Category: News

Friday, November 30, 2001 10:56 PM By: Karen Ocamb What may have started out as an outreach effort quickly dissolved into fun, frivolity, and a few slightly embarrassed egos when five L.A. Press Club Board members sat down to play at the Asian American Journalists Association’s 20th Anniversary Celebration Trivia Bowl. The packed Sept. 28 event, held in a sound stage at the new KABC-TV studios in Glendale, was hosted by KABC anchor David Ono, with support from AAJA-LA president Denise Poon (Dateline NBC) and Vice-president Denise Dador (KABC). AAJA’s…

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Friday, November 30, 2001 10:55 PM By: Karen Ocamb In a straw poll at the L.A. Press Club’s well attended 2001 annual General Membership Meeting, a majority of members favored passage of the Tax-Exempt Initiative proposal, which is on the ballot sent this fall to Active LAPC members, along with six open board seats. The initiative proposes the creation of a new entity which would become the primary outlet for the club’s activities. It includes adoption of seven objectives, which mandate support for journalists, fostering a greater sense of responsibility…

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Friday, November 30, 2001 10:54 PM The Fallen Journalists Memorial, created by the Los Angeles Press Club, will be formally dedicated in its new home at California State University Northridge on November 27 at 10 a.m., and club members are welcome to attend. Cynthia Rawitch, Chair of the Department of Journalism has overseen the installation of bronze and wood memorial in Manzanita Hall, the new Arts, Media, and Communication building. The plaque is a memorial to 17 California journalists who lost their lives in pursuit of the news. The journalists…

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Friday, November 30, 2001 10:53 PM Reviving and reinventing a L.A. Press Club tradition, an outstanding group of Southern California and national newsmakers will be honored at the 2001 Headliner Honors on Dec. 5 in Hollywood. They are Mayor James Hahn, Sheriff Lee Baca, L.A. Sparks Coach Michael Cooper, state Energy “Czar” S. David Freeman, World Airports Executive Director Lydia Kennard, businessman and civic leader Eli Broad, talk show host Tavis Smiley and the new Screen Actors Guild President Melissa Gilbert. There will also be a special tribute to the…

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Sunday, October 21, 2001 10:49 PM Broadcast news anchorwoman Ana Garcia has joined the board of the L.A. Press Club by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, it was announced by President Mary Moore. She takes the seat which longtime member and former President Dusty Brandel, who recently resigned due to her busy schedule as one of the top reporters in the world of race cars. “I’m thrilled to be on the board of directors,” says Garcia, who most recently worked at KNBC-TV. “ Los Angeles is a…

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Sunday, October 21, 2001 10:48 PM Foreign journalists expressed the need for greater assistance in obtaining press credentials, dealing with difficult publicists and navigating their way through Southern California, as the Los Angeles Press Club hosted its first event geared to international reporters. About 45 people, including journalists from Turkey, Belgium, Germany, Israel, France, Great Britain, Thailand, China and Ethiopia, attended the Aug. 14 reception at Press Club headquarters. †Dubbed “Storming LA: How International Journalists Survive and Thrive in Los Angeles,” the event was the kickoff to the creation…

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Sunday, October 21, 2001 10:47 PM by: Ana Garcia Ask and yee shall receive. If only it were that simple for reporters. All too often when journalists make requests for information which is legally available to the public through the Brown Act or the California Public Records Act, it is difficult and sometimes impossible to actually get it. That is why the LA Press Club has joined with others to seek greater enforcement of existing laws and the passage of additional legislation to close loopholes in the laws. At the…

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Monday, September 24, 2001 10:51 PM The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences extends a very special invitation to all members of the Los Angeles Press Club to meet and greet Emmy nominated documentary producers at a reception at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 at their home in North Hollywood. The event will coincide with the 53rd annual Emmys which will be handed out on Sept. 8 and Sept. 16. Among the nominees are for outstanding non-fiction special are History Channel’s “Egypt Beyond the Pyramids”; PBS’ “Scottsboro: An American Tragedy”;…

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Monday, September 17, 2001 10:46 PM Mark your calendar for this year’s LAPC Annual meeting on September 20, beginning at 7 p.m. We have a lot of accomplishments to celebrate, and a lot to talk about, as we chart our course for the future. All members are welcome. Candidates for the board will be given the opportunity to speak briefly. We will also get updates on the Sunshine Act effort, outreach efforts, the Tax-Exempt Initiative and much more. There will also be time for professional networking. It would help for…

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Friday, August 03, 2001 10:44 PM LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2001 – Virginia Ellis, an award-winning reporter who has worked for the Los Angeles Times since 1988, has been named Sacramento Bureau chief. Ellis most recently won national recognition for a series of stories that ultimately led to the resignation of California’s Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush. She was awarded the 2001 George Polk and Selden Ring awards and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in beat reporting for that coverage. “Virginia Ellis is the quintessential statehouse reporter,” said Dean Baquet, managing…

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