LA Press Club's 68th Southern California Journalism Awards
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Singer Kenny Chesney with his LA Press Club Public Service Award for contributions to civic life and presenter Rory Kennedy
Los Angeles, California, USA. 28th June, 2026. The Los Angeles Press Club held it's 68th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
The awards were given out to honor editorial excellence during 2025. The highlights were the Daniel Pearl Award to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa, the Bill Rosendahl Public Service Award to singer Kenny Chesney, the Joseph M. Quinn Award for Lifetime Achievement to Rob Fukuzaki of ABC7, the Guardian Award to attorney Carol Sobel, and the President's Award to Craig Melvin of NBC News.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and journalist Maria Ressa with her Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in journalism and presenter Judea Pearl (father of Daniel Pearl)
News journalist Rob Fukuzaki (C), the winner of the Joseph M. Quinn Award for lifetime achievement, with his family and presenter Phillip Palmer
The categories include awards for print, TV, radio, digital, photojournalism, political commentary, entertainment reporting, investigative journalism, and more. Members of the Los Angeles Beverly Arts (LABA) attended the event including TV host Joey Zhou, founder of LABA, director Harrison Engle, Zehra Sun, CEO of MDSUN, Julie Shen, president of Art Hearts Fashion, artist Todd Williamson, artist Michael Janzen, Professor Lingyun Xiang, artist Rosana Largo Rodriguez, producer Tina Liu, Natalie Chen, LABA coordinator, and guests Heather Huang of Mogo Jewelry, artist Clara Lobel, Robert Lobel, Danielle Nowak, Candy Foong, Phillip Soong, Katrina Lu, and Jason Miller.
News journalist Robert Kovacik, attorney Carol Sobel, winner of "The Guardian Award" for contributions to press freedom, and Diana Ljungaeus, Executive Director of LA Press Club
News journalist Craig Melvin with "The President's Award" for impact on media
LABA Board members Harrison Engle, Rosana Largo Rodriguez, Joey Zhou, Zehra Sun, and Todd Williamson
Heather Huang of Mogo Jewelry, artist Michael Janzen, news journalist Rob Fukuzaki, and artist Rosana Largo Rodriguez
Julie Shen, president of Art Hearts Fashion, artist Clara Lobel, news journalists Lindsay Czarniak and Craig Melvin, TV host Joey Zhou, founder of LABA, and Zehra Sun, CEO of MDSUN
TV host Joey Zhou, founder of LABA, Natalie Chen, LABA coordinator, producer Tina Liu, artist Michael Janzen, Danielle Nowak, artist Clara Lobel, Zehra Sun, CEO of MDSUN, artist Todd Williamson, artist Rosana Largo Rodriguez, director Harrison Engle, Candy Foong, Katrina Lu, Jason Miller, Professor Lingyun Xiang, Robert Lobel, guests, and Heather Huang of Mogo Jewelry
About the Los Angeles Press Club
The Los Angeles Press Club (LA Press Club) exists to support, promote, and defend quality journalism in Southern California. Our task is to encourage journalists by involving the public in recognizing such journalism together in belief that a free press is crucial to a free society. In addition, the Los Angeles Press Club provides a place for journalists to gather, network and learn from one another, especially through the sponsorship of events. The LA Press Club is the only organization in Southern California that speaks for all journalists in newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the Internet.
The Beverly Arts News is sponsored by Art Hearts Fashion, Mogo, MDSUN, Shennel Trading, XAVVI, ISEGSTAR, World Peace One, Crab Grabber, InLight Foundation, Jiannan Huang Art Institute, Yi Ke Art in Beverly, Wenkang Xue Design Studio, and The Beverly Arts Foundation
