City communications staff and Visit Las Cruces received gold, silver and bronze honors across multiple video categories

Organ Mountain News report

LAS CRUCES - The City of Las Cruces and Visit Las Cruces received 18 honors in the 47th Annual Telly Awards, city officials announced Wednesday.

According to the city, the awards included two gold, eight silver and eight bronze recognitions spanning multiple video and tourism categories.

The Telly Awards recognize video and television content across broadcast, online and social media platforms. Organizers said this year’s competition received more than 13,000 entries from around the world.

The city credited Technical Operations Manager Adrian Guzman, Media Production Specialist Nathaniel Bitting, Digital Content Specialist Cherish Pena and media production interns Celso Acosta and Eduardo Sandoval for producing content in partnership with multiple city departments.

Visit Las Cruces Marketing Manager Lorena Lozano and her team also received recognition for tourism-focused productions, according to the city.

Gold Telly winners included “The Fire Family | Las Cruces Fire Department” in the workplace culture category and “Serve Your Community | Join LCPD” in the recruitment category.

Silver-winning projects included the Bus Art Stop Series, “Bridging the Badge,” “Neighborhood Leadership Academy” and several tourism-related productions tied to Visit Las Cruces.

Bronze-winning entries included “Southwest Spirit,” “Shared Soil,” “Forged in Service” and “Amador Live,” among others.

City officials said judges evaluate entries individually rather than directly comparing them against one another. Awards are grouped into gold, silver and bronze performance levels based on scoring.

A full list of winners is available at The Telly Awards website.