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LAST CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION!
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 22
Who: Sara Wilson, associate editor, Los Angeles Magazine
John Haas, editor, Marketplace
Stephen Pizzello, editor, American Cinematographer
What: Panel discussion on freelance writing
When: Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
6:30 p.m. cocktails; 7 p.m. dinner
Where: Golden Dragon Restaurant
960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles
(213) 626-2039
Cost: $18 for SPJ members and students; $23 for non-members
Parking: Parking is available in a lot adjacent to the [...]

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If you like reading about food, writing about food or simply eating food, the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists invites you to join us for a mixer featuring food writers Russ Parsons and Pat Saperstein on Aug. 25 in downtown L.A.
Parsons is the food editor and columnist of the Los [...]

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SPJ/LA and the Los Angeles Library Foundation’s ALOUD Series present: Blogging the Narco Wars
Join the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Los Angeles Public Library for an in-depth talk with journalists from San Diego and Tijuana, as well as a long-time watchdog of border violence, to discuss how reporters are [...]

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Take a trip back to Ice-Age Los Angeles at the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mammoth Mixer on Wednesday, May 27! Our guest will be John M. Harris, chief curator of the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. He’ll be talking about the huge cache of fossils found near the museum that includes a [...]

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Ethics and Entertainment
Come to the Beverly Hills Public Library on March 25 for a discussion on the ethical guidelines of reporting the arrests and legal battles of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the age of TMZ, blogs and the Internet.
Join the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on Wednesday, March 25 at [...]

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The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will honor five local journalists, a photographer and two attorneys at its 33rd annual awards banquet on May 6 at the Omni Hotel.
The fun begins with no-host cocktails and the famous silent auction at 6 p.m. Dinner begins at 7 p.m.
The Distinguished Journalist honorees [...]

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LA’s outspoken City Controller Laura Chick will be the guest speaker at the Society of Professional Journalists’ mixer on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Over the past eight years, Chick has taken on the LAPD, DWP and numerous other city departments. Now, hear what LA’s “watchdog” has to say about the state of affairs at City Hall [...]

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18
Los Angeles Times California section Editor David Lauter and Daily News Executive Editor Carolina Garcia along with Los Angeles Times media writer James Rainey will join the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ panel on the disappearance of the city’s local newspapers on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Veteran KTTV FOX 11 [...]

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Los Angeles Times columnist Sandy Banks and professor and poet Ishmael Reed have been added to the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ panel on the media’s coverage of race while reporting crime and violence. Author and filmmaker M.K. Asante, Jr. will moderate the discussion.
The panel will be Monday, Nov. 24 [...]

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SPJ/LA Presents Race, Crime and Violence
Save the Date: Monday, Nov. 24
The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists invites you to join us on Monday, Nov. 24, for a panel discussion with a journalist, filmmaker and researcher on the media’s coverage of race while reporting crime and violence. Our speakers include:
–  Celeste Fremon, [...]

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