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…
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ARE 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,…
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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…
Read MorePowerful Speeches Honor Charlie Hebdo, Legacy Of Daniel Pearl (VIDEO)
After a devastating terrorist attack, much of the world voiced their support for the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo with three words: “Je Suis Charlie” (I Am Charlie). Just days later, the survivors went to press with a cover that added three more words to the conversation: “Tout Est Pardonné” (All Is Forgiven). Even in their darkest hour, Charlie Hebdo provided a beacon of light for journalists everywhere. Their resilience demonstrated how violence cannot endure, while free speech must. They embodied the courage and integrity that the Daniel Pearl Award…
Read MoreAn Unending Display of Courage
An Unending Display of Courage The Staff of Satirical Magazine Charlie Hebdo Accepts the Daniel Pearl Award BY PATT MORRISON To this very day, and throughout the world—and often in the farther reaches of the world, whether a firefight in Syria or a park in Guatemala—journalists are getting murdered just for being journalists and practicing their craft. But on Jan. 7, 2015, murder happened not one by one, not in places far from the international seats of power, but to nine journalists killed at once, all shot to death,…
Read MoreTelling the Story and Being Part of the Fight
Telling the Story and Being Part of the Fight Vice News, the Recipient of the Press Club’s Public Service Award, Does Things Its Own Way, and Gets Results BY LUCAS SHAW Shane Smith hosts a regular news show, but he has no illusions of being the next Walter Cronkite. Instead, he’s trying to create a new type of newscast, one that forgoes the longstanding tradition of dispassionate, objective reporting and replaces it with a more active style of service journalism. It’s a unique body of work that led the…
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