Category: News

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…

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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…

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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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Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:17 PM Loyola Law School, Los Angeles is accepting applications until Monday, March 21 for its sixth-annual Journalist Law School fellowship, a four-day crash course on constitutional, civil and criminal law taught by law professors, jurists and attorneys. Fellowships will be competitively awarded to 35 journalists and will cover instruction, lodging, meals and one-half of travel expenses for the June 15-18 workshop. More than 175 reporters, editors and producers have completed the program since 2006. Your LA Press Club is proud to be a Co-Sponsor of…

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Tuesday, March 01, 2011 7:18 PM For anyone intrigued by what makes top musicians and celebrities tick, read about and watch video from this event. Press Club to meet prolific Rolling Stone and New York Times reporter and bestselling author Neil Strauss as he gives us an early glimpse at his provocative new book, “Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead.” Neil, a denizen of Laurel Canyon, and author of previous New York Times bestsellers “The Game” and “Rules of the Game” and co-author of Motley Crue’s “The Dirt” and Marilyn…

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Monday, February 07, 2011 7:19 PM On April 19, 2010 suspected counterfeiter, drug dealer and weapons maker Brian Alexik evaded police at the door of his ritzy Downtown penthouse undefined which overlooked the L.A. branch of the Federal Reserve bank undefined by sneaking down a fire escape. On June 3, he was arrested in a rundown apartment barely a mile from his home. In the following months, he opened up to Los Angeles Downtown News reporter Ryan Vaillancourt, who had been the first to cover the story. The two spoke…

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Monday, January 24, 2011 7:23 PM The Los Angeles Press Club has a new timeline for its 4th National Entertainment Journalism Awards celebration as it fine-tunes and upgrades this unique competition. The new Call for Entries date is July 1st with a submission deadline of September 1st. The Awards party will be held mid-November at a new venue– the exact date and location will be announced soon. A Best of Show cash prize will be featured along with expanded categories including best tweet or tweets and best Facebook presence. The…

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Monday, January 10, 2011 7:24 PM The Joseph M. Quinn Award for journalistic excellence and distinction goes to John Schwada, a political-government and investigative reporter for KTTV Fox 11 News in Los Angeles. He has won two LA area Emmy awards and a Golden Mike for three separate investigative reports. He is also a frequent contributor to blogs on the station’s website. “From newspapers to TV reporting to blogging,” said Will Lewis, LA Press Club president, “ he has quickly adapted to new platforms while excelling in the coverage of…

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Thursday, January 06, 2011 7:26 PM The Los Angeles Press Club is proud to announce its first Public Service in Journalism award. It’s for reporting that results in improving the civic life of a city or region in California . LA Times reporters Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives have been named the recipients of the 2011 Public Service award for breaking, and staying with, the City of Bell Scandal. The reporting led to criminal indictments and sweeping governmental reforms in the cities of Bell , Maywood and Vernon . Furthermore,…

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Monday, January 03, 2011 7:28 PM The Los Angeles Press Club announces the results of its December election for the 2011 Board of Directors. Newly elected are Tony Castro, Daily News; Eric Leonard, KFI News; Martha Sarabia, La Opinion and Sharon Waxman, The Wrap. Incumbents reelected are:John Amato, Crooks&Liars; Diana Ljungaeus, international journalist and Jon Regardie, Downtown News. Continuing board members are Beth Barrett, investigative reporter; Jane Engle, LA Times; Rory Johnston, freelance; Fred Mamoun, KNBC-4 News, Will Lewis, KCRW emeritus; Jill Stewart, LA Weekly and Chris Woodyard, USA Today.…

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