A news release from the Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists:
SPJ/LA ANNOUNCES KABC-TV ANCHOR JOVANA LARA WILL SERVE AS MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES FOR THE 32ND ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED JOURNALISTS AWARDS BANQUET
LOS ANGELES – KABC-TV anchor Jovana Lara will serve as the mistress of ceremonies for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' 32nd annual awards banquet later this month.
The Distinguished Journalists Awards banquet will be held on Wednesday, April 30 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The event helps SPJ/LA raise money for local programs, including scholarships and professional development.
Journalist and author Cokie Roberts will be the speaker at this year's event, which honors six local journalists.
This year's award recipients are Bob Banfield of KABC-TV, Beth Barrett of the Los Angeles Daily News, John Rabe of KPCC-FM and Tom Tugend of the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times reporters Scott Glover and Matt Lait will be honored with the Freedom of Information Award.
Lara joined ABC7 Eyewitness News since December 2000 as a reporter and was promoted less than two years later to her current position as a co-anchor for the station's 11 a.m. newscast.
Tickets to the banquet are $80 per person for SPJ members, and $90 for non-SPJ members. Tables of 10 are available for $800.
More information on the banquet is available at www.spj.org/losangeles
The Society of Professional Journalists is the nation's largest and most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to promoting high standards of ethical behavior and encouraging the free practice of journalism. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
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