MMCA honors women leaders in diverse media excellence at 2024 Sheroes in Media Awards

MMCA honors the Sheroes in Media who’re championing range within the business. Study in regards to the awards ceremony and these trailblazing ladies.

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2024 Sheroes in Media Awards to Katina Arnold, Alicia Bell,

Janet Dewart Bell, Yvette Cabrera, Nicole Dungca,

Katherine Reynolds Lewis, Tracie Powell, and Emily Wilkins, 

Lifetime Achievement Award to Margery Kraus and

Luminary Award to Janet Yang

WASHINGTON, DC– The Multicultural Media & Correspondents Affiliation (MMCA) hosted its unique 2024 Sheroes in Media Awards reception on Thursday, March 28, 2024, on the Nationwide Press Membership close to the White Home, with leaders in media, philanthropy and communications gathered to uplift extraordinary ladies who exemplify numerous media excellence. 

Following the success of the inaugural digital ceremony in 2021, this 12 months’s occasion added two particular award classes: the Lifetime Achievement Award, given to Margery Kraus, Founder and Government Chairman of APCO, and the Luminary Award, given to Janet Yang, award-winning Hollywood producer and President of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences.

“By no means underestimate the ability of being underestimated,” mentioned Kraus throughout her acceptance speech, as she recounted her journey of constructing one of many largest PR companies on the planet, as a first-generation Jewish lady with mother and father who immigrated from Cuba. She emphasised the significance of inclusion, noting that “we now have far more to do” to make sure extra range and fairness within the media and society. 

Different honorees shared related tales of grit, resilience and braveness in overcoming stereotypes whereas rising to the highest, the place they’re now main the combat to make sure each gender and multicultural illustration as presidents of assorted journalists or journalists-supporting organizations. 

The awards have been introduced by Olga Lucia Torres, Chair of the Board of Trustees, adopted by trustee Sui Lang Panoke’s temporary overview of MMCA’s accomplishments. 

“The MMCA is grateful to honor these superb Sheroes. They work to make sure fairness within the media in order that BIPOC tales are seen and heard and to empower individuals of coloration and girls within the media. Their great work is inspiring, and we’re overjoyed to acknowledge their accomplishments,” mentioned Torres.

Emceed by Reena Ninan, a tv journalist and founding father of Good Bother Productions, the Sheroes in Media Awards ceremony was co-created by MMCA president David Morgan and trustee Hannah Kim, former deputy assistant secretary for public affairs on the US Division of Well being and Human Companies, who additionally introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award to Margery Kraus. The occasion was produced by Inexperienced Gigz, Inc., World Technique Group and powered by the BIPOCXChange.

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2024 MMCA Sheroes in Media Award honorees pictured (From Left to Proper:)

Yvette Cabrera, President, Nationwide Affiliation of Hispanic Journalists

Emily Wilkins, President, Nationwide Press Membership

Katina Arnold, Board Chair, Alliance for Girls in Media Basis

Nicole Dungca, President, Asian American Journalists Affiliation

Katherine Reynolds Lewis, Founder, Institute for Unbiased Journalists

Tracie Powell, Founder and CEO, The Pivot Fund, Inc.

Janet Dewart Bell, Board Chair, Girls’s Media Heart

Alicia Bell, Director, Racial Fairness in Journalism Fund, Borealis Philanthropy

Mary Kraus, Founder and Government Chairman of APCO (Lifetime Achievement Award)*

Janet Yang, President, Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences (Luminary Award)* 

MMCA interviewed every honoree to achieve insights into their unimaginable journey. A publishable interview article and associated press belongings for every honoree will be downloaded by clicking on their names above.

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About MMCA

Established in 2016, MMCA is a nonpartisan/nonprofit group main a name to motion to extend media range.  MMCA has turn out to be a trusted convener and facilitator of thought management, useful resource and data sharing, and strategic engagement between multicultural media stakeholders, tech and media decision-makers, policymakers, and personal entities dedicated to rising the proportion of numerous media stakeholders and content material. www.mmcadc.org; @mmcadc on all platforms. 

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