“REPUTATION” Wins LA Press Club SoCal Journalism Award for Best Limited Podcast Series

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Los Angeles, CA — June 25, 2024

HEATDRAWN’s limited series podcast REPUTATION received 2nd Place for Best Limited Podcast Series at the 2024 LA Press Club SoCal Journalism Awards.

The recognition follows the series’ earlier finalist placement in both Best Limited Podcast Series and Race & Society Reporting categories.

Executive produced by Ethan Ward, REPUTATION investigates how public narrative, race, and policy intersect in conversations about homelessness and belonging in American cities. The episode's sound design and engineering was done by Jaeha Joshua Chang. Original theme music by James Ingram (Mega Dream Plus). Creative direction and podcast art by Kelly Bernard.

About HEATDRAWN Media

HEATDRAWN was founded in 2020 by award-winning journalist and executive producer Ethan Ward. The studio develops original reporting and narrative projects examining power, culture, and belonging across publishing, audio, screen, and digital platforms. Its projects include INHERITANCE, a publication examining what we carry forward from family, ambition, race, and nation; REPUTATION, an award-winning limited series podcast on homelessness and housing policy; and THE THREAD, an AI-powered narrative experiment exploring obituary data, memory, and legacy. HEATDRAWN has been recognized by the LA Press Club and supported by the Omidyar Network Tech Journalism Fund.

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