Society of Professional Journalists Los Angeles
The latest news from SPJ/LA…
Distinguished Journalist Awards nominations now open
Now is the time to nominate your peers and colleagues for SPJ/LA’s 48th annual Distinguished Journalist Awards. Unlike other journalism awards, that focus only on work completed within the past year, the Distinguished Journalist Awards honors journalists “who have achieved a record of accomplishments over the course of a number of years.”
Categories include print, broadcast, audio, digital, visual, FOI, and there are two student categories as well. The nomination deadline is May 24.
2024 Student Scholarship Applications
Calling all students! SPJ/LA is now accepting applications for its 2024 Scholarship Awards. Six scholarships are available for students studying journalism. Categories include broadcast, investigative, political, aspiring journalist and more. The deadline to apply is May 15. Application forms with full details and requirements are available at: SPJLA.org/scholarships
Help for journalists
Where you recently laid off from the LA Times? Financial help is available through the 8 Ball Emergency Fund for Journalists. You can also find job opportunities by clicking here.
Awards
Each year SPJ/LA honors journalists who have achieved a record of accomplishments over the course of their career. The chapter also honors two students studying journalism.
Advocacy
SPJ/LA Celebrates Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Signing of Senate Bill 98
Membership
Joining the Greater L.A. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists can help you meet Southern California journalists, learn about the work they do and help the next generation enter this exciting profession.
Scholarships
"Getting the SPJ/LA scholarship meant a lot to me, financially and mentally. Financially because, $1,500 relieves so much pressure when you're broke and working two jobs to get through college. Mentally, it allowed me to think if I'm good enough for a scholarship from a prestigious press organization, that I'm good enough to be in a newsroom someday."
- Angel Carreras, 2016 recipient of the Bill Farr Memorial Scholarship. He is on a fellowship with KCRW-FM.