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Los Angeles Press Club A non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status Tax ID 01-0761875 4773 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90027 Phone: (323) 669-8081 Fax: (323) 669-8069 info@lapressclub.org www.lapressclub.org PRESS CLUB OFFICERSPresident Will Lewis KCRW-FM EmeritusVice President Martha Sarabia La Opinion TreasurerBeth Barrett Investigative ReporterSecretaryJane Engle EditorExecutive DirectorDiana Ljungaeus International Journalist______________________
BOARD MEMBERSJohn Amato Crooks & Liars Robert Kovacik Anchor/Reporter, NBC4LAAnna Scott KCRWJon Regardie Executive Editor, L.A. Downtown NewsJill Stewart LA WeeklyRuben Vives Los Angeles TimesBarbara Gasser International JournalistGloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief/Publisher, Pace News
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ADVISORY BOARDAlex Ben Block Entertainment HistorianTed Johnson VarietyPatt Morrison LA Times/KPCC
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All the President’s Men – Watergate Up Close
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Wednesday, May 23, 7- 9 pm
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Location: The Crawford Family Forum, 474 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105 More.

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54th Annual LA Press Club Awards to name finalists for best work in 2011 by journalists filing on all media platforms.
Rarely have two historical journalistic events intersected and become the centerpiece for the 54th Annual Los Angeles Press Club’s Awards Gala June 24 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A.
That night Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward will receive the 2012 President’s Award for Impact on the Media. The award comes on the 40th anniversary of largest political scandal in American history, Watergate. As young Washington Post reporters, they wrote hard-hitting, investigative reports that tied the affair and subsequent cover-up to the Richard Nixon White House and contributed to the only resignation of a sitting U.S. president. More.

Special event produced by KPCC’s Crawford Family Forum in partnership with the Los Angeles Press Club
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Crawford Family Forum
474 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
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The Watergate break-in, White House cover-up, Deep Throat’s leaks to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two cub reporters at The Washington Post who broke the story… it’s the stuff of legend and arguably marked a sea-change in investigative journalism. John Dean, White House counsel to President Nixon, was there through it all, and is here to tell us why forty years ago this political scandal changed the way we cover politics and the presidency forever. He joins KPCC’s Frank Stoltze and veteran newsman Richard Reeves on Wednesday, May 16 at KPCC’s Crawford Family Forum. Stoltze is two-time winner of the LA Press Club’s Radio Journalist of the Year. More.
Los Angeles Press Club board has elected its officers for 2012.
Will Lewis, KCRW emeritus, was re-elected president; Martha Sarabia, LA Opinion, is vice president; Beth Barrett, investigative reporter and formerly vice president, is treasurer; Jane Engle, former LA Times travel editor, was re-elected secretary. Diana Ljungaeus continues as executive director.
You have one extra day—Leap Day Feb. 29—to enter and win a Los Angeles Press Club SoCal Journalism Award and save on every entry with our Early Bird rates.
We’re looking for the best work of 2011 in print, broadcast and the Internet, including the social networks.
If there were ever a year to become a finalist in the LA Press Club’s SoCal Journalism Awards, 2012 is the [...]
SoCal CONNECTED SERIES ON SPENDING AT HOUSING AUTHORITY SHAKES UP AGENCY
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CBS2/KCAL9 investigative reporter David Goldstein has been named by the board of directors of the Los Angeles Press Club as the 2012 winner of the coveted Joseph M. Quinn Memorial Award for lifetime achievement.
“His reporting is synonymous with serious journalism in local TV news,” said LA Press Club President Will Lewis. “David has covered the [...]
[ January 12, 2012; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_2142" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Panelists discuss "What If King had Tweeted the Movement" at the Los Angeles Press Club (Photo: Ian Foxx)"][/caption]
What if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had Tweeted the Civil Rights Movement
On Thursday Jan. 12, the Los Angeles Press Club presented a prestigious panel discussion of how Dr. King might have used [...]
For a tax deduction in 2011, join, renew or contribute to your Los Angeles Press Club by Dec. [...]
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[ December 8, 2011; 7:00 am to 9:00 am. ] Book Party – Alive Inside the Wreck: A Biography of Nathanael West, by Joe Woodward
Thursday, December 8, at 7:00 pm. Event over.
About the Book:
From his name to his college transcript to his literary style, Nathanael West was self-invented. Born Nathan Weinstein, the author of the classics Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939) was an uncompromising artist [...]
