Save the date: COVID-19 at Year One, a Panel Discussion

The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host the March 24 virtual panel discussion "A Year of COVID-19 in Southern California -- the Shutdowns, the Testing, the Surges, the Vaccines."

The event will feature four journalists who have been deeply involved in the past year's coronavirus coverage, as well as a public official charged with getting the word out on the government's pandemic response.

The Zoom panel will be moderated by Soumya Karlamangla, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, who covers health care in California and spent the past year chronicling the spread of COVID-19 and the efforts to combat it. The panel will feature:

• Claudia Peschiutta, reporter, KNX News Radio

• Patrick Healy, news reporter, NBC4

• Brittny Mejia, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times

• Lisa Derderian, public information officer for the Pasadena Public Health Department

WHAT: Panel Discussion: “A Year of COVID-19 in Southern California -- the Shutdowns, the Testing, the Surges, the Vaccines"

WHEN: Wednesday, March 24 at 7 p.m. (PST)

WHERE: Zoom

RSVP: www.spjla.org/event-rsvp

CONTACT: Navid Nonahal, SPJ/LA Membership Chair, navidnonahalspjla@gmail.com