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2020 Broadcast NomsTK

JBF Editors

Tue, June 2, 2020

Feast your eyes on this year's JBF Broadcast Media Award nominees for a sampling of some of the best content showcasing authenticity and diversity in and out of the kitchen. From an examination of four ingredients shifting the way we think about food to the exploration of the intersection of race and BBQ, the 2019 nominees simultaneously educate, inform, and leave you hungry for more.

Watch clips and full episodes from our nominees below*, and be sure to follow us on Friday, April 26th, when we announce the winners at the Media Awards in New York City.

Audio Program
The Food Programme – The Search for Esiah's Seeds
Airs on: BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

It Burns: The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chili
Airs on: Audible

The Sporkful – When White People Say Plantation
Airs on: iTunes, Sporkful, Spotify, and Stitcher

Audio Reporting
California Foodways – The Curious Second Life of a Prather Ranch Cow: Biomedical Research; Trans Man Finds – and Creates – Refuge in His Family's Small-Town Cafe; Legalizing Cannabis Impacts Food, Farming in Humboldt
Reporter: Lisa Morehouse
Airs on: KQED, California Foodways, iTunes, Google Play, Radio Public, SoundCloud, and Stitcher

Food Actually – Junk Food Actually
Reporter: Tamar Adler
Airs on: Luminary

Gravy – Mahalia Jackson’s Glori-Fried Chicken
Reporter: Betsy Shepherd
Airs on: southernfoodways.org and iTunes

Documentary
Harvest Season
Airs on: PBS

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
Airs on: Apple TV and Amazon Prime (starting June 19, 2020)

That's My Jazz
Airs on: Vimeo

Online Video, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
Chef Studio: The Crumby Bits – Cricket Macarons
Airs on: YouTube

Grace Young – Wok Therapist
Airs on: GraceYoung.com and YouTube

Ready Jet Cook - How to Make Pad Thai with Jet Tila
Airs on: FoodNetwork.com and YouTube

Online Video, on Location
Eat, Drink, Share, Puerto Rico – El Burén de Lula
Airs on: YouTube

Handmade – How Knives Are Made for New York's Best Restaurants; How a Ceramics Master Makes Plates for Michelin-Starred Restaurants
Airs on: Eater and YouTube

Eat This with Yara – Why Eating This Fish Could Save Coral Reefs
Airs on: YouTube and AJ+

Outstanding Personality/Host
Alton Brown
Good Eats: The Return
Airs on: Food Network

David Chang
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Airs on: Netflix

Roy Choi
Broken Bread with Roy Choi
Airs on: Tastemade and KCET

Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location
Good Eats: The Return – American Classic: Chicken Parm
Airs on: Food Network

Lidia's Kitchen – Trattoria Favorites
Airs on: PBS

Pati's Mexican Table – A Local's Tour of Culiacán
Airs on: WETA; distributed nationally by American Public Television

Television Program, on Location
Chef's Table – Asma Khan
Airs on: Netflix

Las Crónicas del Taco (Taco Chronicles) – Canasta
Airs on: Netflix

Street Food – Bangkok, Thailand
Airs on: Netflix

Visual and Audio Technical Excellence
Chef's Table
Adam Bricker, Chloe Weaver, and Will Basanta
Airs on: Netflix

Street Food
Alexander D. Paul, Matthew Chavez, and Shane Reed
Airs on: Netflix

The Taste of Place – Wild Rice
Jesse Roesler and Kevin Russell
Airs on: Vimeo

Visual Reporting (on TV or Online)
Fork the System – Moro Food of Muslim Mindanao: This is Filipino, Too
Reporters: Joi Lee and HyoJin Park
Airs on: Al Jazeera English Digital, YouTube, and Facebook

In Real Life– Why This $300 Clam Is so Important to Native Americans and China
Reporters: AJ+ Staff
Airs on: YouTube and AJ+

Rotten – The Avocado War
Reporters: Christine Haughney, Erin Cauchi, and Gretchen Goetz
Airs on: Netflix

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*Nominated pieces without links did not provide urls for viewing their materials.