Saturday, July 17, 2004 8:09 PM
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Photos from Journalism Awards Gala 2004 – 1
Saturday, July 17, 2004 8:05 PM
Read MoreEvent: Edna Buchanan book party, Hotel Figueroa, June 17
Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:03 PM
Read MoreForeign Journalists Say U.S. TV Journalists Don’t Dig
Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:51 PM BY JORDI ORTEGA There is a way to measure the quality of journalism worldwide: by their ethics and passion for digging. These were the key agreements reached by a group of five international journal- ists who had a passionate two-hour dialogue on the state of the profession on May 7 at the LA Press Club in Hollywood. Three media expert from Lithuania had been invited by the State Department on a three-week tour to see how news is practiced here. They included TV journalist…
Read Morethe Collins Connection: June 2004
Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:48 PM By Michael Collins It’s hard to top that feeling of being judged by your peers as a winner of a Los Angeles Press Club plaque for outstanding journalism. One experience that rivals it is being able to judge the myriad of excellent sub- missions we look at from the clubs in other cities we judge, who judge our work in exchange. This year, we judged clubs from Arizona, Florida, Nebraska, Ohio and Texas. Helping me pick the winners this year were Los Angeles journalists…
Read MoreMember Kate Fleury Dies in Accident
hursday, June 17, 2004 6:45 PM Kate Fleury, one of the most energetic vol- unteers of Los Angeles Press Club, has been taken from us in a tragic accident. Kate showed up at the press club after attending the awards show as a guest a cou- ple of years ago. Since then she has been one of our most eager recruiters — always finding an original way to promote the Press Club. Like that day a few weeks ago when she was trying on clothes in Macy’s and turned to…
Read MoreThursday, June 17, 2004 6:42 PM Awards Presenters Announced Journalists who win big at the June 12th Southern California Journalism Awards gala in Century City will be presented their first-place plaques by a big range of talent and political heft, including baseball legend Jose Canseco, CNN Executive Vice President Eason Jordan, NYPD Blue’s Gordon Clapp, Mo’nique, Sean Kanan of The Bold and the Beautiful, impersonator John Roarke, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, California State Senator Majority Leader Don Perata, syndicated radio host and MTV-Asia personality Kerri Kasem and Hollywood…
Read MoreJournalism 101: Does it Work?
Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:40 PM BY JORDI ORTEGA What a great journalism class. No one who paid $10 to attend the May 5 event at Press Club headquarters in Hollywood left unhappy. Panelists tackling the topic, “The superficial and the scandalous: Are jour- nalism schools to blame?” organized by the club and Cal State Los Angeles, agreed that journalism schools are not to blame for the shameful problems emerging in journalism—-but newsrooms probably are. Sitting at the experts‚ table were Judy Muller, ABC News correspondent and USC professor; Paul…
Read MoreHollywood insiders, L.A. Bloggers panels, American Film Institute, May 29
Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:39 PM
Read MoreYour Chance to Own Noted Painter, Go to Maui, Dine with Patt
Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:31 PM For the first time this year, the Press Club is holding a silent auction featuring everything from an important oil paint- ing to desert or Maui getaways to “Lunch with Patt Morrison” to a huge basket stuffed with famous cosmetics— -all to raise money for the club’s scholarships in journalism and other new charity efforts. Bids will be accepted at the June 12 annual journalism awards gala at the St. Regis Hotel. Detailed descriptions and some photos can be viewed at www.lapressclub.org. (But, so…
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