Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:23 PM
In a ceremony honoring critic Joe Morgenstern for his career achievements, the Los Angeles Press Club announced the winners of the Second Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards.
Finalists and honorees came from publications, web sites and broadcasters of all sizes, and from all across the country. Locally, Ella Taylor of the LA Weekly was named best critic in the print category. Shawn Edwards and Russ Simmons of Fox4 News in Kansas City won the criticism category for television; Kenneth Turan of KUSC won for radio; and Tom Tangney of MyNorthwest.com won for online criticism.
Winners in other categories came from Playboy, Bloomberg, KABC, Georgia Public Radio, the Los Angeles Times, Marketplace, and Rolling Stone.
Morgenstern was honored for his lifetime contributions to the field of entertainment journalism. A film critic for the Wall Street Journal and KCRW, he is the co-founder of the National Society of Film Critics and one of only three film critics to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his work. Presenting the awards this year was film and television actor Robert Forster.
