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PRESS CLUB OFFICERS

President
Will Lewis
KCRW-FM Emeritus

Vice President
Beth Barrett
Investigative Reporter

Treasurer
Chris Woodyard
USA Today

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

Martha Sarabia
LA Opinion

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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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

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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 [...]

Journo-related Jobs in Radio

SCBA has published radio jobs as of Nov. 1. LAPC is listing those where a journo background is necessary and/or useful.
See the full list:

RCA ribbon mic still in use
  http://scba.com/rcjobs.asp
American Public Media- Asst. Community Editor/Rep.
American Public Media- Internship
American Public Media- News Editor
American Public Media-Assistant Community Editor/Reporter
American Public Media-Associate Producer
American Public Media-Associate Producer, Morning Edition
American Public [...]

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, [...]

Press Club Mourns Death of Gene Webster, Former President

Gene Webster, former Los Angeles Press Club president, died Sept. 16, following an illness. A memorial will be held Saturday October 1, 2011 at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City from 10 am until 2.
Dec. 27, 1924 – Sept. 16, 2011
Gene Webster, former KABC-TV Editorial Director, winner of 4 Golden Mikes, and author of Random [...]

LAPC Board Member Pinked-Slipped by LAT After 27 Years

Reprinted from LAObserved.com
Here’s a classy LAT farewell note
Kevin Roderick • July 27 2011 6:47 PM

One of the Los Angeles Times newsroom veterans who learned today that she was laid off is Jane Engle, an assistant editor in Travel who has written a lot for the Travel section. A former editor on the Foreign desk, she’s been [...]

Press Club Dedicates Gala to a Firefighter's Firefighter

James Arthur Perry, 12/30/39 to 12/3/09
Editor, The Los Angeles Firefighter
Jim Perry was a staunch supporter of the Los Angeles Press Club for nearly 40 years and his publications won many LAPC awards over the decades.

But he was better known by his fellow firemen as a “firefighter’s firefighter.” He was a founding father of Local 112, [...]