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Meet 2011 Daniel Pearl Fellows
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 6:04 PM We are pleased to invite you to meet with our 2011 Daniel Pearl Fellows, Aatekah Mir from Pakistan and Emal Haidary from Afghanistan. They will share their experiences in America at a panel discussion moderated by Rob Eshman, Thursday, August 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m. at the Los Angeles Press Club. The reception starts at 7:00 p.m. Established in 2003, in partnership with the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships, the Daniel Pearl Fellows come from countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, which…
See MoreLAPC Board Member Pink-Slipped by LAT After 27 Years
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 6:01 PM Reprinted from LAObserved.com Here’s a classy LAT farewell note Kevin Roderick • July 27 2011 6:47 PM One of the Los Angeles Times newsroom veterans who learned today that she was laid off is Jane Engle, an assistant editor in Travel who has written a lot for the Travel section. A former editor on the Foreign desk, she’s been with the Times 27 years. She emailed the newsroom an uplifting exit note. Excerpt: Thanks to all who have helped me and befriended me during…
See MoreNBC Nightly News Features Engel at Press Awards
Thursday, June 30, 2011 6:14 PM Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy From NBC Nightly News, Thurs. June 30, 2011 NBC’s Brian Williams: “And please allow us to tell you about one of our own….Richard Engel, our chief war correspondent–Last weekend he received the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity… from the LA Press Club….Richard has spent the better part of this decade covering the nation’s dual wars.” Video link: http://t.co/opYK4Jv via @msnbc
See MoreWinners 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011 6:50 PM For a full list of winners CLICK HERE
See More53rd Journalism Awards Gala, June 26
Friday, June 10, 2011 6:52 PM 60 MINUTES’ Correspondent Lesley Stahl, NBC News Senior Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and KTTV’s John Schwada were honored at the LA Press Club’s 53rd Journalism Awards Gala, Sunday June 26 in the legendary Crystal Ballroom at the historic Biltmore in downtown LA. The club presented its first Public Service Award to the two LA Times reporters who broke the Bell salary scandal–Ruben Vives and Jeff Gottlieb. Reason Magazine’s Radley Balko, who was Print Journalist of the Year (circulation under 50,000) was named Best of…
See MoreRichard Engel Named the 2011 Daniel Pearl Awardee
Thursday, April 07, 2011 6:57 PM Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent, will receive the 2011 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity at the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards on Sunday, June 26th at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. The Daniel Pearl Award was created in 2002 by the LA Press Club and the family of Daniel Pearl in memory of the slain Wall Street Journal reporter. Only recently, Engel was with Libyan rebels south of Benghazi when they came under fire by Gaddafi forces. He was on-camera…
See MoreGrading the teachers: Song, Felch and Smith on their series in LA Times
Monday, March 14, 2011 7:17 PM Please join us on March 24 at the Los Angeles Press Club to hear Los Angeles Times reporters Jason Felch, Jason Song and Doug Smith discuss “How We Got the Story” about 6,000 Los Angeles teacher test scores that created a nationwide media sensation. Moderated by press club board member Jill Stewart from LA Weekly. R.S.V.P. The Times has been variously praised and slammed for its series “Grading the Teachers,” in which it became the first newspaper ever to publish the names of highly…
See MoreLesley Stahl to be Honored with LA Press Club’s President’s Award
Monday, March 14, 2011 7:13 PM Lesley Stahl, veteran correspondent for America ’s number-one news program, 60 MINUTES, will be honored by the Los Angeles Press Club with the 2011 President’s Award for Impact on the Media. She will accept the award at the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards in the legendary Crystal Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore on Sunday, June 26. “She is a pioneering woman in television news whose career spans the era of Watergate to the digital age,” said LA Press Club President Will Lewis. Stahl’s…
See More53rd SoCal Journalism Awards: New Categories and Cash Prize
Monday, March 14, 2011 7:12 PM The Los Angeles Press Club has issued a call for entries for one of the oldest and largest news competitions in the Southlandundefinedthe 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. DEADLINE: April 7th at 5 pm The contest will judge the year’s best work by journalists in all media platforms–radio and television news, newspapers and magazines, news bureaus, foreign journalists and online reporting, bloggers and student media. Sister press clubs across the nation will do the judging. New this year best tweet or tweets, best…
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