OC Press Club Gala

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 Members, and those who have allowed us into their lives to tell their stories.

— Scott Hays, Founder / Executive Producer

South Coast Magazine honors OC World’s two year anniversary in its December 2023 issue. Executive Producer Scott Hays shares, “OC World is grateful for the significant support we’ve received over the past two years in support of our new nonprofit media model, helping us educate and inform the community of Orange County about issues of significance in their lives.” Read full article article on page 25, click here.

Left to Right: Scott Hays, OC World Founder / Executive Producer; Kenneth Stanigar, Data Analytics Consultant, Octane; Amy Choi-Won, Partner Engagement Specialists, North Orange County ROP; Zeeshan Subzwari, Managing Director Healthsocal AI, Octane; Rima Nashashibi, President, Hope 365; Linda DiMario, Director Community Engagement, Octane; and Stefaan Poortman, Senior Director, Edwards Lifesciences.

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