Podcaster (and Duchess of Sussex) Meghan Markle, actors Christina Applegate and Ava DuVernay, and nation music star Religion Hill are among the many winners of this yr’s Gracie Awards recognizing excellent achievements of girls in media.
Offered by the Alliance for Ladies in Media Basis, the forty eighth Annual Gracie Awards recipients additionally embrace TV packages Abbott Elementary, In the present day, The Drew Barrymore Present, 48 Hours and Showtime’s The Handmaid’s Story.
“Thanks to the Alliance for Ladies in Media Basis for this prestigious honor,” Markle mentioned in a press release posted on her Archwell web site. “It is a shared success for me and the workforce behind Archetypes – most of whom are ladies – and the inspiring visitors who joined me every week.” Archetypes is Markle’s Spotify podcast.
Winners in journalism classes embrace Debora Patta (CBS Information), Paola Ramos (MSNBC) and Daybreak Porter (ESPN), amongst others.
This yr, The Gracies, named after radio and TV pioneer Gracie Allen, featured a theme of storytelling. “This yr’s recipients exemplify Gracie Allen’s spirit by their distinctive expertise, innovation, and imaginative and prescient,” mentioned Becky Brooks, president, Alliance for Ladies in Media Basis. “Their steadfast dedication to their craft and their tenacious resolve to interrupt boundaries function a compelling testomony to the important function ladies play in molding the cultural panorama.”
Winners can be honored at a gala occasion on Could 23 on the 4 Seasons Beverly Wilshire in LA. The native and pupil award-winners can be acknowledged on the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 20 at Cipriani in New York Metropolis.
A whole checklist of winners might be discovered on the Gracies web site.