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to Accept 2012 Los Angeles Press Club’s President’s Award
WATERGATE REPORTERS WHO REDEFINED INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM WILL ACCEPT PRIZE 40 YEARS AFTER THE EVENT
Bernstein, Woodward in The Washington Post newsroom, circa 1972
Next year marks a major milestone in American journalism: the 40th anniversary of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s pioneering reporting on [...]
At Thursday’s LA Press Club’s 4th Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards, The Hollywood Reporter walked off with four first place trophies, including best entertainment publication.
There was a tie for Entertainment Journalist of the Year. Tara Wallis-Finestone, senior producer for NBC4-LA, and Dylan Howard, senior executive editor of RadarOnline, each took home a $500 check. The [...]
The full list of Winners from National Entertainment Journalism Awards:
A – ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR, ALL PLATFORMS
Tie: Tara Wallis-Finestone, NBC-LA
Dylan Howard, RadarOnline.com
Judge’s comments: As a Senior Producer for NBC4, Tara Wallis-Finestone organizes and writes unique and compelling stories for NBC4 in a fast-moving and highly visual manner. She is a gifted story-teller who [...]
[ November 17, 2011; 6:00 am to 9:30 am. ]
Hugh M. Hefner, Jack Maxwell, Sarah Sweet, Dick Gregory, Robert Kovacik
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The tables will be turned when the legendary editor-in-chief of Playboy Magazine, Hugh M. Hefner, is interviewed onstage by NBC4 news anchor Robert Kovacik in the incisive and entertaining style pioneered by the popular men’s [...]
SCBA has published radio jobs as of Nov. 1. LAPC is listing those where a journo background is necessary and/or useful.
See the full list:
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American Public Media- Asst. Community Editor/Rep.
American Public Media- Internship
American Public Media- News Editor
American Public Media-Assistant Community Editor/Reporter
American Public Media-Associate Producer
American Public Media-Associate Producer, Morning Edition
American Public [...]
The Press Club has been able to recruit a number of strong candidates either to run for open seats, or to be appointed to vacant seats for the 14-member board of directors for the coming year.
Ballots will be in the mail this week to LAPC members in good standing.
Running for the first time are:
Barbara Gasser, [...]
ONLINE AUCTION PREVIEW’S WED. NOV. 3, LAUNCHES, NOV. 10.
Hugh M. Hefner, the legendary editor-in-chief and founder of Playboy Magazine, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Press Club at its 4th Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on November 17 at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
“Hefner’s footprint on American popular [...]
“A Bitter Taste of Freedom” a film by Marina Goldovskaya.
It is a documentary about slain Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya. While it is a personal and touching portrayal of Anna Politovskaya as a troubled wife and loving mother, it also shows the lengths that she, as a journalist, would go in the search for truth. She was [...]
ELECTION FOR 2012 BOARD UNDERWAY
8 Ball Award presented to President Truman in 1948
Thurs., Oct. 13
2012 Board Elections and LAPC Annual Meeting. Candidates for next year’s board presented arguments for their respective election.
All members in good standing are eligible to vote in the upcoming elections. (This is a good time to renew your Club membership or [...]
The Los Angeles Press Club is fielding candidates for the 2012 Board of Directors. For print, broadcast and Internet journalists, this is an opportunity to serve in a non profit organization.
This year represents a unique opportunity for a new generation of board members to help shape the future direction of the Press Club with for [...]
Call Diana @ 310-210-1860 or email her at diana@lapress club.org CALL FOR ENTRIES ENTRY [...]
Larry Mantle, Warren Olney, Patt Morrison honored on Oct. 18 at Central Library
Warren Olney, KCRW's Which Way, LA?
KPCC’s Airtalk
KPCC’s Patt Morrison
Community Advocates, Inc.
Proudly Honors
LARRY MANTLE, WARREN OLNEY, PATT MORISSON
With the inaugural presentation of the
Bill Stout Memorial Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism
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LA Press Club, KCRW, Library Foundation & KPPC
Presentations by
Hon. Richard J. Riordan, Hon. Zev [...]
Gene Webster, former Los Angeles Press Club president, died Sept. 16, following an illness. A memorial will be held Saturday October 1, 2011 at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City from 10 am until 2.
Dec. 27, 1924 – Sept. 16, 2011
Gene Webster, former KABC-TV Editorial Director, winner of 4 Golden Mikes, and author of Random [...]
