Seeker’s Laura Ling, OWN Honored with Gracie Awards

by aharris

Today the Alliance for Women in Media announced the 2016 honorees for their annual Gracie Awards, including our own Laura Ling — named this year’s winner in the Online Video Host/Correspondent category, as well as four top honors for our OWN family.

Laura Ling and Mwanaidi Mwende Discuss the Challenges of Raising a Family Without Electricity
Laura Ling and Mwanaidi Mwende Share a Laugh While Discussing the Challenges of Raising a Family Without Electricity

Laura joined the Discovery family in November 2014 as Director of Development for Discovery Digital Networks and has been a force behind and in front of the camera for our Seeker network — from traveling to Tanzania to shed light on Africa’s energy poverty problem (helping drive the passing of the Electrify Africa Act) to interviewing people about the habits they have developed to make them survive and thrive in Rituals with Laura Ling (a series inspired by her own detainment in North Korea in 2009).

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Networks' 'Belief'
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Networks’ ‘Belief’

OWN has had a busy year and will be honored alongside Laura for four programs:

  • Belief  (Documentary – TV)
  • Super Soul Sunday (Talk Show – Entertainment, Lifestyle, Health – TV)
  • Iyanla: Fix My Life (Non-Fiction or Reality Show – TV)
  • Oprah’s Master Class (Portrait / Biography – TV)

AWM will celebrate honorees at The Gracies Gala on May 24 in Beverly Hills. Congrats, Laura and Team OWN!