I am honored to have won in five categories at the Los Angeles Press Club‘s 2026 Southern California Journalism Awards, including second place for Entertainment Journalist of the Year (recognizing my work for Licorice Pizza Records, FLOOD, Gold Derby, Music Connection, and this very website, the completely independent Lyndsanity.com), along with two first-place awards and another two for third place.
In the Audio Journalism category, my outrageous and unfiltered Lyndsanity conversation with the Church’s Steve Kilbey took home first prize for best Personality Profile/interview, Entertainment Personalities (Over 10 Minutes), and in the Online category, my adorable and heart-warming interview with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill snagged third prize for best Music Feature, Groups.
My fun Gold Derby opinion piece breaking down my personal 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot scored me my other first-place trophy of the night, for best Entertainment Commentary, Arts. Rounding out my tally was third place for best Music Feature in the Magazines category, for one of my favorite articles of my career: a 25th-anniversary Gorillaz cover story for FLOOD.
I was also delighted and excited to co-present at the ceremony with actor/Travel Channel host Jack Maxwell, in front of a Millennium Biltmore Hotel ballroom audience that included many of my talented peers plus honorees like country superstar Kenny Chesney, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa (who Jack and I had to immediately follow!), ABC sports journalist Rob Fukuzaki, civil rights attorney Carol Sobel, and NBC’s Craig Melvin.
Congratulations to all of the winners, nominees, and presenters, and many thanks, as always, to the Los Angeles Press Club for having me. Click here for the full list of categories of results with the judges’ commentary, and scroll down for direct links to my five winning entries.
FIRST PLACE – AUDIO JOURNALISM: PERSONALITY PROFILE/INTERVIEW, ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITIES (OVER 10 MINUTES)
Lyndsanity, “The unguarded moments: The Church’s Steve Kilbey opens up about 45-year career, loveless fascinations with Duran Duran and record label ‘f***ing idiots and philistines,’ and more”
FIRST PLACE – ONLINE: ENTERTAINMENT COMMENTARY, ARTS
Gold Derby, “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025: Our voter’s unfiltered official ballot”
SECOND PLACE – ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Lyndsanity, Licorice Pizza Records, FLOOD, Gold Derby, Music Connection
THIRD PLACE – MAGAZINES: MUSIC FEATURE
FLOOD Magazine, “The House Gorillaz Built”
THIRD PLACE – ONLINE: MUSIC FEATURE, GROUPS
Lyndsanity, “How powerpop power couple Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill’s real-life romance was predicted by teenage fan-fiction: ‘You’re either going to find this adorable, or you’re going to run screaming into the night’”
