Bob Barker Receives the L.A. Press Clubs Inaugural Legend Award Legendary game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker will accept the Los Angeles Press Club’s inaugural Legend Award at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on December 6 at the Biltmore Hotel, in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Barker will be introduced by the current host of “The Price is Right,” Drew Carey. “There is perhaps not a more beloved television icon than Bob Barker, a true living legend who continues, even at the age of 91,…
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Visionary Award to Joe Mantegna
Saturday, November 07, 2015 5:10 PM Tony Award winning actor/director Joe Mantegna will accept the Los Angeles Press Club’s Visionary Award at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on December 6 at the Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles. At the same event, Tavis Smiley will receive the Luminary Award for Career Achievement. “Joe Mantegna is known as an actor’s actor. He is also one of Hollywood’s most authentic and caring people quietly donating his time and support to Veteran’s causes as well as numerous charities. The LAPC is…
Read MoreLuminary Award to Tavis Smiley
Saturday, November 07, 2015 5:06 PM The Los Angeles Press Club is proud to announce that TAVIS SMILEY will accept the Luminary Award for Career Achievement at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on December 6 at the Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles. “Tavis Smiley’s unique and prolific journey makes him truly deserving of this career achievement award,” says Press Club President Robert Kovacik of NBC4 Southern California. Mr. Smiley is a broadcaster, author, publisher, advocate, and philanthropist —and the host of his long running late-night television talk…
Read MoreCelebrate Halloween with L.A. Reporters’ Horror Stories
When Thursday, October 29, 2015 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027 Registration Tickets to L.A. Reporters’ Horror Stories – $5.00 Registration is closed Join the Los Angeles Press Club and Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on Thursday, Oct. 29 for a night of frighteningly good stories from your favorite reporters. The format will be similar to “The Moth” storytelling events, minus the production value. Please let us know if you would like to share your scariest story! The…
Read MoreARE WE SAFE? A Panel Discussion
When Thursday, September 24, 2015 7:00 PM Location 4773 Hollywood Blvd. Registration Free Entry Alison Parker and Adam Ward of WDBJ7 were murdered on Live Broadcast Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Around the world journalists are murdered almost every day. How dangerous is it to be a journalist? Join us for a panel discussion at the Press Club Thursday, September 24. Moderated by Press Club President Robert Kovacik of NBC4 Southern California, who had a murder suspect surrender to him on air. Please, let us know if you have a compelling…
Read MoreARE WE SAFE? – Panel Discussion
Sunday, August 30, 2015 1:38 PM ARE WE SAFE? In light of the tragic events in Roanoke, the Los Angeles Press Club wants your input as we seek to make our journalists our safe. The event will be held at the Press Club Thursday, September 10. Join us for a panel discussion on how to keep safe in the pursuit of stories. Moderated by Press Club President Robert Kovacik of NBC4 Southern California, who once was confronted by a murder suspect while live on-air. Please, let us know if you…
Read More2015 Daniel Pearl Fellows Discussion
Sunday, August 30, 2015 1:35 PM Join us for a thought-provoking discussion with Jewish Journal Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Rob Eshman and the 2015 Daniel Pearl Fellows: Arooj Zahara and Saher Baloch. Come meet Arooj and Saher, extraordinary young Pakistani journalists who have spent the past five months working at respected American publications such as The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times and this week at the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Hear their stories, their experiences, and what they plan to bring back to their home country from this…
Read MoreArt of Resistance: Charlie Hebdo’s Antonio Fischetti and Judea Pearl on the War on Journalists
Sunday, August 30, 2015 12:50 PM By Devra Maza It’s the prize no one should have to win. When The Daniel Pearl Award was presented to the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, everyone who rose to applaud knew it came at a terrible cost. The Los Angeles Press Club created the award to honor “courage and integrity in journalism” after Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s brutal slaughter by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. Now, Daniel’s eponymous prize, bestowed every year since by his parents, Judea and Ruth Pearl,…
Read MoreThe 2015 Daniel Pearl Fellows Discussion
When Thursday, August 13, 2015 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location Los Angeles Press Club Registration The 2015 Daniel Pearl Fellows Discussion Join us for a thought-provoking discussion with Jewish Journal Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Rob Eshman and the 2015 Daniel Pearl Fellows: Arooj Zahara and Saher Baloch. Come meet Arooj and Saher, extraordinary young Pakistani journalists who have spent the past five months working at respected American publications such as The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times and this week at the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Hear their…
Read MoreWillow Bay: ‘Join Me In Reaching Out To Young Journalists’
Willow Bay: ‘Join Me In Reaching Out To Young Journalists’ Never one to rest on her laurels, Willow Bay accepted a lifetime achievement award with a speech calling on her colleagues to join her in shaping the next generation of journalists. Bay, Director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, was presented with The Joseph M Quinn Award by the LA Press Club on June 28. “I will take it in the spirit of investing in the future of journalists and journalism,” she told the crowd at the Millennium…
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