Letter to President Gallagher, Chancellor Rodriguez and the LACCD Board of Trustees

May 30, 2023 Dear President Gallagher, Chancellor Rodriguez and the LACCD Board of Trustees, As a coalition of journalism organizations, press advocates and media law experts, we are concerned that the First Amendment rights of Los Angeles Collegian student journalists have NOT been respected at Los Angeles City College. We are aware of multiple incidents of student press censorship at Los Angeles City College, including: 1. On May 2, prohibiting a student photojournalist from covering a campus music event honoring the college’s outgoing president; 2. On May 19, sending armed…

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Giselle Fernandez to Receive the LA Press Club’s President’s Award

Spectrum News 1’s Giselle Fernandez has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2023 President’s Awardee for Impact on Media. “Giselle has skillfully interviewed everyone from world leaders and celebrities to everyday heroes,” said LA Press Club President Lisa Richwine. “Each time, she helps uncover a common humanity that improves viewers’ understanding of Los Angeles and the world.” Fernandez is best known for her award-winning journalism with leading U.S. broadcast news organizations CBS and NBC News, where she covered major international news stories and events. Among her numerous posts, Fernandez hosted NBC’s…

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Bernard-Henri Lévy is the 2023 LA Press Club Daniel Pearl Awardee 

Bernard-Henri Lévy is the recipient of the 2023 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism.  He is an internationally renowned philosopher, writer, filmmaker,and playwright who has written more than 40 books. His latest documentary “Slava Ukraini” is currently screening around the world. “I take great honor in presenting the 2023 LA Press Club Daniel Pearl Award to Bernard-Henri Lévy, a true champion of humanity, whose life, writings and journeys so closely personify the meaning of the words: ‘Courage and Integrity in Journalism,’” said Judea Pearl on behalf of The Daniel Pearl Foundation,…

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David Ono to Receive LA Press Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award

ABC7’s David Ono has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2023 Joseph M. Quinn Awardee for Lifetime Achievement. Ono is the co-anchor for ABC7 Eyewitness News at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. He joined ABC7 in 1996 and during that time has witnessed history worldwide, covering Hurricane Katrina, Haiti’s earthquake and Japan’s tsunami. He traveled across Europe and Asia chronicling the brave acts of the Nisei soldiers from World War II. “David Ono has brought important news to Los Angeles and the world through his daily reporting and documentaries,” said Los Angeles Press…

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Alene Tchekmedyian to Receive the LA Press Club’s Guardian Award

Los Angeles Times’ Alene Tchekmedyian has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2023 Guardian Awardee for Contributions to Press Freedom. “I’m deeply honored to receive this recognition from the Los Angeles Press Club, an organization that has done so much to lift up local journalists. I am grateful to my editors for their constant guidance, my colleagues who I learn from every day and all of the people willing to share stories of misconduct within the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department at great risk to themselves,” Tchekmedyan said. Tchekmedyian covered the Los…

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‘She Said’ Wins LA Press Club’s Veritas Award

The Los Angeles Press Club is thrilled to announce the winner of its 8th annual Veritas Award for Best Film Based on or Inspired by Real Events and People. This award is judged by the 1,000-member strong LAPC — based equally upon fidelity of subject matter and artistic excellence. The 2023 winner is She Said, produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The movie depicts New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor breaking the Harvey Weinstein story that shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood. “It is such an…

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LAPC Condemns the Shooting of Spectrum News 13 Journalists Dylan Lyons and Jesse Walden

The Los Angeles Press Club is heartbroken by the murder of Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons while he was covering a shooting in Pine Hills, Florida. We send our deepest sympathies to his family, friends, colleagues and the wider media community that is mourning the loss of a fellow journalist. We also hope for a full recovery for Spectrum News 13 photojournalist Jesse Walden, who was critically injured in the incident. Journalists such as Lyons and Walden commit themselves to delivering vital information to their neighborhoods even if their…

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2023 Board Election – Meet the Candidates!

Candidates in alphabetical order. Asterisks denote incumbents. LAPC Active Members — click here to cast your vote! Ballot closes Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. Danny Bakewell, Jr., Los Angeles Sentinel Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. serves as the executive editor and chief of staff of the Los Angeles Sentinel, the largest African American-owned and operated newspaper west of the Mississippi, The Los Angeles Watts Times and WBOK Radio in New Orleans, Louisiana (the only talk radio station in the South dedicated totally to issues which affect the African American community). The…

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Interested in Joining LAPC’s Board of Directors?

Email diana@lapressclub.org with your name and a short bio including your title and where you currently work/freelance. Please let us know what you want to bring to the table. You need to have been an active member (working journalist/photographer) in good standing with the club for at least one year to qualify for a board position. We need to know who is interested in the open board seats by Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, so don’t think about it for too long! Got any questions? Email Executive Director Diana Ljungaeus at the email above.

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Los Angeles Press Club Denounces Twitter’s Suspension of Journalist Accounts

The Los Angeles Press Club condemns the actions of Twitter and owner Elon Musk for arbitrarily shutting down the accounts of several journalists, including reporters at the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN. The LA Press Club calls on Twitter and Musk to restore freedom of speech to its platform and reinstate the shuttered accounts of journalists who were exercising their duties. Twitter, like any media company, serves as a forum for the distribution of information and the open discourse that is essential to democracy. The actions taken by…

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