Monday, May 17, 2004 6:03 PM BY CHRIS WOODYARD Will Fowler, a longtime Press Club member and one of the city’s more col- orful newsmen, has died at 81. As a Herald Examiner reporter, Fowler covered the seamy side of Los Angeles — the high-profile crimes in the growing post-war metropolis. He claimed to have been the first journalist to get to the scene of what would become known as the “Black Dahlia murder,” according to his Los Angeles Times obituary. He said he closed the blue, half-shuttered eyes of…
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How To Get Brownie Points in 2004
Monday, May 17, 2004 5:52 PM SILENT AUCTION The Press Club is now a charitable non- profit recognized by the IRS. As such, we’ve launched our first Silent Auction to be held at the awards banquet on June 12. Our website will soon begin displaying items donated so far. Donors have already given the auction terrific gift baskets, collectibles and trips. Donations are 100 percent tax-deductible. How to Donate to the Tax-Deductible Silent Auction: Contact Club Executive Director Diana Ljungeaus now at diana@lapressclub.org or call Diana at (323) 469-8180. VIDEO…
Read MoreTrev Broudy To Be Announcer for Press Club Dinner
Monday, May 17, 2004 5:45 PM BY KAREN OCAMB Sept. 1, 2002 was a normal Sunday night in West Hollywood. Trev Broudy, a handsome 34-year-old voice-over artist, walked a friend to his car after the two spent a quiet evening watching videos. Broudy’s life was good: his career was on an upswing with a national commercial and his plans to return to acting. But as he hugged his friend goodbye on the darkened street, a young African American man ran up to Broudy and wordlessly swung a baseball bat to…
Read MoreWe want YOUR Candid Picture!
Monday, May 17, 2004 5:42 PM BY KAREN OCAMB, AWARDS DINNER CO-PRODUCER We are producing our version of “music videos” as a new feature of this year ’s Southern California Journalism Awards, and we need your help. We will be matching pictures of Press Club members and event attendees to music from Pink, Outkast, and of course, Motown. Please email casual shots of yourself (especially at work with your colleagues), or attending Press Club cocktail parties, seminars or other events, to info@lapressclub.org for possible inclusion in our videos. Make sure…
Read MoreClub Honors Nachtwey, World’s Top War Photographer
Monday, May 17, 2004 5:35 PM BY JILL STEWART James Nachtwey, 2004 co-recipient of the Press Club’s Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in journalism, has photographed many wars and other hor- rors since he launched his career in 1981, yet his personal message offers inspiration. On his website, www.jamesnachtwey.com, among all the terrible yet beautiful photo- graphs of AIDS, 9-11, African famine, Bosnia and Iraq, his message reads: “The strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke a sense of humanity. If war is an attempt to…
Read MoreWriter Marnye Oppenheim dies
Sunday, May 16, 2004 2:31 PM Columnist Marnye Oppenheim passed away Wednesday morning in Phoenix. Oppenheim, who wrote the ‘Bite Me’ column for New Times in Los Angeles before recently relocating, was an active Press Club member for several years. Please note corrected times: The funeral is scheduled for Monday May 19. A viewing will be held at 12pm, with the services to be held at 2. The location is Messinger Mortuary, 7601 East Indian School Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251, 480-945-9521. Plans are also being made for a wake and…
Read MorePRESSING THE ISSUE: The Superficial and the Scandalous: Are J-Schools to Blame?
Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:19 PM In the wake of journalism scandals at the New York Times and USA Today, the focus is on journalism students and just what they are being taught these days. The Los Angeles Press Club and Cal State Los Angeles host a panel of high profile news executives and educators on Wednesday, May 5 to look at the state of J-school education. In addition to the ethical challenges, schools face a host of pressures, like the marketplace’s thirst for “infotainment” over serious journalism. Schools wrestle…
Read MoreMedia Thinks the Media Needs to Go Deeper
Saturday, April 17, 2004 5:19 PM BY KAREN OCAMB Iraq, gay marriage, Ralph Nader, the Latino vote in November and journalistic ethics were just some of the hot topics debated at a March 9 political panel sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, in association with the Press Club. Public issues talk show host and former Press Club president Bill Rosendahl moderated the panel, with Press Club board member and political columnist Jill Stewart and Club member and commentator Tom Elias voicing strong…
Read MoreBlossom the Possum.
Saturday, April 17, 2004 5:16 PM Vice President Patt Morrison brought a guest with her to the March 2004 Press Club Board of Directors’ meeting: Blossom the Possum. Baby Blossom was rescued by a homeless man who brought it to a vet just as Patt happened to be there. So she took Blossom in, and did all that the possum-rescue people advise — feeding her kitten- replacement formula with an eyedropper, keeping her moist and warm [in Patt’s ‘’virtual marsupial’’ coat pocket] and, well, other intimate functions that baby possums…
Read MoreCovering Stars Facing Time Behind Bars
Saturday, April 17, 2004 5:09 PM BY MICHAEL COLLINS Over forty people attended the “Opening the Door – Covering Celebrity Trials” event at the Press Club March 4. “The nature of celebrity has changed, and in turn the nature of celebrity trials,” said moderator, Ted Johnson. “But what has this meant for the judicial system?” To answer were panelists Linda Deutsch, Harvey Levin and Judge Charles Rubin. Deutsch is a nationally renowned special correspondent for the Associated Press and has covered famous trials including those of Sirhan Sirhan, Charles Manson…
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