RECEPTION FOR EMMY NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS

Monday, September 24, 2001 10:51 PM The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences extends a very special invitation to all members of the Los Angeles Press Club to meet and greet Emmy nominated documentary producers at a reception at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 at their home in North Hollywood. The event will coincide with the 53rd annual Emmys which will be handed out on Sept. 8 and Sept. 16. Among the nominees are for outstanding non-fiction special are History Channel’s “Egypt Beyond the Pyramids”; PBS’ “Scottsboro: An American Tragedy”;…

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(Updated Thu Sep 6) Mark your calendar for this year’s LAPC Annual meeting on September 20, beginning at 7 p.m. We have a lot of accomplishments to celebrate, and a lot to talk about, as we chart our course for the future. All members are welcome. Candidates for the board will be given the opportunity to speak briefly. We will also get updates on the Sunshine Act effort, outreach efforts, the Ta

Monday, September 17, 2001 10:46 PM Mark your calendar for this year’s LAPC Annual meeting on September 20, beginning at 7 p.m. We have a lot of accomplishments to celebrate, and a lot to talk about, as we chart our course for the future. All members are welcome. Candidates for the board will be given the opportunity to speak briefly. We will also get updates on the Sunshine Act effort, outreach efforts, the Tax-Exempt Initiative and much more. There will also be time for professional networking. It would help for…

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L.A. TIMES REPORTER VIRGINIA ELLIS NAMED SACRAMENTO BUREAU CHIEF

Friday, August 03, 2001 10:44 PM LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2001 – Virginia Ellis, an award-winning reporter who has worked for the Los Angeles Times since 1988, has been named Sacramento Bureau chief. Ellis most recently won national recognition for a series of stories that ultimately led to the resignation of California’s Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush. She was awarded the 2001 George Polk and Selden Ring awards and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in beat reporting for that coverage. “Virginia Ellis is the quintessential statehouse reporter,” said Dean Baquet, managing…

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WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE 43RD ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JOURNALISM AWARDS FOR 2001

Saturday, July 21, 2001 10:38 PM Winners were announced at the gala dinner and awards ceremony on June 9, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. DAILY NEWSPAPER (over 100,000 circulation) Na/1 – Print Journalist of the Year David Willman, LA Times Na/2 – Spot News Reporting Paul Watson and Zoran Cirjakovic, LA Times Na3 – Team Reporting LA Times Staff, LA Times Na/4 – Hard News Feature Reporting Terry McDermott, LA Times Na/5 – Soft News Feature Story Richard E. Meyer, LA Times Na/6 – Investigative Reporting David Willman, LA Times…

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TIME TO ROAST AND TOAST TIMES VET BILL BOYARSKY

Friday, June 22, 2001 10:30 PM It’s time to honor an old friend of the Los Angeles Press Club. Come and join the fun as we roast and toast Bill Boyarsky, the retiring City Editor of the Los Angeles Times, on Wednesday, April 25, 2001. This mixer is being jointly sponsored by the Los Angeles Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the upstairs bar of the elegant Cicada Restaurant, 617 S. Olive Street, in downtown Los Angeles. Boyarsky, known for his…

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8 Ball Welfare Foundation Launches Annual Appeal

Saturday, June 02, 2001 10:37 PM The 8 Ball Welfare Foundation, an independent non-profit charity associated with the Los Angeles Press Club that helps veteran journalists in need, has launched its annual membership appeal. Over the past 45 years, modest Aid Grants have helped hundreds over “rough spots when newspersons find themselves suddenly out of work or facing other emergency needs,” says Robert Krauch, who is Chairman of the group founded after the L.A. Daily News folded in 1954. Since then, with numerous media mergers and layoffs, the charity has…

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BLACK JOURNALISTS OFFER INVITATION TO TWO EVENTS

Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:36 PM The Black Journalists Association is having two events of note. On Saturday, May 12, there will be a Welcoming Reception for Paul Madison, the new General Manger of KNBC-TV. The dressy reception will be at the African American Museum from 7-9 p.m. RSVP (323) 782-0266. (Paula Madison Bio) Their annual Scholarship Dinner will be held Thursday, October 18, at the L.A. Athletic Club in Hollywood. RSVP or info (213)427-8246, or visit www.bjasc.org.

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CBS PRESIDENT LES MOONVES WILL PRESENT QUINN AWARD TO DAN RATHER AND CBS NEWS

Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:35 PM One of broadcasting’s most successful and acclaimed executives, Les Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Television, will be on hand to present the Joseph M. Quinn Award for Journalistic Excellence and Distinction to Dan Rather and CBS News during the 43rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards presented by the Los Angeles Press Club. This year’s gala dinner will take place on Saturday evening, June 9, 2001, in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Universal Hotel, in Universal City. In addition to the…

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DAN RATHER AND THE CBS NEWS TRADITION HONORED WITH JOSEPH M. QUINN AWARD FOR JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE AND DISTINCTION

Friday, April 06, 2001 10:32 PM Hollywood – The Los Angeles Press Club Board of Directors has unanimously voted to honor veteran CBS newsman and Managing Editor Dan Rather, and the CBS news tradition, with their highest honor, the Joseph M. Quinn Award for Journalistic Excellence and Distinction, as part of the 43rd annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Rather is being honored for “his consistently outstanding journalism on the CBS Evening News, as anchor of ‘48 Hours,’ and as correspondent on ‘60 Minutes 2,’ and in all of his TV…

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