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The Los Angeles Press Club’s Veritas Award honors movies based on real people and real events. Journalism has played a starring role in several past winners, like 2015’s “Spotlight,” which LAPC members chose as the first recipient of the Veritas Award for its depiction of the Boston Globe’s investigation of child molesters in the Catholic Church. Past winners also include “Hidden Figures,” “The Post,” “Green Book,” “Bombshell,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “King Richard,” “She Said,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “September 5.” Tell us which movie deserves…

AfroLA founder and Executive Director Dana Amihere and award-winning journalist and showbiz pro Sandro Monetti have joined the Los Angeles Press Club board of directors for a two-year term after having been voted in by members earlier this month. Incumbents Arturo Carmona, president of the Latino Media Collaborative and Calo News; John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg News Los Angeles bureau chief; Nic Cha Kim, senior producer of arts and culture at PBS SoCal; Adam Rose, deputy director of advocacy for the Freedom of the Press Foundation; and Chris Willman, Variety senior writer…

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. You need to be an Active, Corporate or Patron member in good standing to vote. Click here to cast your vote! Ballot closes on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. Dana Amihere (AfroLA Founder and Executive Director) Dana Amihere is the founder/executive director of AfroLA, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom. AfroLA reports for impact — with, by and for communities. AfroLA isn’t just “Black news,” it is stories that hold power accountable and coverage of issues that matter with a distinctly Black voice. Previously, Amihere worked in data,…