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’

My nominations span across work I have done for Totally ’80s, Yahoo Entertainment, and this here site, Lyndsanity. Scroll down for all the categories I am nominated in (including one where I am competing against myself!), and click here for the full list of NAEJ nominees.

Congratulations to all of my worthy colleagues who also received nominations, and see you at the ceremony, which will take place Dec. 1 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown L.A. and will also honor Melissa Etheridge, Tiffany Haddish, Katy Bates, and Kevin Frazier.

Anchor/Host:
Totally ‘80s Podcast

One-on-One Interview, Other Arts Personalities:
Totally ’80s, “The Legacy of George Michael with Simon Napier-Bell”

Best Arts or Entertainment Regular Podcast:
Totally ‘80s Podcast

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.’”
*AND*
Yahoo Entertainment, “Milli Vanilli’s Fabrice Morvan recalls media’s cruel suicide jokes and Rob Pilatus’s last days: ‘I tried forever to save him’”

Personality Profile, Performing & Other Arts:
Yahoo Entertainment, “Trailblazing ‘groupie feminist’ Pamela Des Barres at 75: ‘I still get called a slut’”

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…’”

Music Feature:
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.’”

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”