Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:06 PM The Los Angeles Press Club presents: Taking the leap – from journalist to author Turn your stories and ideas into a book. A panel of recent journalist/authors will offer tips, explain the triumphs and pitfalls. Come hear: –David Willis, on book leave from the BBC to pen a volume about the California dream –Chip Jacobs of the L.A. Daily News, wrote a book about his family –Francesca Segre, whose novel “Daughter of the Bride,” has been optioned by Columbia WHEN: Thursday, April 27. 6:30…
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WATCHING THE WATCHDOGS: LA’S MEDIA WEBSITES APRIL 13, THURSDAY
Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:06 PM Three who run top websites Talk about how they keep tabs on Local media and how they turn a profit. •LAObserved.com, by former LA TIMES staffer Kevin Roderick •RonFineman.com, by Ron Fineman, former TV and radio newsman •LARadio.com, by Don Barrett •How do they find stories and sources? •How do they influence news budgets in the city? •How do they make money? Don’t miss this chance to pick their brains. MODERATOR: LA Press Club Secretary Matt Welch will moderate. Welch, now of the LA…
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See MoreSOME OF OUR BEST JOURNALISM IS NOT IN ENGLISH: Thursday, March 23rd
Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:07 PM Some 84 percent of Hispanic, Asian and African-American residents of California (close to 17 million) report that they access ethnic media outlets regularly. With the vast and sprawling series of interlocking communities that has become southern California, it should be no surprise that our media, journalism, and public affairs programming exists in dozens of languages, from the award winning writing of La Opinion to the thousands of readers of publications like the Korean Times in the mid-city area, the Glendale base bilingual Armenian daily…
See MoreTO LIVE AND DIE IN IRAQ: THE WAR : THREE YEARS LATER Thursday, March 9th
Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:08 PM On March 19th, 2003 The United States and its coalition allies launched an air and ground assault on Iraq. Little more than three weeks later Saddam Hussein and his Baathist regime were overthrown, but the “War” was not over. The debate rages on, as does the War, with Iraqis, US soldiers, journalists and many others, all living, fighting, dying and trying to report on the conflict. It’s the biggest story of the past three years and seems it will remain that way for some…
See MoreThe Los Angeles Press Club Loves You!
Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:10 PM A Valentine’s Day Party with Entertainment, Food, and Drink For Members and Their Friends WHEN: Thursday, February 9th, 2006 at 8 p.m. (Doors open at 7 p.m.) WHERE: Los Angeles Press Club’s headquarters at the Steve Allen Theater, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., 2 blocks west of Vermont COST: Everything is FREE, but RSVPs are a must: [email protected] This Valentine’s Day preview party will feature free cocktails, snacks, and entertainment. CHARLES PHOENIX — A former LA WEEKLY “Pick of the Week,” Phoenix shares his love of…
See MoreLos Angeles Press Club Presents: A True Story of Murder, the U.S. Military, Civil Rights and Justice Denied
Wednesday, February 01, 2006 1:11 PM ”ON AMERICAN SOIL: How Justice Became A Casualty of World War II” Journalist and Author Jack Hamann to discuss his new book at the Los Angeles Press Club – Wednesday, February 1st 2006. On a hot August night in 1944, a soldier’s body was discovered hanging by a rope from a cable spanning an obstacle course at Seattle’s Fort Lawton. The body was identified as Private Guglielmo Olivotto, one of the thousands of Italian prisoners of war captured and brought to America. The murder…
See MoreThe Black Dahlia Files: Donald H.Wolfe
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:20 PM BY TED JOHNSON, [email protected] Was Bugsy Siegel responsible for the murder of the Black Dahlia? That’s the conclusion posited by author Donald H. Wolfe in his new book “The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles,” (Judith Regen Books, 2006), which he outlined in a Los Angeles Press Club event in January. Stepping into one of Los Angeles’ most notorious unsolved crimes, Wolfe is the latest writer to try to shed new light on the 59-year-old murder.…
See MoreDaniel Pearl Award goes to Kevin Sites
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:10 PM Kevin Sites, foreign correspondent for Yahoo News, has been chosen to receive the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2006 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. The award will be presented at the 48th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards to be held June 24, 2006, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Sites, who has reported extensively from Iraq, marks the first time that the club has honored an online journalist with one of its most important awards. In recommending Sites for…
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Monday, January 16, 2006 8:54 AM
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