Thursday, February 06, 2014 10:43 PM How does media cover the wealthy? Learn from the experts. Panel discussion at the Press Club, Thursday, February 27. Panelists: PETER NEWCOMB, Bloomberg News editor who leads Bloombergs Billionaires coverage, and who used to oversee the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. SETH LUBOVE, Sitrick and Co., former L.A. bureau chief at Bloomberg News and Forbes. Seth uncovered the youngest female billionaire in America, 30-year-old Lynsi Torres, who inherited the In-N-Out hamburger chain. Now he advises clients on how to respond to reporters inquiries.…
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2014 SoCal Journalism Awards: ALL FINALISTS are Announced
Thursday, January 23, 2014 3:05 PM The judging of the 2014 SoCal Journalism Awards is done. The club received a record number of entries, so judging has taken longer than usual. Among the journalist organizations across the country helping us to judge the competition are Alaska Press Club, Arizona Press Club, Atlanta Press Club, Chicago International Press Club, Cleveland Press Club, Connecticut Press Club, Denver Press Club, Florida Press Club, Houston Press Club, New Orleans Press Club, Southeast Texas Press Club, St. Louis Press Club and Syracuse Press Club. The…
See MoreNew Year, New Board
Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:07 PM Los Angeles Press Club has elected a new board and officers: President: Robert Kovacik, NBC4 LA Vice President: Patt Morrison. Los Angeles Times / KPCC Secretary: Christina Villacorte, L.A. Daily News / Gloria Zuurveen, PACE News Treasurer: Anthony Palazzo, Bloomberg News Carolina Sarassa, MundoFox, Fernando Mexia, EFE News and Jahan Hassan, Ekush News are new board members. Reelected to serve another two years are Barbara Gasser, freelance journalist, Gloria Zuurveen, Publisher of Pace News and Robert Kovacik, anchor/reporter at NBC News in Los Angeles.…
See MoreBlack History Month Celebration
Friday, January 03, 2014 7:44 PM The New, Multimedia One-Man Show, Ghost in the House, starring Tony Todd (Candyman) to be followed by a conversation about race in America moderator: Brian Watt. Before Barack Obama and MLK, before Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson and Medgar Evers, before Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, before Ferguson and “I can’t breathe”– there was Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion who defied the powers that be. Ghost in the House recounts the racism and vindictiveness of White America against a man whose talents…
See More6th NEJ Awards (Photos)
We congratulate the winners of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 6th annual National Entertainment Journalism & Centennial Awards. Browse through our collection of photos and feel free to share with your friends and colleagues.
See MoreWinners of the 6th National Entertainment Journalism Awards Announced
Friday, December 06, 2013 12:29 PM More pictures from 6th National Entertainment Journalism and Centennial Awards – click here
See MoreJoin us as we celebrate the Holiday Season
Wednesday, December 04, 2013 12:42 PM COME ONE, COME ALL Join us as we celebrate the holiday season! Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Press Club Invite our members to come together to kick off the holiday season on Friday December 13th 6:00pm undefined 10:00pm at the Glendale Moose Lodge. We also want to unite and ask our members to share the joy of Christmas and bring an unwrapped toy (value up to $20) to our evening event. The Toys for Tots collection box will…
See MoreA Great Actor, An Even Better Person
A Great Actor, An Even Better Person For Press Club Visionary Award Recipient Forrest Whitaker, the Humanitarian Work is as Important as the Acting Accolades BY TED JOHNSON Last August, dressed in a blue suit and blue tie, Forest Whitaker stood in the spot at the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King, Jr. stood 50 years earlier to deliver his “I Have a Dream Speech.” Like King, Whitaker spoke to a crowd that had gathered at the base of the memorial. “Today I want to celebrate those nameless individuals…
See MoreVanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter to Receive Special Centennial Award
Friday, November 15, 2013 12:44 PM Krista Smith, West Coast editor of Vanity Fair, will accept the Special Centennial Award on behalf of Graydon Carter and the magazine at the NEJ gala Nov. 24. Vanity Fair and the Los Angeles Press Club are both celebrating their 100-year anniversaries this year.
See MoreLGBTs in the News: There’s more to our story than discrimination and marriage
Monday, November 11, 2013 12:45 PM A discussion panel featuring some of the foremost LGBT voices in news and entertainment today. Among them Jason Stuart and Alexis Arquette.
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