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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: (310) 464-3577
info@lapressclub.org
www.lapressclub.org


PRESS CLUB OFFICERS

President
Jill Stewart
Managing Editor, LA Weekly

Vice President
Robert Kovacik
Anchor/Reporter, NBC4LA

Treasurer
Beth Barrett
Investigative Journalist

Secretary
Jane Engle
Editor

Executive Director
Diana Ljungaeus
International Journalist

President Emeritus
Will Lewis
KCRW-FM Emeritus
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BOARD MEMBERS

Maria Armoudian
Producer/Host, KPFK

Tina Daunt
The Hollywood Reporter

Barbara Gasser
International Journalist

Joseph Kapsch
Deputy Managing Editor,
The Wrap


Patt Morrison
Los Angeles Times/KPCC

Tony Pierce
Blog Editor, KPCC

Christina Villacorte
Reporter, LA Daily News

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


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ADVISORY BOARD

Alex Ben Block
Entertainment Historian

Ted Johnson
Variety
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Quinn Award to Fred Roggin, NBC4

HOLLYWOOD, May 22, 2013: The Los Angeles Press Club proudly announces NBC4’s Fred Roggin will receive this year’s Joseph M. Quinn Award [...]

55th SoCal Journalism Awards and Centennial Dinner, Finalists Announced

Join us for the 55th SoCal Journalism Awards and LA Press Club’s Centennial Celebration Sunday, June 23rd 2013 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Downtown Los Angeles.

Carl [...]

President's Award to Carl Reiner

The Los Angeles Press Club is thrilled to announce this year’s honoree for the President’s Award is a Hollywood legend.  Carl Reiner is a director-actor- writer-producer-recording artist-comedian and tweeter [...]

Courageous Mexican Journalist to Receive the Daniel Pearl Award

This year’s winner of the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism is Mexico’s Sandra Rodríguez Nieto. She  has worked for El Diario de Juárez from [...]

LAPC Public Service Award to Sue Laris

In 1972, Sue Laris founded what is now Los Angeles Downtown News after planning it on her kitchen table. Today, her independently owned multi-media company, [...]

SoCal Awards Dedicated to Huell Howser

 

The Southern California Journalism Awards Centennial Gala on June 23, 2013 is being dedicated to Huell Howser, the widely loved KCET personality and unofficial ambassador [...]

HONORING BILL ROSENDAHL -- Wendy Greuel joins the roasters and toasters

Los Angeles Press Club kicks off its 2013 Centennial Celebrations by honoring former LAPC President Bill Rosendahl with a “Roast and Toast” on May 16, [...]

NLGJA-LA and the Los Angeles Press Club present: Out in the Newsroom: A look at LGBT coverage and careers in journalism.

A panel of openly gay journalists will share their experiences and advice on being out in journalism today. What are the pros and cons of [...]

SoCal Journalism Awards Competition

55th Southern California Journalism Awards

Finalist SoCal - check for updates

Rate Card SoCal FillablePDF

Donate to our Silent Auction

Meet Thom Hartmann at the Press Club on Saturday 2/2

Join us for a conversation about radio journalism with Thom Hartmann, radio host who presents “Renaissance thinking about the issues of our day.” 
Hartmann is a [...]

Page Views vs. Good Journalism

“Are Page Views Killing Good Journalism Click by Click?” moderated by LA Weekly Managing Editor Jill Stewart, at the Los Angeles Press Club on Thursday, [...]

Reporting from the Danger Zone

Early Bird Savings Extended to Oct. 3 for Club Members

Paid-up members of the Los Angeles Press Club may enter the National Entertainment Journalism Awards at the lower Early Bird rate through October 3. Apply

Lecture: Avoiding Libel/Slander for Journos

Los Angeles Press Club and Loyola Law School co-host session at the Downtown Campus, Thurs., Sept. 6 at 6 pm RSVP

Club to Screen Award-Winning Doc; Director Q & A

LAPC member and volunteer Rouslan Ovtcharoff has produced a documentary that has been winning awards at film festivals. He has arranged for the Club to [...]

Bernstein Accepts President's Award; Woodward, On Deadline, Participates Via Video

Winners_Socal_2012

At the June 24 LA Press Club Journalism Awards at the Biltmore, nearly 500 journalists and media executives heard Carl Bernstein address the importance of [...]

Stars Come Out for Awards Gala

When Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward receive the Los Angeles Press Club’s President’s Award on the 40thanniversary of Watergate at the Biltmore, the trophy will [...]

54th SoCal Journalism Awards: Gala at Biltmore to honor Woodward & Bernstein, David Goldstein, Pearl Family

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

KPCC Frank Stoltze, John Dean, Richard Reeves–photo by KPCC

 

John Dean, President Nixon’s former special council, promised new revelations on the Watergate cover-up in his [...]

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
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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 [...]

Book Party - Alive Inside the Wreck

Book Party – Alive Inside the Wreck: A Biography of Nathanael West, by Joe Woodward

Thursday, December 8, at 7:00 pm. Event over. 

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

LAPC Co-Sponsors Award Presentation

Larry Mantle, Warren Olney, Patt Morrison honored on Oct. 18 at Central Library

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 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 [...]

NBC Nightly News Features Engel at Press Awards

NBC NEWS TRIBUTE VIDEO PREPARED FOR DANIEL PEARL AWARD AT AWARDS GALA

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Winners 2011

For a full list of winners CLICK HERE

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

How I Got That Story

Bono and Alexik

On April 19, 2010 suspected counterfeiter, drug dealer and weapons maker Brian Alexik evaded police at the door of his [...]