2004s Best Media Representations of Mixed Race People, Interracial Couples and Interracial Families Are Honored by 1st Annual Mixed Media Watch Image Awards

Media watchdog organization Mixed Media Watch announces that Jennifer Beals, The Rock, Showtimes The L Word, UPNs Girlfriends, and Verizons The Elliotts" ad campaign are among its Image Award honorees.

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 9, 2005 -- Mixed Media Watch, an organization that seeks to promote more realistic, three-dimensional portrayals of mixed race people, interracial couples and interracial families in the media, today announced the honorees for its 1st annual Mixed Media Watch Image Awards.

The Mixed Media Watch Image Awards recognize efforts by film, television, radio and print media to promote more realistic, three-dimensional portrayals of mixed race people, interracial couples and interracial families.

Mixed race individuals have become much more visible in the media recently," said Carmen Van Kerckhove, Co-Director of Mixed Media Watch. Marketers increasingly favor racially ambiguous models in their ad campaigns and many famous actors, musicians and athletes now openly identify themselves as biracial or multiracial."

But most media representations of mixed race people, interracial couples and interracial families are still too simplistic or sensationalistic," added Jen Chau, the other Co-Director of Mixed Media Watch. Media images have great cultural power. We hope that the Image Awards will inspire others to emulate and even surpass the work of 2004s honorees."

Below is the complete list of honorees for the 1st annual Mixed Media Watch Image Awards:

Special Honoree: Jennifer Beals

Honorable Mention: The Rock

Outstanding Television Drama Series: The L Word

Outstanding Television Comedy Series: Girlfriends

Outstanding Fiction: Country of Origin, The Love Wife, Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Symptomatic

Outstanding Advertising Campaign: Verizons The Elliotts"

Mixed Media Watch Image Award honorees were published, released or broadcast between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004.

For additional information, visit http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/1stimageawards.htm or contact Jen Chau, Co-Director of Mixed Media Watch at team@mixedmediawatch.com or 917-291-5227.

About Mixed Media Watch

Mixed Media Watch is a collaborative weblog and grassroots coalition that works to promote more realistic, three-dimensional portrayals of mixed race people, interracial couples, interracial families and transracial adoptees in film, television, radio and print media. Jen Chau and Carmen Van Kerckhove serve as its Co-Directors.

Contact:         

Jen Chau

Co-Director of Mixed Media Watch

New York, NY

Tel: 917-291-5227

team@mixedmediawatch.com

www.mixedmediawatch.com

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