The Los Angeles Press Club mourns the loss of our fellow journalists at the Capital Gazette in Maryland. Our sincere condolences go out to the families and friends of the victims. Journalists all over the world are risking their lives everyday to report unwelcome truths and shine a light on matters too often overlooked. It is unacceptable that a newsroom becomes a target. Any threat to a free press is a threat to democracy and the balance of power. #freepress=democracy
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Congratulations to our Scholarship Winner
Liam Brooks was the lucky recipient of the $1,000 scholarship sponsored by Frontiers Communications! Every year we pick a winner at random from our student category finalists. Brooks is a graduate of Pitzer College. We wish him all the best in his journalistic endeavors.
Read More60th SoCal Journalism Awards Finalists Announced!
Join us in congratulating the finalists of the L.A. Press Club’s 60th Southern California Journalism Awards! Our judges sorted through nearly 1,400 entries. Our finalists represent the most talented and hardworking journalists in Southern California. Click here for the complete list. The contest will come to a close at the SoCal Awards Gala, where we will announce the winners. Get your tickets today!
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Raif Badawi is the 2018 LA Press Club Daniel Pearl Awardee
Saudi Arabian writer and blogger Raif Badawi is the winner of the 2018 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. Raif Badawi is currently serving a 10 year prison sentence plus 1,000 lashes for “insulting Islam” by promoting human rights and equal rights for women in Saudi Arabia on his blog. His sentence, if fully carried out, will most likely result in his death. Raif Badawi’s wife Ensaf Haidar and his three children will travel to Los Angeles from their new home in Canada to accept the award…
Read MoreNBC NEWS’ Lester Holt to Receive the LA Press Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” and “Dateline NBC,” has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2018 Joseph M. Quinn Awardee for Lifetime Achievement. “The Press Club is delighted to offer this award to Lester Holt, whose tireless reporting around the world is an inspiration for journalists everywhere,” said club president Chris Palmeri of Bloomberg. The Quinn Award will be presented to Holt at the 60th SoCal Journalism Awards Gala on Sunday, June 24th at the Biltmore Millennium Hotel, downtown LA. More than 500 journalists…
Read More“The Breadwinner” Screening and Q&A
Hello members, you are invited! Special screening and Q&A for the Academy-nominated animated feature, “The Breadwinner” on Friday, Feb. 9 at 3:30 p.m. The Q&A will be with director Nora Twomey and producer Anthony Leo. To RSVP, email: Breadwinner@ScreeningRSVPS.com WHEN: Friday, Feb. 9 at 3:30 p.m. WHERE: UTA Screening Room 9336 Civic Center Drive Los Angeles
Read MoreThomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy Writing
Each year, the National Press Foundation presents the Thomas L. Stokes Award to a U.S.-based journalist for the best writing on the subject of energy. The Stokes Award was established in the spring of 1959 by friends and admirers of the late Thomas L. Stokes, the syndicated Washington columnist on national affairs. It is given annually for the best writing “in the independent spirit of Tom Stokes” on subjects of interest to him including energy, natural resources and the environment. The winner of the award receives $2,000. The subject may…
Read MoreBlast from the Past: Nixon and the LAPC
In 1958 the Los Angeles Press Club hosts Vice President Richard Nixon’s press conference taking questions from an impressive array of local and national reporters. His answers, whether you agree with his conclusions or not, are intelligent, cohesive and articulate.
Read More“The Post” Wins the LA Press Club’s Veritas Award
The Los Angeles Press Club is thrilled to announce the winner of its 3rd annual Veritas Award for the Best Film Based on or Inspired by Real Events and People. This award is judged by members of the LAPC — based equally upon fidelity of subject matter and artistic excellence. The overwhelming winner is 20th Century Fox’s The Post written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer and directed by Steven Spielberg; starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. “We are honored and thrilled that the Los Angeles Press Club has voted…
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