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Sunday, September 18, 2011 5:50 PM Gene Webster, former Los Angeles Press Club president, died Sept. 16, following an illness. A memorial will be held Saturday October 1, 2011 at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City from 10 am until 2. Dec. 27, 1924 – Sept. 16, 2011 Gene Webster, former KABC-TV Editorial Director, winner of 4 Golden Mikes, and author of Random Meanderings, (a quarterly editorial newsletter), passed away at home, Friday, September 16, 2011. Webster was born December 27, 1924 in Shelton, Nebraska and graduated from Stadium High…

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 5:51 PM Hugh M. Hefner, the legendary editor-in-chief and founder of Playboy Magazine, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Press Club at its 4th Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala on November 17 at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. “Hefner’s footprint on American popular culture is huge,” says LA Press Club President Will Lewis. “For almost 60 years, Playboy has been on the leading edge in shaping positive attitudes on civil rights, gay rightsundefinedas well as human sexuality.” Buy Tickets…

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:55 PM Final deadline extended to Tuesday, October 11; Diana must approve extensions. 310-210-1860 or diana[at]lapressclub.org This national contest is aimed at entertainment reporters and editors, film and television critics across the country, including foreign journalists. Open to all U.S.-based entertainment journalists for work published or disseminated during 2010/2011 (January 1 2010 – June 30 2011). All categories judged and awarded separately. Entries in a foreign language must include a translation. New this year: awards for best use of social media. One cash prize of $500…

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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…

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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…

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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

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Monday, June 27, 2011 6:50 PM For a full list of winners CLICK HERE

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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…

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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…

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