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Check Out our 2022 Broadcast Media Award Nominees

Featuring podcasts, docuseries, TikToks, and more.

Thu, June 9, 2022

Across all platforms, our 2022 Broadcast Media Award nominees found new and exciting ways to wake up our minds and our palates. From TikToks on the Pacific Coast's most delectable seaweed to wine-focused cooking competitions to emotional oral histories of Black American cuisine, we can't stop indulging in this feast of plates, cakes, and knowledge. Scroll down to find new favorites.

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Documentary/Docuseries Visual Media

Gather
Airs on: Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and Vimeo

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Airs on: Netflix

The Hungriest State
Airs on: Mississippi State University Television / Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Instructional Visual Media

Reality or Competition Visual Media

Commercial/Sponsored Visual Media

Justin V. Barocas, Evan Hayes, Dawn Porter, and Marcus Samuelsson
Uber Eats Presents: On the Rise with Marcus Samuelsson
Airs on: Eater, YouTube, Instagram

Sean O'Connor, Whitney Hassett, Kyle J. Glenn
I Hire Punks
Airs on: INFRA and Story Gorge outreach materials, website, and social media

Mando Rayo, Dennis Burnett
Made Right Here Road Trip
Airs on: YouTube

Visual Media—Short Form

Visual Media—Long Form

EatUp! New York
Airs on: ABC7 New York

Somebody Feed Phil -Chicago
Airs on: Netflix

Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition
Airs on: Hulu

Social Media Account

KJ Kearney
BlackFoodFridays
Airs on: TikTok and Instagram

Alexis Nikole Nelson
BlackForager
Airs on: TikTok and Instagram

Aleya Zenieris
Buzzfeed Tasty
Airs on: TikTok and Instagram

Audio Programming

Dish City - How American Chinese Food Became Delivery Food
Airs on: WAMU and various podcast platforms

Gastropod - Balls *and* Brains: The Science and History of Offal
Airs on: Vox Media Podcast Network and various podcast platforms

Good Food - 'We Are Each Other's Harvest': African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy
Airs on: KCRW and various podcast platforms

Audio Reporting

Mackenzie Martin
A People's History of Kansas City - Kansas City's Barbecue King
Airs on: KCUR and various podcast platforms

Lisa H Morehouse
California Foodways - Home Baked: One Woman's Subversive Response to the AIDS Crisis; Owls, Swallows, and Bluebirds: Farmers’ Secret Allies
Airs on: KQED and various podcast platforms

Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O’Hara
The Sporkful - A Reckoning At Bon Appétit; Update: Inside The Turmoil At Bon Appétit"
Airs on: Various podcast platforms

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