I am proud, honored, and actually quite gobsmacked to announce that I won six awards (three for first place, and three for second place) at the 2024 Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, which were held Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.
My wins span across work I did in 2023 and 2024 for Totally ’80s, Yahoo Entertainment, and most excitingly, this here site, Lyndsanity. Scroll down for all of my winning entries.
Many thanks to the L.A. Press Club for the recognition, and congratulations to all of my worthy colleagues who also received awards and nominations.
FIRST PLACE: Anchor/Host
Totally ‘80s Podcast
Judges’ comment: Lyndsey’s passion for this decade is clear in her energy and charisma she establishes for herself as the host and the rapport she establishes with her guests.
FIRST PLACE: Theater Feature
Lyndsanity, Andy Prieboy breaks 25-year silence on cult-classic Axl Rose musical: “If anything in my life was like Brian Wilson’s ‘Smile,’ it was ‘White Trash Wins Lotto’”
Judges’ comment: This insightful, passionate interview/feature is a revelation about a brilliant yet doomed work of musical theater — one that should have been a Broadway Mega-Hit.
FIRST PLACE: Entertainment Feature
Yahoo Entertainment, How ‘The Lost Boys’ sexy saxophonist Tim Cappello ended up in that ‘greased-up, hip-popping, jumping-around, ultra sort of balls-out’ concert scene’
Judges’ comment: A deep-dive into a niche pop culture moment that gives new insight into a cult classic; the epitome of engaging entertainment journalism.
SECOND PLACE: One-on-One Interview, Other Arts Personalities
Totally ’80s, ‘The Legacy of George Michael with Simon Napier-Bell’
SECOND PLACE: Personality Profile, Music Personalities:
Yahoo Entertainment, ‘PiL’s John Lydon on caring for late wife in final stages of Alzheimer’s: ‘She really never forgot me. Not ever. Not once.’
SECOND PLACE: Personality Profile, Performing & Other Arts
Yahoo Entertainment, Trailblazing ‘groupie feminist’ Pamela Des Barres at 75: ‘I still get called a slut’
