Category: News

The Los Angeles Press Club board has appointed a new member, Sarah Krouse from The Wall Street Journal. Krouse is the Los Angeles bureau chief at WSJ. She oversees reporters covering Hollywood, the music industry and gambling, and writes about streaming. “I am thrilled to join the board of an organization that champions high-quality journalism and advocates for press freedom, particularly at a time when it is under threat, as evidenced by Russia’s unjust detention of my colleague, Evan Gershkovich. A free press is key to a free society,” Krouse said. Krouse…

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May 30, 2023 Dear President Gallagher, Chancellor Rodriguez and the LACCD Board of Trustees, As a coalition of journalism organizations, press advocates and media law experts, we are concerned that the First Amendment rights of Los Angeles Collegian student journalists have NOT been respected at Los Angeles City College. We are aware of multiple incidents of student press censorship at Los Angeles City College, including: 1. On May 2, prohibiting a student photojournalist from covering a campus music event honoring the college’s outgoing president; 2. On May 19, sending armed…

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The Los Angeles Press Club is heartbroken by the murder of Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons while he was covering a shooting in Pine Hills, Florida. We send our deepest sympathies to his family, friends, colleagues and the wider media community that is mourning the loss of a fellow journalist. We also hope for a full recovery for Spectrum News 13 photojournalist Jesse Walden, who was critically injured in the incident. Journalists such as Lyons and Walden commit themselves to delivering vital information to their neighborhoods even if their…

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Candidates in alphabetical order. Asterisks denote incumbents. LAPC Active Members — click here to cast your vote! Ballot closes Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. Danny Bakewell, Jr., Los Angeles Sentinel Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. serves as the executive editor and chief of staff of the Los Angeles Sentinel, the largest African American-owned and operated newspaper west of the Mississippi, The Los Angeles Watts Times and WBOK Radio in New Orleans, Louisiana (the only talk radio station in the South dedicated totally to issues which affect the African American community). The…

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Email diana@lapressclub.org with your name and a short bio including your title and where you currently work/freelance. Please let us know what you want to bring to the table. You need to have been an active member (working journalist/photographer) in good standing with the club for at least one year to qualify for a board position. We need to know who is interested in the open board seats by Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, so don’t think about it for too long! Got any questions? Email Executive Director Diana Ljungaeus at the email above.

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