Category: News

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:50 PM BY JORDI ORTEGA At this moment, probably one of his last taped shows is re-run- ning. During 16 years hosting 3,000 public affairs shows, Bill Rosendahl, 58, rose to become one of the most respected and qualified voices in journalism in Los Angeles. Just when I was starting to be a loyal watcher of his debates on Adelphia, he retired. I’m afraid many people of my generation have just missed a great intellectual train. But the “teacher of the waves” still has plenty of…

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Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:48 PM

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Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:47 PM Press Club member Kathleen Sharp recently published “Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire” and is getting a lot of great buzz for her efforts. The biography is the latest recent look at Wasserman influence (others have been penned by Connie Bruck and Dennis McDougal), but Sharp’s work focuses on the couple’s relationship, how Edie was a major player in her husband’s career. “The book deliciously melds the gossip, scandal, knife-sharp corporate maneuver- ing and mob-fueled machinations that marked…

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Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:44 PM The Los Angeles Press Club will begin issuing an official press identification card for working members of the media in January 2004 to fill a pressing need created when the Los Angeles Police Department sharply reduced its permitting of press I.D. cards in the wake of 9/11. “Los Angeles’ journalists deserve their own press card,” says Press Club president Ted Johnson, who notes that it was always difficult to qualify for I.D. from the LAPD but is far more problematic now for those not…

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Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:40 PM BY KAREN OCAMB There were no dimpled or hanging chads, but L.A. Press Club volunteers who showed up Nov. 17 to count the Board of Director’s election took the task very seri- ously. Each scrawled mark was checked and rechecked under the watchful eye of former board member and Election Committee Chair Chris Woodyard (reporter, USA Today). Among the 130 votes cast by secret ballot—the largest turnout in years—were personal flairs, such as two deeply pressed “X’s” next to the name of Diana Ljungaeus,…

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Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:28 PM

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Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:27 PM *Denotes an incumbent board member Bob Baker Reporter, Los Angeles Times I’ve been a newspaperman for 33 years, the last 25 with the Los Angeles Times. At the Times I’ve been a general-assignment reporter, labor writer, deputy metropolitan editor and writing coach. I currently am a “pop culture” reporter in the Calendar section. I’ve given scores of lectures and seminars on writing and editing. I’ve authored a book on mental organization for journalists (“Newsthinking”) and am the co-author of a new autobiography by an…

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Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:26 PM This week in the mail you’ll get your ballot for Press Club Board of Directors. You mem- bers will vote to fill eight open positions for the 2004 and 2005 calendar years. We’ve been incredibly lucky, helped by Elections Committee Chair Chris Woodyard (USA Today), to find 12 great candidates, including longtime club members, award-winning journalists and several incumbents. Our bustling club is all-volunteer except for a part-time paid director. We urge you to select candidates for the board who you think have the…

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Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:21 PM Now that the devastating late October fires that charred over 700,000 acres and claimed 20 lives are over, it gives one pause to know how lucky most of us are to have been spared that tragedy. One of those counting her blessings is our executive director, Diana Ljungaeus, who owns a stately manor with her husband Frank Megna in a Chatsworth neighborhood dominated by properties that include horse stables. At one point, while the fires raged, Diana’s neighborhood had flames approaching from three sides.…

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Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:19 PM

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