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FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL S O U T H E R N 5 CALIFORNIA 1 J ou R nal I S M LO S A N G E L E S P R E SS C L U B AW A RDS Los Angeles Press Club FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL A non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status Tax ID 01-0761875 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 4773 Hollywood Boulevard JouRnalISM AWARDS Hollywood, California 90027 Phone: (323) 669-8081 Fax: (323) 669-8069 51 E-mail: [email protected] www.lapressclub.org PRESS CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT: Chris Woodyard Awards for Editorial USA Today VICE PRESIDENT: Jane Engle Los Angeles Times Excellence in 2008 and TREASURER: Anthea Raymond Radio Reporter/Editor Honorary Awards for 2009 SECRETARY: Jon Beaupre Radio/TV Journalist, Educator EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Diana Ljungaeus THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD International Journalist For Impact on Media boARD MEMbers Arianna Huffington Carolina Garcia, Editor, Daily News Rory Johnston, Freelance Journalist Huffington Post Will Lewis, KCRW-FM Fred Mamoun, Producer KNBC-4 News Ezra Palmer, Editor THE JOSEPH M. QUINN Award 3 Jon Regardie, L.A. Downtown News Jill Stewart, Co/Editor, LA Weekly For Journalistic Excellence and Distinction George White, UCLA Adam Wilkenfeld, TV-Producer Rick Orlov Theresa Adams, Student Representative Los Angeles Daily News ADVisorY boARD Adrienne Anderson, Maxmillion Productions THE DANIEL PEARL Award Alex Ben Block, Entertainment Historian Patt Morrison, LA Times /KPCC For Courage and Integrity in Journalism publICIST Robyn Dixon Edward Headington Los Angeles Times ADMINISTRATOR Theresa Adams JUne 14, 2009 SHERATon UNIVERSal HOTel FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 51 JouRnalISM AWARDS OOD EVENING and welcome to the 51st annual Southern FROM THE California Journalism Awards. Tonight you’ll see proof that quality journalism matters and that bringing news to an Ginformation-hungry world can still change lives and influ- PRESIDENT ence public policy. Our industry is rapidly transitioning into the digital age. It’s forc- ing managers and editors to rethink the entire business. Broadcast- ers and reporters are being forced to work harder—and for less— while fighting to adhere to their ethics and their values. Lots of our friends have been laid off, but a new era will hopefully create new jobs, maybe even better ones. Reporters in nearly every medium find themselves working harder—and for less—while remaining true to their journalistic ethics and values. We’ve seen many of our colleagues and friends laid off, but this new era in how we provide and package news will, I believe, create new jobs, maybe even better ones. At the Press Club, we’re reaching out to journalists to help them survive this crisis and to be ready for this new era in journalism. Over the past year, we’ve sponsored discussions on where to find new jobs. We conducted a seminar on how journalists can make best use 4 of Twitter. We’re examining the crisis from every angle to prepare Chris Woodyard tomorrow’s journalist, building on our core strengths and embracing new technologies. The Press Club has survived the storm thanks to hard work from our many volunteers—top industry professionals who give up a few hours a week to organize events, write for the newsletter and reach out to new members. Over the 62 years since the club was revived after World War II, it’s faced many transitions. Now the club is in transition again as we reach out to digital journalists, bloggers and a new generation of those who seek to inform listeners and readers through a new set of technologies. Join us. The club is alive and exciting. We view tough times as opportunities. Now, as never before, it’s time to band together and stand up for quality journalism. Fill out a membership application to- night and look for our top-notch events this fall. They’re all at www. lapressclub.org. Sincerely, Chris Woodyard President FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 51 JouRnalISM AWARDS 6:15 p.m. Dinner SCHEDULE Silent Auction Closes 6:50 p.m. Welcome OF EVENTS Paula Poundstone For all finalists see pages 24-27 FEATURES Print Journalist of the Year (Newspapers under 100K) DESIGN/LAYOUT Designer of the Year INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Photojournalist of the Year NEWSCASTS Television Journalist of the Year ENTERTAINMENT 5 Entertainment Journalist of the Year PRESIDENT’S AWARD: Arianna Huffington SPORTS BUSINESS Business Journalist of the Year COMMENTARY Radio Journalist of the Year QUINN AWARD: Rick Orlov FEATURES HARD NEWS Print Reporter of the Year (Newspapers over 100K) DANIEL PEARL AWARD: Robyn Dixon The Year in Review 2008 – 2009 The Los Angeles Press Club continued its tradition this past year of putting on great events and engaging the public. T IS oftEN saID that time