for Criticism of Motion pictures, Options Author Jim Hemphill for Commentary/Evaluation of Movie, and Senior Information Editor Samantha Bergeson for TV/Streaming/Radio Function) and two third place finishes (Digital Director Christian Blauvelt for Obituary/In Appreciation, TV/Movie Personalities and Affiliate Editor Harrison Richlin for Leisure Commentary, TV/Movie Associated). IndieWire’s Weekend Editor Rance Collins additionally obtained a nomination within the Print Journalist (Beneath 50,000 Circulation) class for his earlier work on the Beverly Press.