Category: News

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:30 PM Want to make a difference for Los Angeles Press Club and local journalism? Consider running for a board position! Due to term limitations several board members are leaving us at the end of this year. To run you need to be a current active (journalist) member. The election takes place in November. Candidates are expected to introduce themselves and make a statement at the Sept. 28 Annual meeting. WHAT: Los Angeles Press Club’s Annual Meeting and networking evening with cocktails and finger food. WHEN:…

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Saturday, September 24, 2005 1:32 PM In an interest of building bridges between Police , Fire and the media, the PPAGLA will be holding a seminar entitled “Covering Disasters” on Saturday, September 24th 2005, from 10:00 am to 3:00pm at the new Glendale Police Department Community Room, at 131 No. Isabel St, Glendale Ca. 91206 – cross st – Broadway in Glendale. The event is co-sponsored by Los Angeles Press Club. Glendale Police Public Information Officer, Tom Lorenz will have a presentation of the Metrolink disaster from the police prospective.…

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:32 PM Los Angeles Press Club has moved. You’ll find us at The Steve Allen Theater: 4773 Hollywood Boulevard (two blocks west of Vermont) Hollywood, CA 90027 Phone: 323-669-8081 Fax: 323-669-8069 email is still [email protected]

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Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:33 PM Come help Los Angeles Press Club celebrate our move to new, better and hipper headquarters. WHEN: Thursday August 25th @ 7 p.m. until “whenever”. WHO: Janet Klein & her Parlor Boys, comedy superhero Emo Philips and surprise guests. Rock ‘n’ roll music supplied by the Blue Cube — a group of Los Angeles Times staffers and their associates. WHERE: Steve Allen Theater, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., 2 blocks west of Vermont. Plenty of free parking on the lot. WHAT: Variety Show, cocktails, finger food, drinks,…

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:33 PM Join the Los Angeles Press Club for a discussion with two leading Muslim journalists on the view of America and American policy from abroad. WHEN: August 17 at 7 pm. The Los Angeles Press Club at the Steve Allen Theater (NEW ADDRESS) 4773 Hollywood Boulevard (2 blocks west of Vermont in Hollywood.) WHO: Walid Al-Saqaf, Editor-in-Chief of The Yemen Times. Currently a Daniel Pearl Fellow in partnership with the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships at The Wall Street Journal. Ammara Durrani, Assistant Editor, The News…

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:34 PM WHO: Amy Alkon, Emmanuelle Richard, Cathy Seipp and the L.A. Press Club invite you to: WHAT: A party for writer/director/actor Paul Feig, author of the new bestselling memoir “Superstud: Or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin.” Paul is also the creator of the cult TV hit “Freaks and Geeks,” writer and director of the feature film “I Am David,” and a director on the TV series “Arrested Development.” WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 10, from 7-10 p.m., with Paul doing a short reading from “Superstud” and…

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Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:36 PM The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and KTLA/WB invite you to the Stan Chambers Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet on Saturday, July 30, 2005. In his 58 years at KTLA, Stan Chambers has covered everything from fires and riots to earthquakes and parades. He covered the collapse of the Baldwin Hills dam, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Mr. Chambers has interviewed Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and many others. Today, he’s still out in…

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Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:38 PM Los Angeles Press Club and NPR invite you to meet NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose at Century Plaza Hotel this Thursday, July 14. The public broadcasting funding crisis and recent CPB’s attemt to to inject political interference in journalism will be discussed at this press conference/discussion, moderated by Alex Ben Block of TV Week. Kevin Klose, President and Chief Executive Officer of NPR, will discuss the public broadcasting issues currently making headlines – including the drastic last-minute federal funding cutback; its impact on…

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Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:40 PM Winners: 47th Southern California Journalism Awards for Work During 2004 JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Print Over 100,000 Circulation RONALD BROWNSTEIN – Los Angeles Times Comments: Mr Brownstein’s coverage of the 2004 differed from the coverage of others in the national press corps. It was original, it was documented and it did not rely on the propaganda coming out of both political camps. In addition, Mr Brownstein was far ahead of his counterparts, who continue to repeat tired slogans offered by the two political parties.…

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:39 PM WHO: Amy Alkon, Emmanuelle Richard, Cathy Seipp invite you to… WHAT: An L.A. Press Club party celebrating the publication of Rodney Rothman’s new book “Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement,” which recounts how former David Letterman writer Rothman decided to move to a Florida retirement community at age 28…. just because he could. Publishers Weekly says: “He infiltrates the social hierarchy of the “pool group,” eats dinner at the local early-bird specials and joins a shuffleboard club.” WHEN: Wednesday, June 22, from 7…

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