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Bari Weiss is the 2021 LA Press Club Daniel Pearl Awardee

Los Angeles Press Club

Bari Weiss is the recipient of the 2021 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. “‘My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish. Daniel Pearl’s moving last words are true for me, too. I could not be prouder to be a Jew, and it’s impossible to express how honored I am to be receiving this prize,” said Bari Weiss when she got the news. Weiss is a journalist and the author of “How to Fight Anti-Semitism,” which won a 2019 National Jewish Book Award. From 2017 to 2020, Weiss…

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Sean Penn and Ann Lee to Receive the LA Press Club Public Service Award

Los Angeles Press Club

Sean Penn and Ann Lee have been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2021 Bill Rosendahl Public Service Awardees for Contributions to Civic Life. Sean Penn and Ann Lee are co-founders of the crisis response organization CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort). Ann Lee serves as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer and Sean Penn is the board’s Chairperson. “As the world was reeling from the spread of COVID-19, Sean and Ann jumped in and mobilized a massive testing effort in Southern California and beyond,” said Los Angeles Press Club President Lisa…

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta to Receive the LA Press Club’s President’s Award

Los Angeles Press Club

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2021 Presidents Awardee for Impact on Media. “During the pandemic, it was crucial that journalists provide information that would help the public understand the crisis,” said Lisa Richwine, president of the Los Angeles Press Club. “Audiences turned to Dr. Gupta for his expertise and ability to explain the science behind a complex and rapidly evolving story that touched every corner of the world.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the multiple Emmy®-award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. Gupta, a practicing…

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The Los Angeles Press Club Announces the Inaugural Recipients of the Charles M. Rappleye Investigative Journalism Grant

Los Angeles Press Club

The Los Angeles Press Club proudly announces the inaugural recipients of the Charles M. Rappleye Investigative Journalism Award. The grant, established in honor of longtime Los Angeles-based editor and journalist, Charles Rappleye, aims to support next-level investigative research for ongoing projects. Rappleye, who died in 2018 at the age of 62, was widely known for his work at LA Weekly and LA CityBeat, as well as his series of non-fiction books such as the 2006 work “Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution,” which…

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Art Classes for Journalists – June Schedule

Los Angeles Press Club

Here’s a reminder that your membership comes with the added benefit of FREE art classes specially designed for journalists. So come join our community and let your creativity flow. It will help your writing too! LA Press Club members may join any scheduled Roaming Studio online art class for free. You don’t need to register, just click the zoom link provided on the Art at Work portal, which is the same for all classes (Password: Artisfun). JUNE CLASSES Abstract Mixed Media Painting — Tuesday 3:30 p.m. Figure Drawing — Wednesday 6 p.m.…

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Help Protect Journalists from Arrest in California

Los Angeles Press Club

Over the past year, we’ve seen dozens of our colleagues injured, detained and arrested by police in California. Last month, the Los Angeles Press Club’s board of directors unanimously voted to endorse SB-98, a bill that was written to protect journalists from arrest during protests. Endorsing legislation is an extraordinary step that we rarely take. Unfortunately, a new amendment to SB-98 threatens our safety. We are pushing back together, part of an unprecedented coalition with at least 15 journalism groups signing the following open letter. Please share this with your…

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Joint Letter to Law Enforcement and Local Governments

Los Angeles Press Club

To Police Chief Moore, Sheriff Villanueva, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles City Council, Mayor Garcetti and Southern California Law Enforcement: Los Angeles and other major cities have seen a resurgence in protests against police brutality over the past year, which have resulted in a series of incidents involving police officers and the journalists assigned to cover those demonstrations. Journalists in Southern California and elsewhere have been detained, tackled, sprayed with tear gas, hit with rubber bullets and arrested, preventing them from providing the public with urgently needed…

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Emergency Fund for Southern California Journalists Open for Applications

Los Angeles Press Club

The Los Angeles Press Club is pleased to announce that the Emergency Fund for Southern California journalists is once again open for applications thanks to a generous grant from HFPA, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. This time the LA Press Club has been replenished with $50,000. Last year we received $125,000 from the HFPA to distribute to Southland journalists and photographers. The fund is recognizing the hardship put on journalists through the coronavirus pandemic and/or the changing media landscape. Applicants do not need to be members of the Los Angeles…

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Initial Statement by the Los Angeles Press Club on LAPD Abuse of Journalists’ Rights

Los Angeles Press Club

The Los Angeles Press Club condemns the way officers from the Los Angeles Police Department treated journalists covering the protests at Echo Park on Thursday, March 25. This unconstitutional police conduct involved multiple reporters from local news organizations being detained and zip-tied while simply doing their job. Additional details and accusations are still being investigated. We are horrified that this has become a pattern of violating both the United States Constitution and California Constitution, and not only by LAPD but by multiple law enforcement agencies across Southern California. Law enforcement…

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Standing in Solidarity with the Asian American Journalists Association

Los Angeles Press Club

The Los Angeles Press Club joins our colleagues at the Asian American Journalists Association in condemning anti-Asian racism and in our advocacy for enhanced, accurate coverage of the issue from newsrooms across the country. We welcome working together on a multitude of activities to help enlighten the public and our membership on this essential matter as well as ensure fair representation of communities of color. Like AAJA, we urge newsroom leaders to empower Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists in their daily work by highlighting the special skills they offer…

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