We congratulate the winners of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 64th annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Browse through our collection of photos and feel free to share with your friends and colleagues!
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Susan E. Seager
Susan E. Seager is a veteran First Amendment lawyer and adjunct clinical professor of law at UC Irvine Law School. She and her clinic students provide free legal work for independent journalists and non-profit news organizations at the law school’s Press Freedom clinic. Professor Seager loves fighting libel bullies, suing cops to get their misconduct records, and winning court battles to get court records unsealed Her UC Irvine law clinic has helped Knock LA reporter Cerise Castle and the prison newspaper Prison Legal News win disclosure of records about deputy shootings and…
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Marcus Yam is a roving Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent and staff photographer. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he left a career in aerospace engineering to become a photographer. His goal: to take viewers to the frontlines of conflict, struggle and intimacy. His approach is deeply rooted in curiosity and persistence. In 2022, Yam won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for images documenting the U.S. departure from Afghanistan that captured the human cost of the historic change in the country. In 2019, Yam was awarded the Robert F.…
See MoreChristine Devine
Christine Devine is a veteran television news anchor in Los Angeles. Christine anchors the 5, 6, and 10 p.m. weeknight newscasts on Fox 11 News (KTTV). Christine has 16 Emmys and in 2011 she received the esteemed Governors Award Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 2018, she received the Lifetime Achievement Golden Mic from the Radio & Television News Association (RTNA). In 2012, Christine was named in Los Angeles Magazine among the “50 Women Changing LA” for her work with foster care. For more than…
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63rd SoCal Journalism Awards (Photos)
We congratulate the winners of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 63rd annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Browse through our collection of photos and feel free to share with your friends and colleagues!
See MoreABC7’s Marc Brown to Receive the LA Press Club Lifetime Achievement Award
Marc Brown, ABC7 Eyewitness News, is receiving Los Angeles Press Club’s highest honor, the Joseph M Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement, at the 63rd Annual SoCal Journalism Awards Gala on October 16. “Marc has devoted his life and career to informing the community in his native Los Angeles,” said Los Angeles Press Club President Lisa Richwine. “He exemplifies the type of journalist we look to honor with the Quinn Award.” Marc is the co-anchor for ABC7 Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. He joined ABC7 in 1989 as…
See MoreBari Weiss is the 2021 LA Press Club Daniel Pearl Awardee
Bari Weiss is the recipient of the 2021 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. “‘My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish. Daniel Pearl’s moving last words are true for me, too. I could not be prouder to be a Jew, and it’s impossible to express how honored I am to be receiving this prize,” said Bari Weiss when she got the news. Weiss is a journalist and the author of “How to Fight Anti-Semitism,” which won a 2019 National Jewish Book Award. From 2017 to 2020, Weiss…
See MoreSean Penn and Ann Lee to Receive the LA Press Club Public Service Award
Sean Penn and Ann Lee have been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2021 Bill Rosendahl Public Service Awardees for Contributions to Civic Life. Sean Penn and Ann Lee are co-founders of the crisis response organization CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort). Ann Lee serves as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer and Sean Penn is the board’s Chairperson. “As the world was reeling from the spread of COVID-19, Sean and Ann jumped in and mobilized a massive testing effort in Southern California and beyond,” said Los Angeles Press Club President Lisa…
See MoreDr. Sanjay Gupta to Receive the LA Press Club’s President’s Award
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2021 Presidents Awardee for Impact on Media. “During the pandemic, it was crucial that journalists provide information that would help the public understand the crisis,” said Lisa Richwine, president of the Los Angeles Press Club. “Audiences turned to Dr. Gupta for his expertise and ability to explain the science behind a complex and rapidly evolving story that touched every corner of the world.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the multiple Emmy®-award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. Gupta, a practicing…
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