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…
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Daniel 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…
Read More57th SoCal Journalism Awards (Photos)
We congratulate the winners of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 57th annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Browse through our collection of photos and feel free to share with your friends and colleagues.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Press Club Announces Yearly Encouragement Scholarship
Monday, June 15, 2015 11:56 AM All student finalists in this year’s SoCal Journalism Awards Contest have a chance of winning a $1,000 scholarship from the Los Angeles Press Club. “We wanted to do something special for the students. They are the future of our profession,” said press club president Robert Kovacik. “Just to be nominated for an award is an achievement in itself, so we thought it would be fair to raffle off the student scholarship among the entire field of finalist entries,” said the club’s executive director Diana…
Read MoreTimes’ Mariel Garza Joins LAPC Board
Friday, June 05, 2015 3:30 PM The Los Angeles Press Club is pleased to announce that Mariel Garza has joined the LAPC Board of Directors. Garza is a longtime Los Angeles journalist who has written editorials and columns about state and L.A. politics for more than a decade. In March she joined the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board. Before that she was deputy editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee and is a former editor of the editorial pages of the L.A. Daily News and Los Angeles News Group. As…
Read MoreAll finalists to the 57th Annual SoCal Journalism Awards are now posted
Saturday, May 30, 2015 11:02 AM This is proving to be the most competitive year in the Los Angeles Press Club’s recent memory with close to a thousand entries. So if there was ever a year when it is an honor just to be nominated, this is it. Some of the categories were so loaded we split them up.. Last year the Awards Gala sold out two weeks before the event, so make sure to get your tickets in time. Ordering your tickets early also saves money. We will accept…
Read MoreWillow Bay to Receive LA Press Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 3:08 PM The Los Angeles Press Club is proud to announce that Willow Bay, the Director of USC Annenberg School of Journalism, will receive The Joseph M Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement. Bay is veteran television journalist, digital news editor and author. She was the first woman to co-anchor CNN’s financial news program “Moneyline News Hour “ and has anchored or co-anchored numerous shows on CNN, NBC, MSNBC, ABC and Lifetime Television. In addition she serves as Senior Strategic Adviser for the Huffington Post and is…
Read MoreEVENT CANCELED! An Evening with 50th President pro Tempore, Senator Kevin de León
When Thursday, April 23, 2015 Location Los Angeles Press Club @ Steve Allen Theater 4773 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Registration RSVP This is a free event, but you need to RSVP. Registration is closed EVENT CANCELED! Join us for an evening with 50th President pro Tempore, Senator Kevin de León.
Read MoreShane Smith and Vice to Receive Los Angeles Press Club’s 2015 Public Service Award In Journalism
Thursday, April 09, 2015 6:00 PM The Public Service Award for Journalistic Contributions to Civic Life is bestowed annually by the Los Angeles Press Club. Under CEO & Founder Shane Smith’s guidance, VICE in recent years has expanded into international and domestic news both through its own VICE News channel as well as an HBO partnership. Since its inception last March, VICE News has shifted the current news landscape with its award winning coverage of world events, from the crisis in Ukraine to the outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa…
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