Reception at ASU California Center Broadway shows support for journalism
Los Angeles journalists, elected officials and community leaders gathered Jan. 25 for a media reception at the ASU California Center Broadway. Photo by Gary Leonard
More than 100 Los Angeles journalists, elected officials and community leaders gathered Jan. 25 for the second annual media reception at the ASU California Center Broadway, an off-the-record chance to connect on important local issues.
The reception was hosted by The Los Angeles Times, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Center for Los Angeles and New Urban Leadership.
Cronkite School Dean Battinto Batts was among the speakers who emphasized the importance of journalism and journalists amidst challenging financial times for the profession, including recent newsroom layoffs in Los Angeles.
The Cronkite School can help catalyze new ideas and opportunities in Los Angeles, he said.
“We’re here as a connector. We’re here to serve you all. We’re here to be a part of this community,” Batts said.
Though times have been difficult for the industry, “journalism can and will and must continue,” he said.
Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian spoke to voice his support for a free press and said it is important for civic leaders and organizations to come together with members of the media.
Among the many other guests who attended were: Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto; Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson; Ellen Mazen of the Los Angeles Business Journal; Cora Jackson-Fossett of the LA Sentinel/Watts Times; Kat Jaeger of CNN; Chris Palmeri of Bloomberg News; Ross Furukawa of the Santa Monica Daily Press; and Donna Bojarsky, chair and co-founder of the Center for Los Angeles and New Urban Leadership.
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Kat Jaeger (left) with CNN and Mike Jaeger with Tesla.
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The Center for LA Chair and Co-Founder Donna Bojarsk (left) and Aarón Paley with Community Arts Resources and co-founder of the Center for LA.
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From left: Moira Shourie of Zocalo Public Square, Brandon Brooks of California Black Media and Cora Jackson-Fossett of LA Sentinel/Watts Times.
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From left: Cronkite School Dean Battinto Batts; Los Angeles Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson; Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto; Michael Mand of the Creative Artists Agency; and Sarah Dusseault of the Angeleno Project.
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From left: Brenda Rees and Jesus Sanchez with The Eastsider and Jon Regardie with LA Magazine.
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Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian speaks at the gathering.
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From left: Patt Morrison with the Los Angeles Times, Megan Garvey of LAist and Julia Turner of the LA Times
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Peter Murrieta (left) of ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School and Kim Askew Kramer of ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
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Zachary Seidl (left), communications director for LA Mayor Karen Bass, and Hugh Esten, press secretary for LA Council President Paul Krekorian.
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