Nic Cha Kim is an award-winning television reporter, documentary filmmaker, playwright and cultural activist. Winner of 3 Golden Mikes from the Radio and Television News Association for Best Entertainment Reporting, Best Medical and Science Reporting, and Best TV News Public Affairs and the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club.
Executive Director of Niche.LA Video Art, Nic directs and produces documentaries for public television and curates digital and video art shows. Editor of Niche.LA Video Art featured in the Tumblr Art Spotlight. His plays Trapezoid, RE:verse, Rise Up!, and Like Yesterday have been produced for the stage by Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and Company of Angels.
Best known as Co-Founder of Gallery Row, a creative district in Downtown Los Angeles, Nic presented a proposal to create a gallery district called Gallery Row through parts of Skid Row, Historic Core, and Fashion District. On July 23, 2003, LA City Council voted unanimously to approve the Gallery Row proposal (Council File Index: 03-1571) which prompted Nic to form Gallery Row Organization, an economic development nonprofit with a mission to create a thriving, pedestrian-friendly, and culturally abundant urban neighborhood. Since unveiling, Gallery Row grew from 3 to almost 40 art galleries, museums, and public art installations and in 2005, Gallery Row Organization co-sponsored the Downtown Art Walk which now regularly attracts 30,000 visitors every month.
Nic currently works as a Multimedia Journalist for Spectrum News 1 SoCal. He previously worked as a television reporter for KCET’s award-winning weekly news series, SoCal Connected and documentary filmmaker for KCET’s transmedia series Artbound.
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