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Phone: (323) 669-8081
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PRESS CLUB OFFICERS

President
Will Lewis
KCRW-FM Emeritus

Vice President
Martha Sarabia
La Opinion

Treasurer
Beth Barrett
Investigative Reporter

Secretary
Jane Engle
Editor

Executive Director
Diana Ljungaeus
International Journalist
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BOARD MEMBERS

John Amato
Crooks & Liars

Robert Kovacik
Anchor/Reporter, NBC4LA

Anna Scott
KCRW

Jon Regardie
Executive Editor, L.A. Downtown News

Jill Stewart
LA Weekly

Ruben Vives
Los Angeles Times

Barbara Gasser
International Journalist

Gloria Zuurveen
Editor-in-Chief/Publisher,
Pace News

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ADVISORY BOARD

Alex Ben Block
Entertainment Historian

Ted Johnson
Variety

Patt Morrison
LA Times/KPCC
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Special Screening:

All the President’s Men – Watergate Up Close
Sponsored by Los Angeles Press Club
Wednesday, May 23,  7- 9 pm
RSVP for this event
Location: The Crawford Family Forum, 474 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105

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Directions

474 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91105
 
Just get it right!… the mantra
of Robert Redford and screenwriter William Goldman as they created the film
that [...]

54th SoCal Journalism Awards: Gala at Biltmore June 24

Tickets, tables, sponsorship, ads are available now for the 54th Annual LA Press Club Journalism
Awards Gala at the Biltmore on June [...]

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, 2012
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Crawford Family Forum
474 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
Get directions
RSVP for this event
The Watergate break-in, White House cover-up, Deep Throat’s leaks to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two cub reporters at The [...]

Leap Day Ends So Cal Journo Awards Early Bird

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 [...]

KCET JOURNO TEAM TO RECEIVE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

SoCal CONNECTED SERIES ON SPENDING AT HOUSING AUTHORITY SHAKES UP AGENCY
Read [...]

CBS2/KCAL9 Investigative Reporter David Goldstein Wins Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement

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 [...]

Book Party - Alive Inside the Wreck

[ 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 [...]

Woodward & Bernstein to be Honored On 40th Anniversary of Watergate Break-in

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 [...]

Attend the 4th NEJ Awards Honoring Hugh M. Hefner!

[ November 17, 2011; 6:00 am to 9:30 am. ]

Hugh M. Hefner, Jack Maxwell, Sarah Sweet, Dick Gregory, Robert Kovacik

INVITE *** RATE CARD *** FULL LIST OF FINALISTS *** DONATE TO SILENT AUCTION *** BUY TICKETS *** WIN AIRLINE TICKETS

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 [...]

2012 Board Elections Underway

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, [...]

Attend NEJ Gala Honoring Hugh M. Hefner, Donate to Club's Silent Auction

 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 [...]

8 Ball Club News

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 [...]

LAPC Co-Sponsors Award Presentation

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
Co-Sponsored by
LA Press Club, KCRW, Library Foundation & KPPC 
Presentations by
Hon. Richard J. Riordan, Hon. Zev [...]

Hugh M. Hefner honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from L.A. Press Club

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 [...]

4th National Entertainment Awards

 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 [...]

NBC Nightly News Features Engel at Press Awards

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 [...]

Winners 2011

For a full list of winners CLICK [...]

53rd Journalism Awards Gala, June 26

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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 Named the 2011 Daniel Pearl Awardee

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 [...]

53rd SoCal Journalism Awards: New Categories and Cash Prize

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

Download Entry Form *** Entry Form word doc. ***  Rate Card *** Silent Auction Donation Form
The contest will judge the year’s best [...]

Lesley Stahl to be Honored with LA Press Club's President's Award

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, [...]

Grading the teachers: Song, Felch and Smith on their series in LA Times

[ 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.
[...]

Neil Strauss on "Everybody Loves You When You're Dead"

[ 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 [...]

How I Got That Story

[ 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 [...]

The Revamped National Entertainment Journalism Awards

NEW DATES *** NEW CATEGORIES *** CASH PRIZES *** NEW VENUE
The Los Angeles Press Club has a new timeline for its 4th National Entertainment Journalism Awards celebration as it fine-tunes and upgrades this unique competition.
The new Call for Entries date is July 1st with a submission deadline of September 1st.  The Awards party will be [...]

John Schwada to receive the Quinn Award for excellence

The Joseph M. Quinn Award for journalistic excellence and distinction goes to  John Schwada, a political-government and investigative reporter for KTTV Fox 11 News in Los Angeles. He has won two LA area Emmy awards and a Golden Mike for three separate investigative reports. He is also a frequent contributor to blogs on the station’s [...]

LA TIMES REPORTERS TO RECEIVE LA PRESS CLUB'S FIRST PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

The Los Angeles Press Club is proud to announce its first Public Service in Journalism award. It’s for reporting that results in improving the civic life of a city or region in California .
LA Times reporters Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives have been named the recipients of the 2011 Public [...]

