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Enter the 52nd Annual SoCal Journalism Awards and Win $1,000!

[ February 17, 2010; 10:00 pm; June 27, 2010; 5:00 pm; ] New this year: Best of Show Journalist of the Year will be rewarded with a cash prize of $1,000! All Print Journalists will compete in two categories: publications 50,000 and over and publications under 50,000 circulation. See the expanded categories for Online and Student Media. Corporate members that submit 10 or more entries will earn [...]

Covering the Prop. 8 Trial: Can the Gay Press Maintain Objectivity (and Should It?)

[ February 25, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The Proposition 8 trial underway in San Francisco presents a special problem for gay and lesbian reporters. How do they cover the trial objectively? And frankly, given that many write for the gay community which has strong feelings on the issue, should they? We’re assembled some of the top reporters in town to discuss this [...]

Life After Journalism: A Workshop at the Club March 11

[ March 11, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] As radio, TV and newspaper staffs shrink, many journalists are having to face a career away from the news. Some of you are wondering: What skills do I really have? And who else could use my skills? What do hiring managers in other businesses see when they look at a journalist’s resume? Are there options [...]

2010 National Entertainment Journalism Awards Deadline Extended to Feb. 1st

[ January 26, 2010; 5:00 am; ] The Los Angeles Press Club is now open for entries for the 2010 National Entertainment Journalism Awards. These awards recognize excellence in entertainment journalism. Ceremonies will be held at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood on March 25, 2010.

2010 National Entertainment Journalism Awards Information2010 Entry Form PDF | 2010 Entry Form Word Document | [...]

Book party for Amy Alkon’s I SEE RUDE PEOPLE

[ January 27, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] After throwing LA Press Club book parties for everybody else’s books, Amy Alkon finally published her own — I SEE RUDE PEOPLE: One woman’s battle to beat some manners into impolite society.

To help Amy celebrate, please join her for a party at World Café, Santa Monica.

TIME/DATE: 6:30 to 9:30 pm, Wednesday, January 27. Brief reading [...]

Alex Ben Block on how the Hollywood hype machine manipulates the media to create blockbusters

[ January 14, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Come hear The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Ben Block, lead editor of the new book George Lucas’s Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies talk about how studio publicity campaigns help create blockbusters using techniques that  range from sophisticated advertising to misleading hype. Block  will take you behind the scenes [...]

Free Civil Justice Seminar @ LA Press Club with Linda Deutsch, Saturday 2/6

[ January 23, 2010; 2:00 pm; February 6, 2010; 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. ] WHAT: Developed specifically for members of the media, this free seminar is a hands-on inside perspective about the civil justice system:
how to cover a civil versus criminal trial, trial ABCs, how the civil justice system works, key ins and outs when covering a trial, how to reach spokespeople quickly and efficiently, etc.

WHY: High interest among [...]