SEC Network program nominated for prominent James Beard Award
By Keith Farner
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A popular food and beverage program on the SEC Network is up for a prominent James Beard Award, ESPN announced on Thursday.
SEC Network’s TrueSouth is a finalist nod in the Visual Media—Short Form category. The Lake Village, Ark. episode in the fourth season of TrueSouth received the recognition from the foundation, with the media awards focusing on digital and terrestrial media—social media, radio, television broadcasts, podcasts, documentaries, online sites—covering food and beverage topics appearing widely for the first time in the United States in 2020 and 2021.
Executive producer Wright Thompson said, “we are grateful to the people of the Arkansas Delta for allowing us into their lives, and to Greg Sankey and the SEC for the support and belief.”
“To be nominated for the James Beard Award is a deserving recognition for TrueSouth, one of the signature programs on SEC Network,” SEC Deputy Commissioner Charlie Hussey said in a news release. “John T. Edge and Wright Thompson have created and developed a program that is unique among conference networks and is reflective of the distinct connection between sports, food and culture in the SEC.”
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A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
