"It’s a question journalists across the country ask,” wrote the judges regarding the Preven brothers’ piece, “Why do public officials frequently enter into closed door meetings? Eric and Joshua are not afraid to call out these public officials in an attempt to hold them accountable.”
Familiar faces on the red carpet included Robert Kovacik and Eric Garcetti. Katy Tur of NBC News awarded Andrea Mitchell the Joseph M. Quinn award; Conan O’Brien did a great intro for Jake Tapper's Impact Media award. Honoree Harvey Weinstein sent in a poignant acceptance speech.
Tapper surprised the room by crediting an early New Republic article written by the Preven brothers with sending him into journalism. He had been on a ski trip with Josh and, as he told the crowd, "I didn't know what to do with my life. And I read the Preven brothers’ article, and I was like, wow, real people actually submit stories and get printed as freelance journalists, and that, hand to God, was like the lightbulb going off for me that lead me to journalism." https://youtu.be/mJL0wScAgkY
The LA Press Club and its membership of journalists and feature writers throughout Los Angeles annually honors those among their colleagues and members of the media who have made a difference in their reporting during the year.
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