08.02.24

BRIC’s Three Media Initiatives Nominated for Eight 2024 Emmy Awards

BRIC RECEIVES EIGHT
NEW YORK EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS

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BRIC, a leading arts and media institution, is pleased to announce that its three community media initiatives—BRIC TV, Brooklyn Free Speech TV, and studioBK—received eight nominations for the 2024 New York Emmy® Awards.

The nominations include three for BRIC TV, Brooklyn’s premier nonprofit video producer of hyperlocal news and social justice reporting, featuring content produced by BRIC, four for Brooklyn Free Speech TV, a community-driven nonprofit TV and podcast network featuring content produced by the Brooklyn community, and one for studioBK, BRIC’s Digital Content Agency that works with brands and organizations to develop, deliver, and distribute effective content.

Since 2014, BRIC’s three community media initiatives – BRIC TVBrooklyn Free Speech TV, and studioBK – have won 14 New York Emmy® Awards and received 74 nominations.

 

INTRODUCING BRIC’s 2024
NY EMMY® NOMINEES
(Watch our New York Emmy nominated videos below)
 

 

Emmy Category: Diversity/Equity/Inclusion – Long Form Content

Stealing Home
#BHeard Docs: Almost Home In Partnership with The City
/ General Manager: Kuye H. Youngblood
/ Executive Producer, Producer & Director: Jonathan Lief
/ Supervising Producer: Ro Johnson
/ Editor: Alix Diaconis

Emmy Category: Education/Schools – Short or Long Form Content

Homeroom Dreams: NYC’s Unhoused Student Crisis
#BHeard Docs: Almost Home In Partnership with The City
/ Producer & Director: Sriyanka Ray ❤️
/ General Manager: Kuye H. Youngblood
/ Executive Producer: Jonathan Lief
/ Editor: Brian Gersten

Emmy Category: Public Affairs Programming – Single Program

Broke Unhousing: How Marginalized Communities Get Locked Out
#BHeard Docs: Almost Home In Partnership with The City
/ General Manager: Kuye H. Youngblood
/ Executive Producers: Ro Johnson & Jonathan Lief
/ Producer & Director: Tadia Toussaint
/ Editor: Tadia Toussaint

 

The JazzTime Project – A Jazzy Musical Video

The JazzTime Project was nominated in the following categories:

  • Emmy Nomination I: Entertainment – Short Form
  • Emmy Nomination II: Musical Composition / Arrangement

/ Created, Produced, & Directed by Charles Mandracchia
/ Composer: Charles Mandracchia

The SheBop Project – A Musical Tribute to the Women in Entertainment

The SheBop Project was nominated in the following categories:

  • Emmy Nomination I: Entertainment – Short Form
  • Emmy Nomination II: Audio – Live / Post-Production

/ Created, Produced, & Directed by Charles Mandracchia
/ Composer: Charles Mandracchia

 

Emmy Category: Public Service Announcement (Campaign)

Shop Your City Small Business Services (SBS)

/ Executive Producer: Tony Horn
/ Director: Andrew Filippone Jr.
/ Producer: Clinton Philson, Jr.

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