Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:36 PM The Los Angeles Press Club is fielding candidates for the 2014 Board of Directors. For print, broadcast and Internet journalists, this is an opportunity to serve in a non-profit organization. This year represents a unique opportunity for a new generation of board members to help shape the future direction of the Press Club with for fresh ideas. Board members serve two-year terms. Among the duties are to oversee the policies, finances, events and other activities of the Press Club, attend regular monthly board meetings,…
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The 6th Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards — November 24, 2013
Thursday, August 15, 2013 4:44 PM HOLLYWOOD, CA. Entertainment journalists working in print, online, radio, television and photo journalism in the United States are invited to submit their best works of 2012-13 for the Los Angeles Press Club’s sixth annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards. To celebrate the Club’s 100-year history we have created a Special Centennial Awards category in which journalists are invited to submit their “best career work” regardless of year of publication or broadcast, in any of four areas: celebrity photo, celebrity interview, entertainment investigation and entertainment feature.…
Read MoreThe 2013 Daniel Pearl Fellows: Views on America
Monday, August 05, 2013 4:46 PM Join us for an evening with the 2013 Daniel Pearl Fellows, moderated by Rob Eshman, editor of Jewish Journal.
Read MoreWinners 55th Southern California Journalism Awards
Sunday, June 23, 2013 4:48 PM Winners_Socal_2013 Click here for more pictures from the Award show Sunday, June 23rd Click here for videos from the Award show.
Read MoreQuinn Award to Fred Roggin, NBC4
Friday, May 24, 2013 5:01 PM HOLLYWOOD, May 22, 2013: The Los Angeles Press Club proudly announces NBC4’s Fred Roggin will receive this year’s Joseph M. Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement. The honor will be bestowed at the LAPC’s Centennial Awards Gala on Sunday, June 23rd at the Biltmore Hotel’s historic Crystal Ballroom, Downtown, Los Angeles. Fred Roggin is the weekday sports anchor at NBC4 Southern California, joining the station in 1980. He is the host of ‘Going Roggin,’ a new 30 minute sports commentary program that airs Sundays at…
Read More55th SoCal Journalism Awards and Centennial Dinner, Finalists Announced
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:16 PM Join us for the 55th SoCal Journalism Awards and LA Press Club’s Centennial Celebration Sunday, June 23rd 2013 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. Carl Reiner, President’s Award for Impact on Media Sandra Rodríguez Nieto, SinEmbargo.mx, Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism Fred Roggin, KNBC – LA, Joseph M. Quinn Award for Journalistic Excellence and Distinction Sue Laris, Downtown News, Public Service Award for Journalistic Contributions to Civic Life In Loving Memory of Huell Howser Finalists
Read MorePresident’s Award to Carl Reiner
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 6:00 PM The Los Angeles Press Club is thrilled to announce this year’s honoree for the President’s Award is a Hollywood legend. Carl Reiner is a director-actor- writer-producer-recording artist-comedian and tweeter who hasundefinedso farundefinedgarnered twelve Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award. The President’s Award ”for impact on media” will be presented at the press club’s upcoming 100th year celebration on June 23rd at the Biltmore Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles. The award recognizes those whose energy and effort had an impact on media and our society. “We…
Read MoreLAPC Public Service Award to Sue Laris
Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:18 PM In 1972, Sue Laris founded what is now Los Angeles Downtown News after planning it on her kitchen table. Today, her independently owned multi-media company, with an avid readership of about 150,000 weekly, has soared from the original Civic Center News to a paper whose success is inseparable from the transformation of Downtown. Her firm also publishes three magazines and online content weekdays at http://downtownnews.com. Originally targeted at readers in the Los Angeles Civic Center, where City Hall, the Hall of Administration, Superior Court…
Read MoreCourageous Mexican Journalist to Receive the Daniel Pearl Award
Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:05 PM This year’s winner of the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism is Mexico’s Sandra Rodríguez Nieto. She has worked for El Diario de Juárez from 2003 to 2012 where she has courageously written about local government corruption and the failures in the judicial system. She has also written about immigration issues as well as the military deployment that turned Juarez into one of the most dangerous cities on earth. She has focused on how a lack of education and jobs drives…
Read MoreHONORING BILL ROSENDAHL — Wendy Greuel joins the roasters and toasters
Monday, April 01, 2013 6:26 PM Los Angeles Press Club kicks off its 2013 Centennial Celebrations by honoring former LAPC President Bill Rosendahl with a “Roast and Toast” on May 16, 2013 at the club’s headquarters in East Hollywood. With Roasters and Toasters Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, Assemblyman Mike Feuer, Lila Garrett, Dan Schnur, Robert Kovacik, Ted Johnson, Jill Stewart, Patt Morrison, Maria Armoudian, Supervisor Don Knabe, Councilman Dennis Zine, Kevin James, Councilman Tom LaBonge and Congress Woman Diane E. Watson. Net proceeds from the event will go to “The…
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