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\n\tAwards have always been a bedrock of our coverage at The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. We devote an enormous amount of time, energy and ink to the Oscars, the Emmys and the many other statuettes that crowd the Hollywood calendar each year.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhen I first arrived at THR<\/em> a few years ago, fresh to the trades, I was struck by the money, manpower and near-religious fervor Hollywood devotes to awards. Was this simply another symptom of an industry endlessly fascinated with itself?<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m no longer so sure.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt a moment of profound uncertainty \u2014 for Hollywood and for journalism \u2014 recognition from your readers and your peers can mean more than another trophy for the shelf. It can be a sign that the work is connecting, that it matters and that somebody out there is still paying attention.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the past few years, we\u2019ve worked to make THR<\/em> newsier, sharper and more ambitious: breaking the daily news of Hollywood while going deeper on the people and institutions reshaping it. We\u2019ve launched popular newsletters devoted to style and the London entertainment industry, opened our pages to provocative new columnists and brought rigor, wit and urgency to everything from boardroom upheavals to the Taylor Swift nuptials.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe work is paying off. While AI and the collapse of social and search referrals have battered digital media, THR<\/em> has bucked the trend, posting year-over-year audience growth in six months this year and replacing fleeting traffic from Google, Facebook and Instagram with something far more valuable: readers who seek us out and come to us directly.<\/p>\n

\n\tOur peers have noticed, too. THR<\/em> won the Webby People\u2019s Voice Award for best website and an ASME for our \u201cStuck\u201d cover. And just last month, we enjoyed a record night at the Los Angeles Press Club\u2019s Southern California Journalism Awards, taking home 44 prizes \u2014 including 20 first-place honors, more than any other publication.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe honors reflected the remarkable range of the newsroom. Gary Baum was named print journalist of the year, Seth Abramovitch entertainment journalist of the year, David Rooney best film critic and Scott Feinberg best audio host. THR<\/em> was also named best website, while creative director Ada Guerin took first place for cover art. Our video team won for both its Actresses Roundtable and a feature on the video-store owner defying the streaming era \u2014 and, just recently, Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>received a Daytime Emmy nomination.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd we\u2019re not done. New video franchises, a provocative slate of podcasts and newsletters devoted to Canada, AI and music are all coming soon. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the extraordinary staff pictured here: journalists who are curious, experienced, fiercely competitive and, despite everything, still excited by the work. None of this happens without them.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter decades as a journalist, I still think there\u2019s nothing more fun and rewarding than being first on a story, scoring that impossible interview, producing the cover that everyone\u2019s talking about. But posing with 20 first-place prizes at the Biltmore ain\u2019t so bad, either. It\u2019s the kind of fun you can brag about to your mom or (tastefully!) show off in your office. And even a staff full of skeptics will find it hard to be blas\u00e9 about that.<\/p>\n

\nThis story appeared in the July 22 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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