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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
Sponsored by Los Angeles Press Club
Wednesday, May 23, 7- 9 pm
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Location: The Crawford Family Forum, 474 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105
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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 [...]
Tickets, tables, sponsorship, ads are available now for the 54th Annual LA Press Club Journalism
Awards Gala at the Biltmore on June [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
[ 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 [...]
[ 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
For a full list of winners CLICK [...]
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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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[ 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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
[ 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 [...]
[ 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 [...]
[ 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 [...]
[ 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, [...]
[ 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 [...]
[ 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. [...]
[ 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 [...]
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 [...]
[ 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.
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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 [...]
Anderson Cooper, Sean Penn, Wendie Malick, Anne Garrels, Dave Bryan, Pat Harvey, George P, Stana Katic. Ana Garcia, Jim Perry
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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