Category: NAEJ

Sesame Street’s Creators Win LA Press Clubs First Distinguished Storyteller Award

Los Angeles Press Club

It has been 50 years since Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett created Sesame Street, the longest running children’s show in America. Forty-eight years after the first episode aired, the Los Angeles Press Club is honoring the co-creators with its first Distinguished Storyteller Award. The ceremony will take place at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on December 3 at the Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles. “Sesame Street has educated and entertained generations of children and set a high standard for storytelling well worth celebrating,” said Press Club…

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New York Times’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who broke the Weinstein Story, to accept the L.A. Press Club’s Inaugural Impact Award

Los Angeles Press Club

The Los Angeles Press Club is proud to announce that Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the two New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein Story, will accept the Club’s Inaugural Impact Award. The ceremony will take place at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on December 3 at the Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles. “These two intrepid women faced down Harvey Weinstein by exposing the sordid truth of the mogul’s decades long sexual misconduct and abuse. They did so in spite of the onslaught of threats…

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L.A. Press Club to Honor Claudia Eller and Andrew Wallenstein, Co-Editors-in-Chief of Variety

Los Angeles Press Club

The Los Angeles Press Club will honor Variety’s Co-Editors-in-Chief Claudia Eller and Andrew Wallenstein at its upcoming National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on December 3 at the Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles. “Claudia Eller and Andrew Wallenstein have managed to take this 112-year-old trade magazine institution into the digital age, appealing to a younger worldwide demographic. This important recognition reflects the high standard of their work,” said Press Club President Robert Kovacik. The Luminary Award for Career Achievement was instituted to pay tribute to deserving members of the…

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A Lifetime of Helping Others

Los Angeles Press Club

A Lifetime of Helping Others Actor and Visionary Award Recipient Joe Mantegna Makes His Mark in Many Ways, Including on Veterans’ Causes   BY ALEX BEN BLOCK Next May, Joe Mantegna, the Tony Award-winning actor and star of the CBS show “Criminal Minds,” will co-host the National Memorial Day Concert. It will mark the 15th consecutive year that he will help present a star-studded tribute to those who served in the military. However, for a second year he will not be accompanied by a favorite uncle, Willie Novelli. The World…

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Joe Mantegna Accepts the 2015 Visionary Award

Los Angeles Press Club

Joe Mantegna Accepts the 2015 Visionary Award Tony Award-winning actor/director Joe Mantegna will accept the Los Angeles Press Club’s Visionary Award at the NAEJ Awards gala on Dec. 6 at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.   The Visionary Award was instituted to honor an individual within the entertainment industry who uses their high-profile status to make the world a better place and to spread information about issues of freedom and importance. The star of the CBS hit show “Criminal Minds” is a major supporter of our military service…

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Bob Barker Receives the L.A. Press Clubs Inaugural Legend Award

Los Angeles Press Club

Bob Barker Receives the L.A. Press Clubs Inaugural Legend Award Legendary game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker will accept the Los Angeles Press Club’s inaugural Legend Award at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on December 6 at the Biltmore Hotel, in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Barker will be introduced by the current host of “The Price is Right,” Drew Carey. “There is perhaps not a more beloved television icon than Bob Barker, a true living legend who continues, even at the age of 91,…

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