Friday, May 16, 2003 3:07 PM Los Angeles anchorwoman Laura Diaz was unanimously selected by the Los Angeles Press Club’s Board of Directors to receive the club’s highest honor, the Joseph M. Quinn Memorial Award for achievement in journalism. Diaz, co-anchor at CBS 2 News at 5 and 11 p.m., will be presented the award on June 21 by her friend and former col- league, NBC 4 Iraq war correspondent and Sunday discussion host Conan Nolan, at the club’s 45th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. “Through her tireless coverage of…
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Special Savings for Booking Tickets Early for the Southern California Journalism Award
Thursday, May 01, 2003 2:32 PM As The Los Angeles Press Club returns to Sheraton Universal Hotel for our 45th Annual Southern California Journalism Award we are pleased to offer an early bird special to the dinner – if you book and pay by May 1st. The dinner is being held on the evening of June 21st. Here is how you can save: Individual member tickets are $100 ($125 after May 1st) Or preferred seating $200 ($250 after May 1st) Non-members pay: $175 ($200 after May 1st) Preferred seating $350…
Read MoreCELEBRATE ELMORE LEONARD’S LIFE OF CRIME (writing)
Thursday, April 24, 2003 2:31 PM “The poet-laureate of wild assholes with guns.” That’s how Time Out/London summed up crime writer and all-around fun guy, Elmore “Dutch” Leonard. Detroit-based Elmore is the author of 38 novels and numerous short stories, many of which have been made into movies (his favorites being “Get Shorty,” “Jackie Brown” and “Out of Sight”). His latest book is a short-story collection, “When the Women Come Out to Dance.” At 77, Elmore’s hard at work on his 39th novel, “Mr. Paradise,” due out in early 2004.…
Read MoreThe 8 Ball, your new newsletter
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 3:05 PM https://web.archive.org/web/20060502201329/https://lapressclub.org/pdf/Apr2003-2.pdf Welcome to the New 8 Ball We hope you enjoy the new electronic version of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 8 Ball newsletter. As you may know, the Board of Directors decided in January to move to an electronic newsletter, as was preferred by most of our members. A few members who do not have e-mail or who have expressed a preference for a hard copy will continue to receive one by regular mail. The newsletter is in Adobe PDF format, which can…
Read MoreThe Collins Connection
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 3:04 PM The ‘Alternative Press’ affair hosted by the club in March brought together friends and colleagues from numerous alt publications. Several pals from the L.A. Weekly were in the audience, including one of my favorites, Charles Rappleye. Charlie, now a distinguished staff writer who has ham- mered out some of the best reportage on the Rampart scandal and other disgraces plaguing Los Angeles, was my editor for umpteen articles — including the Weekly’s focus on pollution problems emanating from military industrial giant’s Rocketdyne’s Santa Susana…
Read MoreHistoric Police Press Room Evokes Memories
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 3:03 PM A lone journalist from City News Service is the only member of the media who still reg- ularly staffs the Los Angeles Police Department’s Parker Center Press Room. But for one evening last month, journalists gath- ered at the aging police headquarters to recall the glory days of the fluorescent-lit quarters. “A Salute to the Parker Center Press Room,” co-sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists and the Press Club, featured a panel of reporters who recalled a time when they worked out of…
Read MoreProfile: Dave Ferrell: reporter, Los Angeles Times author, “Screwball”
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 3:01 PM Editors note: Do you know a Press Club mem- ber who has enjoyed a recent career boost, award, book publication or other interesting news? We’d like to hear about it. Please send us a note at info@lapressclub.org, no longer than 400 words, and your name and phone number, and we’ll con- sider adapting the information for use in Profile of the Month. Dave Ferrell is a veteran reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where he has distinguished himself as one of its finest writers…
Read MoreBacardi Pre-Oscar Cocktails
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Read MoreGreene Posthumously Honored
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:53 PM A special service was held March 11 at the Fallen Journalists Memorial at Cal State Northridge to install the late Larry Greene, a cameraman and producer for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. Greene was killed in a tragic accident in the Persian Gulf last year when a helicopter in which he was riding struck the mast of Syrian ship. Greene was an award-winning videographer, remembered for many terrific local as well as national and international stories, who went home from Press Club galas with numerous…
Read MoreWelcome to the New 8 Ball
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:50 PM BY CO-EDITORS DIANA LJUNGAEUS AND JILL STEWART We hope you enjoy the new e-mailed version of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 8 Ball newsletter, designed for us by the patient and unflappable Eric Almendral, gifted former art director for New Times Los Angeles. The Board of Directors decided in January to move to an elec- tronic newsletter, as preferred by most club members. A few members who do not have e-mail or who have expressed a preference for a hard copy will continue to…
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