The Hollywood Reporter Wins Best Website, Online Journalist of the Year at National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

The Hollywood Reporter won 13 awards at the 17th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including best website and online journalist of the year for Mesfin Fekadu.

The awards were handed out Sunday night by the Los Angeles Press Club at a gala taking place at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

Other THR wins included Seth Abramovitch’s Cheryl Hines cover story as best personality profile, TV/streaming industry over 2,500 words; Scott Feinberg’s oral history of Schindler’s List as best film industry feature over 1,000 words; Lacey Rose’s Dan Harmon interview for best TV industry feature over 1,000 words; and David Rooney’s ranking of Hollywood’s 20 most erotic movies as best film feature, production/history.

In the celebrity investigation category, THR‘s story “Will Ferrell on Navigating His Best Friend’s Transition in ‘Will & Harper,’” with reporting from Seija Rankin, Jason Rovou, Stephanie Fischette, Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Maer Roshan, was the top winner.

THR was also recognized for best photo essay for “Hollywood’s Top Stylists,” by Ash Barhamand, Ava Selbach, Naomy Pedroza, Peter B. Cury and Munachi Osegbu, among several other awards.

Kathy Bates, Melissa Etheridge, Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Frazier also were honored at the event.

A full list of THR’s wins follows.

Entertainment Website
The Hollywood Reporter Staff, THR.com

Online Journalist of the Year — Tied to an organization
Mesfin Fekadu

Film Industry Feature — Over 1,000 Words
Scott Feinberg, “‘Schindler’s List’: An Oral History of a Masterpiece”

TV industry Feature — Over 1,000 Words
Lacey Rose, “Dan Harmon Is Ready to Talk About All of It (Including the Justin Roiland Drama)”

Film Feature, Production/History
David Rooney, “Hollywood’s 20 Most Erotic Movies, Ranked”

Diversity in the TV/Streaming Industry
Abbey White, “How The CW’s ‘Sight Unseen’ Built a Production For and Driven By Blind and Low Vision Creatives”

Music/Performing Arts Industry Feature — Under 1,000 Words
Mesfin Fekadu, “Dolly Parton on Turning Down the Super Bowl and Her New Rock Album: ‘I Don’t Want It to Be Half-Ass Country’”

Celebrity Feature
Rebecca Keegan, Katie Kilkenny, “Fran Drescher’s Role of a Lifetime”

Personality Profile, TV/Streaming Industry — Over 2,500 words
Seth Abramovitch, “Cheryl Hines … as First Lady? The ‘Curb’ Star on Life After Larry and Marriage to RFK Jr.”

Celebrity Investigative
Seija Rankin, Jason Rovou, Stephanie Fischette, Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Maer Roshan, “Will Ferrell on Navigating His Best Friend’s Transition in ‘Will & Harper’”

Commentary Analysis/Trend, Film
Lovia Gyarkye, “A New Wave of Films Experiments With How We See Climate Change”

Commentary Analysis/Trend, Other Arts
James Hibberd, “When a Ketamine Therapy Visit Goes Horribly Wrong”

Photo Essay
Ash Barhamand, Ava Selbach, Naomy Pedroza, Peter B. Cury, Munachi Osegbu, “Hollywood’s Top Stylists”

In addition, THR’s Kim Masters won in the category of one-on-one interviews, film personalities, radio/podcast, along Joshua Farnham, for their work at KCRW with “‘One Life’ director on the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton; Iger triumphs in Disney proxy fight.”