Talk Radio and Its Impact

[ October 28, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] KFI’s John Kobylt, half of the John and Ken show, Talkers magazine publisher Michael Harrison and KPCC/LA Times journalist and radio host Patt Morrison will be among the participants of a high-powered panel discussing the state of talk radio in L.A. and the nation, presented by the Los Angeles Press Club, Thurs., Oct. 28, at [...]

AOL Patch Editorial Director at the Press Club

[ October 14, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Marcia Parker, West Coast editorial director for Patch.com, AOL’s rapidly expanding hyper-local news project now in several California cities, will speak at the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual meeting Thursday, October 14, at 7 p.m. at the club’s headquarters in Hollywood.Whether a Press Club member or not, you’re warmly invited to hear about Journalism [...]

Rebooting California, symposium co-sponsored by the press club

[ September 24, 2010; ]

Be better equipped to cover California Politics — enjoy a full day of symposium panels at Loyola Law School on Friday, September 24th. Experts explore how to fix what’s wrong with the Golden State. Former Gov. Gray Davis is the luncheon speaker. LA Press Club is a proud co-sponsor. The event is free, but you have [...]

Behind the Grim Sleeper Scoop

[ September 23, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Award-winning journalists Christine Pelisek and Jill Stewart, discuss “How I Got the Story,”  their fascinating account of the Grim Sleeper serial killer coverage at the Los Angeles Weekly.  THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED. Please check back for a new time.                 R.S.V.P.Pelisek, who recently moved to The Daily Beast, and Stewart, news editor of L.A. Weekly, [...]

NEWSTHINKING, a workshop at the press club

[ September 9, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Former L.A. Times reporter and writing coach Bob Baker takes a novel path toward better writing when he mixes his philosophies with the late basketball coach John Wooden’s “Pyramid of Success.” On Sept. 9 at 6 p.m.

R.S.V.P. here
The seminar calls upon participants to share their “writing values”—habits that Bob says “click [...]

How we broke the story: Gottlieb and Vives reveal the story behind the Bell City Scandal

[ August 26, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]

A simple request by two Los Angeles Times reporters for salary information on public officials in the small city of Bell blossomed into a scandal that has captivated readers nationwide. Reporters Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives broke the story that disclosed Bell’s city manager was being paid $787,637 a year. [...]

The Secrets of Publishing Panel/Workshop

[ August 17, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] How do I break into glossy magazines that pay two dollars a word? Why don’t literary agents call me back? Why are editors rejecting my proposal? Come to the SECRETS OF PUBLISHING PANEL, moderated by the author of seven books in seven years, Susan Shapiro.   TICKETS

These bi-coastal experts will answer all [...]

Stars Shine at Awards Gala

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Penn and Anderson CooperPictures from Awards Gala *** More Pictures ***  Full list of winners *** WATCH VIDEO
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and presenters Sean Penn, Wendie Malick and Stana Katic brought unprecedented celebrity flair Sunday to the Los Angeles Press Club’s 52nd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, but it was [...]

Conversations with Daniel Pearl Fellows

[ August 12, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] WHAT: A conversation with Pakistani journalist Aoun Sahi, The News on Sunday, The News International, Lahore (Punjab) and Egyptian journalist Nasry Ahmed Esmat , Al-Ahram newspaper, Cairo
MODERATOR: Rob Eshman, Editor-in-Chief, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles.
ADMISSION IS FREE – Seating is limited. WHEN: Thursday Aug. 12 at  7:00 p.m.
R.S.V.P. [...]

Last Chance to Attend Gala

Comedian Judy Tenuta  joins LA Press Club Sunday night, replacing Kathy Griffin. You, too, can come! If available, tickets will be sold online, until Saturday [...]

52nd SoCal Journalism Awards Gala, June 27 at 5 p.m.

Anderson Cooper, Sean Penn, Wendie Malick, Anne Garrels, Dave Bryan, Pat Harvey, George P, Stana Katic. Ana Garcia, Jim Perry
TICKETS *** FINALISTS *** ADVERTISE/SPONSOR ***SILENT AUCTION/donate***Bid online*** VOLUNTEER
America’s most famous immigrant, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,  joins Haiti recovery activist and Oscar winner  Sean Penn in honoring  CNN anchor Anderson Cooper at the LA [...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger joins star studded gala line-up

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers the opening remarks at the 52nd Annual SoCal Journalism Awards Dinner on June 27.
Join us to honor Anderson Cooper (CNN/60 Minutes) — President’s Award; Dave Bryan (CBS2/KCAL) — Joseph M Quinn Award and Anne Garrels (NPR) — Daniel Pearl Award.
Presenters  include Sean Penn, Pat Harvey, Ana Garcia, Stana Katic (ABC’s [...]

Sean Penn to present Anderson Cooper with Press Club Award

When Sean Penn presents CNN’s Anderson Cooper with the Los Angeles Press Club’s top award for his fearless coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, the actor will be taking timeout from his selfless efforts to provide relief for the island’s survivors.

Anderson Cooper was the first American TV reporter on the scene in Haiti, following [...]