L.A. Press Club Mourns Loss of Walter Cronkite

Serving Southern California since 1913, the Los Angeles Press Club is the only Southern California journalism group that speaks for all journalists working for daily and weekly newspapers, radio & TV, magazines, documentary films and online.

STATEMENT

Sunday, July 19, 2009
For Immediate Release
Edward Headington, Publicist
818.720.7181, edward@lapressclub.org

Walter Cronkite was honored with the Joseph M. Quinn Award for lifetime achievement in 1981

Hollywood, CA. The Joseph M. Quinn Memorial Award for journalistic achievement and distinction is the highest honor bestowed by the Los Angeles Press Club. Winners join a select group of distinguished journalists, including a number of Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award winners.

"In giving him our highest award, the Los Angeles Press Club was proud to have recognized Cronkite as America's premiere anchorman,” said Press Club President Chris Woodyard, a reporter for USA TODAY. “His credibility, talent and objectivity will be sorely missed."

The award was named in honor of Joe Quinn, a veteran reporter, war correspondent and wire service editor who took over a floundering City News Service in the mid-1950s and built it into a successful newsgathering organization. Daily News city hall reporter, Rick Orlov, was this year’s recipient.

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Coro CrossTalk with Kathy Ochoa this Friday!

Just a reminder that we’re having another Coro CrossTalk this Friday, July 17th from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at The California Endowment. Coro is hosting Kathy Ochoa, Director of Strategic Initiatives for SEIU Local 721. Ochoa was a speaker for the first Coro Health Leadership Program and we are excited to have her back again.

WHO - Coro Leadership Network

WHAT - Coro CrossTalk with Kathy Ochoa, Director of Strategic Initiatives for SEIU Local 721

The topic is “Healthcare and the Labor Movement: Will Reform Happen in 2009?”

WHEN - Friday, July 17, 2009; 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

WHERE - 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA (Parking is hosted; enter off of Main Street; Union Station is 2 blocks away for Metro riders)

HOW - Seats are still available if you want to attend; please RSVP to Edward Headington at eheadington@coro.org. It is also okay to invite colleagues and peers so long as they RSVP and we have space available (Audience limit - 25) .

FYI - This is a free and open public forum sponsored by Health Net. A light breakfast (of yogurt, granola, bagels and fruit) and coffee/juice will be served.

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Coro Southern California and its four affiliated centers nationwide shape resilient civic leaders for effective roles in public affairs. Coro graduates are teachers, investment bankers, union leaders, corporate directors, activists, lawyers, journalists, and elected officials, among other professions. No matter where they work or what job titles they hold, they have learned how to challenge themselves and others to be more ethical and effective leaders. Coro runs programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Cleveland. For more information, go to www.corola.org/.

Coro CrossTalk is a lively and engaging speaker series on the issues of healthcare, politics and leadership. It continues in the boundary-crossing tradition of the HLP and also serves to engage the larger public affairs community. Each month, a new issues or aspect of leadership is explored by a speaker or panel discussion representing a diversity of opinion and experience.