Adam Rose is secretary of the Los Angeles Press Club and chairs the press rights committee. In that role, he builds dialogue with law enforcement in Southern California, government leaders in Sacramento, and journalist organizations across the country. He successfully lobbied for Senate Bill 98 (now codified as Penal Code §409.7), which prohibits police from arresting or intentionally interfering with press as they cover protests. His advocacy earned the Sí Se Puede Award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and two Webby Award nominations for Public Service & Activism.
Journalists facing access issues or with other concerns should email pressrights [at] lapressclub.org or contact Adam on Bluesky or LinkedIn. He can provide both Signal and PGP contacts if needed for privacy and security.
Adam is COO at Starling Lab for Data Integrity, an academic research program co-anchored at the Stanford Department of Electrical Engineering and USC Libraries. The lab’s dual mandate is to prove digital records are authentic and to preserve vulnerable multimedia content for future generations. Focused on three applied practice areas — journalism, law and history — they implement technologies that can address practical issues, like proving an image hasn’t been manipulated or ensuring social media evidence doesn’t disappear.
He has over 20 years of experience as a journalist and editor for various media organizations, including LAist, Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, and CBS/Paramount. An Emmy-nominated producer (National News Emmys), his work has won a National Magazine Award (American Society of Magazine Editors) and multiple Best of Photojournalism Awards (National Press Photographers Association). He studied Public Policy, Management and Planning at USC.