Monday, January 16, 2006 8:54 AM
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Club catches Credit Card Fraud, CopsYawn but No Member Data Lost
Monday, January 16, 2006 8:54 AM BY DIANA LJUNGAEUS, diana@LApressclub.org Are you terrified your credit card records are among the millions stolen? Our non-profit became the unwitting conduit of credit card crooks in spite desperate attempts to involve local and federal authorities as the scam was unfolding. The good news is no Press Club or member information was stolen and the club was financially protected. But the episode caused a lot of frustration and lost work time. And we weren’t even the target. The scammers victimized 2,000 strangers who have…
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Monday, January 16, 2006 8:49 AM
Read MoreOn American Soil: Jack Hammond
Sunday, January 15, 2006 6:19 PM By DIANNE BATES Jack Hamann started with a reporter’s hunch that “something wasn’t right” about a 43- year-old story he discovered while covering a routine assignment in 1987.The end result of his obsession with the story of the hanging in 1944 of Italian prisoner of war, Private Guglielmo Olivotto, in Washington State is the recently published book, American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WW II. Hamaan’s quest also opened an inquiry into the resulting trail and court martials – bill HR 3174,…
Read MoreYes,Technology is the Answer to Everything
Sunday, January 15, 2006 6:19 PM BY CHRISTINE PALMA, christine@LApressclub.org When asked for her wish list, Executive Director Diana Ljungaeus put e-commerce, mailing list management, and revamped website at the top of immediate needs. The challenge for this one-person office has always been not having enough hours in a day. Last year, hackers forced the Press Club to shut down its online payment system. The new e-commerce site using Ebay’s Pro Stores engine will provide security and save the Club hundreds of manhours by making Quickbooks reconcilliation easier, and by…
Read MoreTo Live and Die in IRAQ: War and the Journalists who cover it
Sunday, January 15, 2006 6:15 PM BY CHRIS WOODYARD, chris@LApressclub.org Journalists face not only danger in the Iraq war, but hardship – from knowing the lives of their Iraqi interpreters and staff are constantly threatened to having had to file stories and pictures over the occasional objections from soldiers in the field, a packed audience was told at a emotional Press Club panel discussion. Three journalists and a California National Guard officer who served in Iraq on the panel, “To Live and Die in Iraq: The War – Three Years…
Read MoreDave Lopez named Quinn Award winner
Lopez, pictured at the Journalism Awards with his wife, becomes the latest in a string of recent KCBS-KCAL winners of the Quinn. They include anchors Laura Diaz and Pat Harvey. Past recipients have included Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Ted Koppel, Patt Morrison and Edward R. Murrow. One of Southern California television’s hardest-working street reporters will be the recipient of the club’s prestigious Joseph M. Quinn Award for lifetime achievement. CBS 2 reporter Dave Lopez, a 28-year veteran of CBS 2, will be honored with the award at the…
Read MoreThe Black Dahlia Files: The Enduring Legacy of the Murder that Transfixed Los Angeles – Thursday, January 12, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:13 PM LA Press Club to Host Black Dahlia Author Donald H. Wolfe On January 15, 1947, the body of young, aspiring Hollywood starlet Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Within days, the dark-haired beauty who wore a white flower behind her ear became immortalized as The Black Dahlia. The subject of countless books and an upcoming film, The Black Dahlia case is considered the most notorious unsolved murder in Los Angeles history. On Thursday, January 12, 2006, almost 59 years…
Read MoreLEARNING FROM PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS
Wednesday, November 09, 2005 1:25 PM “Digging deep: What reporters can learn from and about private investigators.” WHEN: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. wine reception and snacks 7:30 – 8:30 Debate followed by Q and A WHO: Corey Friedman, director of Nick Harris Detectives and the Nick Harris Detective Academy Steven Wachtel, private investigator and vice-president of PICA, Private Investigators of California Eric Leonard, investigative reporter, KFI radio Adam Dawson, legal investigator and former Daily News reporter, Adam Dawson & Associates Eric Longabardi, Producer / Reporter /…
Read MoreEarly Halloween at Magic Castle
Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:27 PM It is that time a year again! Join us for our annual Halloween Party at Magic Castle and get access to one of Hollywood’s most exclusive nightclubs. Overlooking the city from its hillside perch on Franklin Avenue, the Magic Castle is a private haven for magicians and celebrities. Siegfried & Roy got their start there. So did David Copperfield. Orson Welles and Cary Grant used to be regulars at the Castle’s multiple bars. Today it’s Drew Barrymore, Jason Alexander and others. It’s a place…
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