Los Angeles Press Club Honors Dave Lopez of CBS 2 With Prestigious Joseph M. Quinn Award

Los Angeles Press Club Honors Dave Lopez of CBS 2 With Prestigious Joseph M. Quinn Award

Award to be Presented at 48th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards Gala, June 24th at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Press Club today announced it will honor CBS 2 reporter Dave Lopez with the 2006 Joseph M. Quinn Award for lifetime achievement. The honor will be presented at the 48th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, to be held June 24, 2006, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.

Lopez joined CBS 2 in 1977 and has been OC Correspondent since 1978. He has covered some of the biggest stories of the last two decades including extensive reporting on the OJ Simpson trial and the Northridge earthquake. Lopez has received numerous awards throughout his career including eight Emmy Awards, seven Golden Mike Awards and three Associated Press Awards. The Orange County Register calls Lopez "The 'Star' TV reporter in Orange County" and readers of media news site "Ron Fineman's On the Record" voted him the best local TV field reporter.

The Quinn Award was established in 1979 in the name of the late Joseph M. Quinn, a former Press Club president and World War II veteran who built City News Service and founded the club's awards program in 1957. Past recipients have included Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Ted Koppel, Patt Morrison, Laura Diaz and Linda Deutsch.

In addition to the Quinn Award, several other honors will be handed out during the evening gala. Awards will be handed out for editorial excellence in print, broadcast and online reporting in 2005. A call for entries has been issued by the Los Angeles Press Club, which sponsors the annual Southern California Journalism Awards. There will also be upcoming announcements about honorees named to receive the club's annual President's Award and the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism.

For further information, or for tickets, advertising or sponsorship opportunities, contact Executive Director Diana Ljungaeus at 323-469-8180 or email Diana@lapressclub.org .

Source: Los Angeles Press Club

CONTACT: Diana Ljungaeus of the Los Angeles Press Club, +1-323-469-8180,
or Diana@lapressclub.org

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