Journalist and author Cokie Roberts will be the speaker at SPJ/LA’s 32nd annual Distinguished Journalists awards banquet on April 30.
Honorees are Bob Banfield of KABC-TV, Beth Barrett of the Los Angeles Daily News, John Rabe of KPCC-FM, and Tom Tugend of the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times reporters Scott Glover and [...]
Archive for April, 2008
SPJ/LA’s 32nd Annual Awards Banquet – April 30, 2008
Posted in SPJ/LA Events on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ethics in the Digital Age
Posted in SPJ/LA Events on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host an in-depth panel discussion on how reporters can ethically make use of the Internet in their research and reporting. The panel will discuss how reporters can best authenticate Internet sources, ethically use material from YouTube, Facebook and MySpace, and consider the legal [...]
LA Press Club Event: An Evening With Editor Russ Stanton
Posted in Other Local Events on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m.
The Times recently tapped its innovations expert as its new editor. Russ Stanton, in one of his first appearances, will offer some early glimpses of how he plans to turn around slipping circulation and deal with slashed budgets that are affecting the entire news business.
How will The Times continue its [...]
Save the Date: SPJ/LA to Host Panel on Hyper-Localism in Los Angeles’ Ethnic Communities on May 15
Posted in SPJ/LA Events on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Save the Date: Thursday, May 15
The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists invites you to join us on Thursday, May 15 for a discussion with journalists from the Latino, African American, Asian and Arab-American media on covering the city’s diverse ethnic communities. Since LA has become an ethnic majority city, producing [...]
Cokie Roberts to Sign Copies of Book Prior to SPJ/LA Banquet
Posted in SPJ/LA Events on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
World-renowned newswoman Cokie Roberts will be signing copies of her new book, “Ladies of Liberty,” on April 30, 2008 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The signing precedes her speaking engagement at the Society of Professional Journalists/Greater Los Angeles Chapter annual awards banquet that same evening.
Journalists Whine Too Much
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So says Paul Oberjuerge, formerly of the San Bernardino Sun, on his blog:
Journalists have to be the biggest whiners in the American workforce. Certainly the most prominent. Because so many of us have access to mass media, even outside our former sinecures in print: Alternative weeklies, web sites, blogs … and since what a lot [...]
Help Judge a High School Journalism Contest April 18
Posted in Other Local Events on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello Friends and supporters of journalism students:
Here is a very easy, but important way to support high school journalism. It includes giving up a Friday night to critique write-off competition entries, but includes a wonderful banquet dinner and a party afterwards.
It’s the judging for the write-offs at the National High School Journalism Convention in Anaheim next week.
The details:
6 p.m. Friday, April [...]
Lara to Serve as Mistress of Ceremonies for Awards Banquet
Posted in SPJ/LA Events on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LOS ANGELES – KABC-TV anchor Jovana Lara will serve as the mistress of ceremonies for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ 32nd annual awards banquet later this month.
The Distinguished Journalists Awards banquet will be held on Wednesday, April 30 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The event helps [...]
SPJ/LA 2008 Scholarship Deadline Approaching!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Students at colleges and universities in Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange counties have until midnight, Tuesday, April 15 to apply for a variety of scholarships awarded by the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Four awards, valued at up to $1,000 each, will be made to successful applicants in the following areas: [...]
CSUN Alumni Party – April 12
Posted in Other Local Events on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The CSU Northridge Alumni Association is having a party this Saturday, April 12, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Valley university’s journalism department. The festivities will be held at Rusty’s Surf Ranch in Santa Monica. Full details can be found on the association’s website.
