The Los Angeles Press Club is an American journalism organization founded in 1913.[1][2] It honors journalists through its annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards and SoCal Journalism Awards.[3] As of 2023, the Los Angeles Press Club hosted the 65th SoCal Journalism Awards and the 16th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards in downtown
Los Angeles.[4][5]
In 2024, the Board of Directors includes the organization's president –
Robert Kovacik of
KNBC,[6] vice president –
Cher Calvin of
KTLA,[7] and treasurer Chris Palmeri of Bloomberg. The executive director is Swedish-born journalist Diana Ljungaeus.[8]
Dean of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism,
Willow Bay, was honored with the organization's Joseph M. Quinn Award in 2015.[9]