Hugh M. Hefner, the legendary editor-in-chief and founder of Playboy Magazine, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Press Club at its 4th Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on November 17 at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
“Hefner’s footprint on American popular culture is huge,” says LA Press Club President [...]
Final deadline extended to Tuesday, October 11; Diana must approve extensions. 310-210-1860 or diana@lapressclub.org
This national contest is aimed at entertainment reporters and editors, film and television critics across the country, including foreign journalists. Open to all U.S.-based entertainment journalists for work published or disseminated during 2010/2011 (January 1 2010 – June 30 2011). All categories [...]
Reprinted from LAObserved.com
Here’s a classy LAT farewell note
Kevin Roderick • July 27 2011 6:47 PM
One of the Los Angeles Times newsroom veterans who learned today that she was laid off is Jane Engle, an assistant editor in Travel who has written a lot for the Travel section. A former editor on the Foreign desk, she’s been [...]
EVENT TOOK PLACE 8/25/11
We are pleased to invite you to meet with our 2011 Daniel Pearl Fellows, Aatekah Mir from Pakistan and Emal Haidary from Afghanistan. They will share their experiences in America at a panel discussion moderated by Rob Eshman, Thursday, August 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m. at the Los Angeles Press Club. [...]
NBC NEWS TRIBUTE VIDEO PREPARED FOR DANIEL PEARL AWARD AT AWARDS GALA
From NBC Nightly News, Thurs. June 30, 2011
NBC’s Brian Williams:
“And please allow us to tell you about one of our own….Richard Engel, our chief war correspondent–Last weekend he received the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity… from the LA Press Club….Richard has spent [...]
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60 MINUTES’ Correspondent Lesley Stahl, NBC News Senior Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and KTTV’s John Schwada were honored at the LA Press Club’s 53rd Journalism Awards Gala, Sunday June 26 in the legendary Crystal Ballroom at the historic Biltmore in downtown LA.
The club presented its first Public Service Award to the two LA [...]
Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent, will receive the 2011 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity at the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards on Sunday, June 26th at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.
The Daniel Pearl Award was created in 2002 by the LA Press Club and the family of Daniel Pearl in memory [...]
The Los Angeles Press Club has issued a call for entries for one of the oldest and largest news competitions in the Southland—the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards.
DEADLINE: April 7th at 5 pm
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The contest will judge the year’s best [...]
Lesley Stahl, veteran correspondent for America ’s number-one news program, 60 MINUTES, will be honored by the Los Angeles Press Club with the 2011 President’s Award for Impact on the Media. She will accept the award at the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards in the legendary Crystal Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore on Sunday, [...]
[ March 24, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Please join us on March 24 at the Los Angeles Press Club to hear Los Angeles Times reporters Jason Felch, Jason Song and Doug Smith discuss “How We Got the Story” about 6,000 Los Angeles teacher test scores that created a nationwide media sensation. Moderated by press club board member Jill Stewart from LA Weekly.
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Loyola Law School, Los Angeles is accepting applications until Monday, March 21 for its sixth-annual Journalist Law School fellowship, a four-day crash course on constitutional, civil and criminal law taught by law professors, jurists and attorneys. Fellowships will be competitively awarded to 35 journalists and will cover instruction, lodging, meals and one-half of travel expenses [...]
[ March 10, 2011; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] For anyone intrigued by what makes top musicians and celebrities tick, read about and watch video from this event.
Press Club to meet prolific Rolling Stone and New York Times reporter and bestselling author Neil Strauss as he gives us an early glimpse at his provocative new book, “Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead.”
Neil, a [...]
[ February 10, 2011; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_1254" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Bono and Alexik"][/caption]
On April 19, 2010 suspected counterfeiter, drug dealer and weapons maker Brian Alexik evaded police at the door of his ritzy Downtown penthouse — which overlooked the L.A. branch of the Federal Reserve bank — by sneaking down a fire escape. On June 3, he [...]
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Upcoming Events
Los Angeles Review of Books
Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
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WATERGATE: The Press, Politics and the Presidency
Special event produced by KPCC’s Crawford Family Forum in partnership with the Los Angeles Press Club
Wednesday, May 16, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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54th Southern California Journalism Awards
Cocktails and silent auction at the Biltmore Hotel
Sunday, June 24, 5:00 pm
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