OC World Wins Coveted ‘Real O.C.’ Award At OC Press Club Gala And Sweeps 'Best Video' Category! The OC World-produced documentary “Coastal Crisis: California’s Vanishing Beaches" received the coveted “Real O.C” award at this year’s OC Press Club’s Excellence in Journalism Awards Gala, held Thursday 15 June at the Anaheim Hills Golf Course. The “Real O.C.” award is given for the “story, review, feature, column, photo or broadcast video that best captures something special, surprising, telling, or essential about Orange County.” Second place was awarded to Voice of OC, third place and honorable mention to OC Register. OC World also swept the “Best Video” category with the following three programs: “From Hate to Healing,” "Hope Dies Last," and "To Live for the Harvest.” These documentary shorts and in-studio interviews are the results of the collaborative efforts of the OC World team: Manuel Gomez, Joone Kim-Lopez, Mike Moodian, Dan McKechnie, Ty Woodson and KLCS-PBS, Veronica Marquez, and so many others. We would also like to thank our Sponsors, our Advisory Committee [...]

UCI’s Center for Educational Partnerships Announces Collaboration with OC World Manuel Gomez, Joone Kim-Lopez, and Scott Hays have been named finalists in the OC Press Club’s 2023 Awards contest for outstanding Orange County journalism. OC World competed with journalists, writers, and reporters from Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Orange County Business Journal, and other print/digital publications. Winners will be announced at the OC Press Club’s Awards Gala 15 June 2023 at the Clubhouse at Anaheim Hills. Since its formal launch in March of 2022, OC World has interviewed such influential leaders as Wade Crowfoot, Calif. Secretary Natural Resources Agency; Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley Law School; former Los Angeles Mayor and newly appointed Infrastructure Advisor Antonio Villaraigosa; Andrew Yang, 2020 presidential candidate and now co-chair of The Forward Party; Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua; giant-screen documentary producer Greg MacGillivray; CalOptima Health CEO Michael Hunn; and California Assemblyman Robert Rivas and U.S. Congressman Mike Levin, among many others. These programs have been viewed roughly 80,000 [...]

Upcoming Shows 5 p.m. Monday 29 May Jeffery Ball, CEO/President – Orange County Business Council Mark Percy, CEO/President – CEO Leadership Alliance OC 5 p.m. Monday 5 June CalOptima Health is the largest Medi-Cal health insurer in Orange County serving nearly 1 million low-income children, adults, seniors, and those with disabilities. The $4 billion agency has gone through a state audit, new leadership, and now is poised to enhance its services to the most vulnerable population in the county. To share their vision in this two-part exclusive series are Clay Corwin, Chair of CalOptima Health Board of Directors; CEO Michael Hunn; and Kelly Bruno-Nelson, executive director of Medi-Cal/CalAIM. With a decade-high record number of entries—roughly 13,000 from five continents and 50 countries—two OC World-produced documentaries were selected Winners in the 44th Annual Telly Awards! “Coastal Crisis: California Vanishing Beaches” received the Silver Telly Award in Television – Social Responsibility, while “To Live for the Harvest” received the Bronze Telly Award in Television – Documentary Short Form. [...]