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…
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Art 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…
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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Breaking Ground and Changing Industries Quinn Award Winner Willow Bay’s Incredible Career Has Taken Her to Many Newsrooms, and Now to the Classroom BY GRETCHEN PARKER MCCARTNEY Willow Bay, the director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, took a few detours before winding up in her chosen career. After a modeling career and an MBA from New York University, she finally got around to doing what she really wanted to do: reporting. Bay got her break on the NBC show “NBA Inside Stuff,” and went on to work…
Read MoreDaniel Pearl Award to Charlie Hebdo
Sunday, June 28, 2015 11:08 PM 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…
Read More57th Southern California Journalism Awards
When Sunday, June 28, 2015 4:30 PM Location Crystal Ball Room, Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Ave., DTLA Registration Best in Show Sponsorship – $8,000.00 Sponsor the cash award to “Best in Show” and get your name on the award. One table of ten included. Bronze Table – $2,100.00 Seats 12, non-preferred seating Bronze Table Package – $2,900.00 1 Bronze Table (seats 12) 1/2 black and white page in program book Center Spread – $5,500.00 Early-Bird Bronze Table – $1,800.00 Seats 12, non-preferred seating. Early-Bird Member Rate – $150.00…
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