LA Press Club Speaks Out on Calif. Shield Law Violation

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:51 PM Blogger Jason Chens First Amendment rights were trampled when police raided his home last month HOLLYWOOD, CA. The Los Angeles Press Club joins in the strongstatement issued by the Newspaper Guild/CWA that blogger Jason Chens First Amendment rights were trampled upon when authorities raided his home onApril 21. The Los Angeles Press Club does not endorse check book journalism, but the fact that Gizmodo paid for the prototype iPhone that Chen wrote about is not relevant. The California Shield law protects alljournalists from revealingsources…

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Press Club Dedicates Gala to a Firefighter’s Firefighter

Friday, May 14, 2010 1:50 PM James Arthur Perry, 12/30/39 to 12/3/09 Editor, The Los Angeles Firefighter Jim Perry was a staunch supporter of the Los Angeles Press Club for nearly 40 years and his publications won many LAPC awards over the decades. But he was better known by his fellow firemen as a firefighters firefighter. He was a founding father of Local 112, United Firefighters of Los Angeles City at a time when union activity was discouraged by the Department. Jims editorials for the Los Angeles Firefighter regularly tackled…

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