A W A R D S & G R A N T S
EARTH FOCUS
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Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards — Nominations — July 2025
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L.A. LOCAL COLOR
Earth Focus: Transforming the Los Angeles River
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EDUCATION/INFORMATION
Earth Focus: The Tortoise, the Raven, and Us
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FEATURE SEGMENT
Earth Focus: YTT Tribe Reclaims Ancestral Land
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INFORMATION SEGMENT
Earth Focus: Reimagining the Los Angeles River
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Los Angeles Press Club 67th Southern California Journalism Awards — June 2025
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Earth Focus: The Tortoise, the Raven, and Us
WINNER: ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING​
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Earth Focus: Transforming the Los Angeles River
WINNER: SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM
Earth Focus: All Episodes
WINNER: ANIMATION/MOVING GRAPHIC
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Nomination: FAITH/SPIRITUAL REPORTING
Earth Focus: YTT Tribe Reclaims Ancestral Land​​
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Nomination: PUBLIC SERVICE NEWS or FEATURE
Earth Focus: Reimagining the Los Angeles River
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Nomination: ACTIVISM JOURNALISM
Earth Focus: Diablo Canyon: California's Last Nuclear Power Plant
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Nomination: NEWS FEATURE (Over 5 Minutes)
Earth Focus: What Joshua Tree's Social Media Presence Means for Tourism
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Radio Television Digital News Association 75th Golden Mike Awards — Nominations — April 2025
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BEST SERIOUS FEATURE REPORTING, 5 MINUTES OR LONGER
Earth Focus: YTT Tribe Reclaims Diablo Canyon Land
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BEST SERIOUS FEATURE REPORTING, 5 MINUTES OR LESS
Earth Focus: Desert Ravens & Indigenous Traditions ​​
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BEST ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING, 10 MINUTES OR LESS
Earth Focus: Loving Joshua Tree
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TOOTH & NAIL
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Cameras and Lenses provided by the Panavision® New Filmmaker Program — April 2024
E V E N T S & F E S T I V A L S
TOOTH & NAIL
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FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival (Portugal) — June 2025
Official Selection: Experimental (Silver Lynx Competition)
Phoenix Film Festival (USA) — March 2025
Official Selection: Experimental Shorts
Creative Film Awards (USA) — February 2025
Official Selection: Fashion Film
WINNER: BEST COSTUME DESIGN​​​
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EARTH FOCUS
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Green Screen: Our Planet On Film at the Natural History Museum (NHM & PBS SoCal) — April 2025
Film screening of Earth Focus: Transforming the LA River
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Movie Night Under the Stars (Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument/Friends of the Desert Mountains) — October 2024
Film screening of Earth Focus: The Tortoise, the Raven and Us
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Earth Focus Presents: River Perspectives w/ DJ Ruben Molina (dublab & PBS SoCal) — April 2024
Immersive event at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) featuring Earth Focus episodes about the LA River, interactive ecology activities, oral histories from communities along the river, a pop-up VR exhibit and DJ Ruben Molina spinning tunes.
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N E W S
EARTH FOCUS
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"The best albums of 2024: Top pop from Jessica Pratt to Kendrick Lamar" (Washington Post)​​​
10. Elori Saxl, ‘Earth Focus (Original Score)’
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"An Indigenous future for nuclear power in California?" (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists)
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"Transforming the Los Angeles River" (Clockshop)
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