Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:59 PM
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Greene 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…
Read MorePacked Room Hears Riordan, LA Weekly, on Vol. 56, No. 4 Upcoming Paper Wars in City
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:42 PM BY MICHAEL COLLINS On the eve of war, more than 80 people attended the Club’s March 11 standing- room-only panel discussion, “Is the Alternative Press Still an Alternative?” an oft-times jovial event that belied the turbu- lent times in the weekly press. News that at least three weeklies will expand or launch in Los Angeles soon, and the loss nationwide of more than 70,000 media jobs since 2000, helped draw a crowd to hear former Mayor Richard Riordan, alternative newspaper expert Richard Karpel, L.A.…
Read MoreSUNSHINE COALITION GIVES THE COUNTY MIXED GRADES ON OPEN GOVERNMENT
Tuesday, April 08, 2003 2:32 PM IN SHORT: On April 8, 2003, one year after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor ordered numerous changes to their open government policies, the Los Angeles Sunshine Coalition released a six-page report attempting to fairly review implementation of those policies. The Sunshine Coalition also issued a report card giving the Board and County departments mixed grades for their policy compliance. On April 2, 2002, the Board of Supervisors held an extraordinary public hearing during which scores of reporters, nonprofit representatives and public citizens…
Read MoreRiordan’s New L.A. Weekly Set For June Launch
Sunday, March 16, 2003 2:39 PM It’s looking like a June launch for former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan’s new weekly newspaper. The paper, a free politically-oriented tabloid aimed at upscale readers, will be called the Los Angeles Examiner. Work is currently underway on a prototype issue, which will be used to drum up support from advertisers and investors. The finished product will be available at high-end restaurants and supermarkets and in curbside boxes, and possibly mailed to households in affluent ZIP codes. Riordan, who lost in last year’s California…
Read MoreGala dinner and awards return to Universal City
Sunday, March 16, 2003 2:34 PM The 45th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards dinner will take place on Saturday evening, June 21, in the Grand Ballrooms of the Sheraton Universal Hotel, announced Ted Johnson, President of the Los Angeles Press Club. The club is returning to the venue where the highly successful 2001 awards dinner was held, which honored CBS anchor Dan Rather and others. Once again, the evening will begin with a gala cocktail reception, followed by an elegant dinner and awards program. Journalism Awards Deadline Extended Johnson also…
Read MoreLA PRESS CLUB ESTABLISHES NEW AWARD CATEGORIES FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS
Sunday, March 16, 2003 2:33 PM The Los Angeles Press Club has decided to start a new category to recognize the work of international journalists based in Southern California. The new designation reflects the growing diversity of membership among LAPC members, as well as a recognition of the special accomplishments of foreign reporters in the Southern California area. This is a last-minute addition to the 45th Southern California Journalism Awards. Because of that, the deadline for these entries will be on Friday, April 25, 2003. No entries in any other…
Read MoreL.A. Press Club Panel On The Alternative Press Features Riordan, Karpel, Stewart
Saturday, March 01, 2003 2:35 PM Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, who plans to launch a new alternative weekly in June called the Los Angeles Examiner, will be part of a panel discussion on the alternative press hosted by the L.A. Press Club on Tuesday evening, March 11, it was announced by the club’s President Ted Johnson. Riordan is expected to discuss plans for the new publication, which recently showed a prototype and talk about how he and his editors are going about assembling a staff. Joining Riordan on…
Read MoreEvent: “Hollywood Interrupted” book release party, Feb. 19 at Quixote Studios
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