Thursday, January 23, 2014 3:05 PM The judging of the 2014 SoCal Journalism Awards is done. The club received a record number of entries, so judging has taken longer than usual. Among the journalist organizations across the country helping us to judge the competition are Alaska Press Club, Arizona Press Club, Atlanta Press Club, Chicago International Press Club, Cleveland Press Club, Connecticut Press Club, Denver Press Club, Florida Press Club, Houston Press Club, New Orleans Press Club, Southeast Texas Press Club, St. Louis Press Club and Syracuse Press Club. The…
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New Year, New Board
Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:07 PM Los Angeles Press Club has elected a new board and officers: President: Robert Kovacik, NBC4 LA Vice President: Patt Morrison. Los Angeles Times / KPCC Secretary: Christina Villacorte, L.A. Daily News / Gloria Zuurveen, PACE News Treasurer: Anthony Palazzo, Bloomberg News Carolina Sarassa, MundoFox, Fernando Mexia, EFE News and Jahan Hassan, Ekush News are new board members. Reelected to serve another two years are Barbara Gasser, freelance journalist, Gloria Zuurveen, Publisher of Pace News and Robert Kovacik, anchor/reporter at NBC News in Los Angeles.…
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Friday, January 03, 2014 7:44 PM The New, Multimedia One-Man Show, Ghost in the House, starring Tony Todd (Candyman) to be followed by a conversation about race in America moderator: Brian Watt. Before Barack Obama and MLK, before Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson and Medgar Evers, before Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, before Ferguson and “I can’t breathe”– there was Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion who defied the powers that be. Ghost in the House recounts the racism and vindictiveness of White America against a man whose talents…
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