Check Out our 2022 Broadcast Media Award Nominees
Featuring podcasts, docuseries, TikToks, and more.
JBF EditorsJune 10, 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
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television
Airs on: American Public Television
Food Network Kitchen - Everything You Need to Know About Collard Greens
Airs on: Food Network Kitchen
The Wild Harvest with Alan Bergo
Airs on: Vimeo
Reality or Competition Visual Media
School of Chocolate - Flying Chocolate
Airs on: Netflix
SPARKLERS
Airs on: SOMM TV
Top Chef Family Style - Truffles, Caviar & Prawns -- Oh My!
Airs on: Peacock
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
Handmade - How 60,000 Metric Tons of Salt Are Harvested from One of the World’s Saltiest Lakes
Airs on: Eater
TrueSouth - Lake Village
Airs on: ESPN / SEC Network
Eat This - What Everyone Gets Wrong About Farm Work
Airs on: AJ+
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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The winners will be announced at the Media Awards ceremony in Chicago on the campus of Columbia College on Saturday, June 11, hosted by award-winning journalist, author, and host and executive producer of the new series Take Out on HBO Max, Lisa Ling. Check out the live stream on our Twitter on Saturday, June 11 at 5 P.M. CT.
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