large. Adorning these pages are just passes quickly when you’re a few from the past year. Ihaving fun. What many observers The Press Club will be taking a don’t know—except for the Press well-deserved respite next month Clubbers—is that time flies when but we’ll be back in action starting you average 25 events per year. It is in August. Stay up-to-date on the always a challenge to bring together Club and become more involved some of the best and brightest that by visiting our website at www. journalism has to offer but the LAPressClub.org. What’s more, bar was set high long ago and the be sure to join us on Twitter and Los Angeles Press Club continues Facebook so you don’t miss any its grand tradition of holding high of our upcoming events. You can quality programs—ostensibly for also see footage of our events on journalists, but also for the public at YouTube! Board Member Jill Stewart moderated a special political discussion with NBC News White House Correspondent, Political Director and On-Air Analyst, Chuck Todd. 6 Coverage of the political conventions and the presidential campaign trail led to lively discus- sion between Variety’s Wilshire & Washington blogger Ted Johnson, USA Today reporter Bill KPCC’s Kitty Felde, left, with Stephanie Stone, Welch and Big Hollywood’s Andrew Breitbart. moderated the discussion about coverage of national politics in one of the most exciting presidential election years ever. Freelance journalist Beth Barrett and Journalists receive solid advice on life after the news business. From left are, Ken Mandler, a trainer in Executive Director Diana Ljungaeus landing state jobs in Sacramento; Gayle Pollard-Terry, a veteran Times reporter and editorial writer who sharing a jovial moment at the Finding now works for Los Angeles Unified School District; moderator Jill Stewart; Lilli Cloud, a corporate trainer; Journalism Jobs Panel Discussion. and Brent Hopkins, an award-winning Daily News reporter who became a Los Angeles Police officer. The Year in Review 2008 – 2009 Judea Pearl and Press Club publicist Edward Headington at the Pearl Fellows Reception at the Steve Allen Theater. Veteran radio newsman Jon Beaupre, right, moderated a panel that looked at how the Muslim com- munity is covered in the news. The club co-sponsored the event with the Media Image Coalition and Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. 7 Actor Andy Garcia narrated a powerful documentary, “The Actor Robert Forster and Kim Masters of NPR present Joe Morgenstern with the Press Women in White,” on the efforts of Cuban women to free im- Club’s Career Achievement award at the National Entertainment Journalism Awards. prisoned men. The film was produced by Norwegian journalist and active Press Club member Gry Winther, left. At right is the club’s Executive Director Diana Ljungaeus. The discussion was Jewish Journal editor conducted by NBC4 anchor Ana Garcia. Rob Eshman chats with Ruth Pearl, mother of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, at a reception the Pearl Fellows at the Press Club. The Pearls are deeply involved in the club’s Daniel Pearl Award for courage by a journalist. The Press Club Review of 2008 – 2009 89.9 KCRW & KCRW.COM SALUTE The club’s agenda is busier than ever now LA PRESS CLUB HONOREES that we’ve rededicated ourselves to helping journalists cope with the new realities of a changing business. We’ve held sessions on how journalists can use Twitter. Another covered how Daniel Pearl Award President’s Award J.M. Quinn journalists are attempting to gracefully to Osterdal Charlotte Photo: leave the news business—and how they are faring. Robyn Dixon Arianna Huffington Rick Orlov We’ve heard about election and the transition to the Obama administration from White House political correspondent Chuck Todd. And the club honored the Joe Morgenstern best among the nation’s entertainment reporters and broadcasters with our National Career Achievement Award Entertainment Journalism Awards, which this year featured a tribute to Pulitzer Prize- LA Press Club’s 2nd Annual National Entertainment Awards, March, 2009 winning film critic Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal and KCRW. The coming year should be just as busy. Join us, come to our events and track our progress at www. 2008 Southern California Journalism awardees: Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, The Presi- Congratulations to all the KCRW Finalists LAPressClub.org. dent’s Award; Ana Garcia, KNBC, The Joseph M. Quinn Award; and Bob Woodruff, ABC,T he Daniel Pearl Award. at the 51st SoCal Journalism Awards 8 To the Point/Which Way, L.A.? Warren Olney, Anchor/Executive Producer Karen Radziner, Managing Producer Mike Newport, Technical Director Frances Anderton, Andrea Brody, Christian Bordal, Katie Cooper, Sonya Geis, Gary Scott, Producers Documentary screening of “The Women in White” with The Press Club hosted the Pearl Fellows reception that brought together a lot of bright Andy Garcia and NBC News Anchor, Ana Garcia.