Category: SoCal Honorees

CNN’s Clarissa Ward is the 2025 LA Press Club Daniel Pearl Awardee

Los Angeles Press Club

Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward is the recipient of the 2025 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism.“We are delighted to present the Daniel Pearl Award to Clarissa Ward. Her career has been a consistent embodiment of courage and integrity — marked by an unwavering commitment to truth, fearless reporting from some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, and steadfast dedication to journalistic ethics, even under immense pressure,” said Judea Pearl for The Daniel Pearl Foundation. “In particular, we salute her moral clarity and courage in refusing to dehumanize…

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L.A. Times’ Bill Plaschke to Receive LA Press Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Los Angeles Press Club

Los Angeles Times longtime sports columnist Bill Plaschke has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2025 Joseph M Quinn Awardee for Lifetime Achievement. “I am humbled and honored to receive an award named after the great Joe Quinn, a legendary reporter and editor who truly embraced journalism’s enduring connection to the community. I have never written a word in the past 38 years that has not been shaped and supported by the wonderful staff at the L.A. Times, past and present, and I will be forever grateful for their strength, ” Plaschke…

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