IndieWire Earns Two Daytime Emmy Noms for Craft Roundtables
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- IndieWire earned two Daytime Emmy nominations announced July 14 for its inaugural Craft Roundtables series, in the Outstanding Directing for a Daytime Studio Non-Fiction Series and Outstanding Editing for a Daytime Studio Program categories.
- IndieWire's nominated editing-focused episode featured editors Kirk Baxter ("A House of Dynamite"), Affonso Goncalves ("Hamnet"), Michael P. Shawver ("Sinners"), Andy Jurgensen ("One Battle After Another"), Pamela Martin ("Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere"), Saar Klein ("Dead Man's Wire"), and Luke Lynch ("BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions").
- The Craft Roundtables were directed by IndieWire executive producer Mary Pelloni and edited by IndieWire video producer Trevor Wallace, with executive producers PMC senior VP Jerry Ruiz, IndieWire publisher James Israel, and Editor-in-Chief Dana Harris-Bridson.
- The series premiered in December 2025, aired on PBS SoCal this January, and features host Jim Hemphill in conversations with editors, cinematographers, casting directors, and production designers; Season 2, focused on TV artists, premiered this June.
- IndieWire was nominated alongside traditional daytime linear-TV shows including "The Drew Barrymore Show," "Entertainment Tonight," "The Kelly Clarkson Show," "Today," and "Extra" — a notable juxtaposition for a digital-first outlet in its first year of Emmy-eligible production.
- IndieWire also won Best Website at this June's SoCal Journalism Awards for the second consecutive year, receiving six nominations from the body that recognizes excellence in arts and entertainment journalism.
Why it matters: IndieWire is now competing directly in Emmy categories against daytime-TV mainstays like 'The Drew Barrymore Show' and 'Entertainment Tonight,' validating its expansion into original video production barely a year after the Craft Roundtables launched. The two nominations, layered on top of a second straight SoCal Journalism Awards Best Website win, mark the outlet's push from trade publication to recognized video producer in a space historically dominated by linear TV.
