Still Time to Enter the First National Entertainment Journalism Awards

Still Time to Enter the First National Entertainment Journalism Awards

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than a week remains for entries in the first National Entertainment Journalism Awards contest, including the search for the critic of the year, the Los Angeles Press Club announces.

Postmark deadline for entries is Friday, Jan. 25. Rules and entry forms are at http://www.lapressclub.org/.

For 50 years, the press club has produced one of the nation's most successful regional journalism competitions. The thriving non-profit club fosters programs aimed at raising the caliber of journalism and helping students learn the profession. The club is based in Hollywood, the nation's entertainment hub.

"Through our new NEJ awards, we hope to reach hundreds of entertainment journalists around the country who may not have had a worthy forum to make peers aware of their top-quality work," said Press Club President Chris Woodyard of USA Today.

Awards will be given for Best Entertainment News Story, Best Feature Story and Critic of the Year in each genre. Fees are $35 per entry. The winners will be announced February 21st at the Press Club's headquarters in Hollywood, three days before the Academy Awards gala party.

The finalist judges include Variety Managing Editor Ted Johnson, HollywoodToday.net columnist Alex Ben Block and USA TODAY film critic Claudia Puig.

The Los Angeles Press Club stands as an organization devoted to improving the spirit of journalism and journalists, raising the industry's standards, strengthening its integrity and improving its reputation all for the benefit of the community at large. For more information, go to http://www.lapressclub.org/ and/or http://www.myspace.com/lapressclub.

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Contact:
Executive Director Diana Ljungaeus, diana@lapressclub.org, 323.669.8081
Or Publicist Edward Headington, edward@lapressclub.org, 818.720.7181

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Source: The Los Angeles Press Club

CONTACT: Diana Ljungaeus, Executive Director, +1-323-669-8081,
diana@lapressclub.org, or Edward Headington, Publicist, +1-818-720-7181,
edward@lapressclub.org, both of The Los Angeles Press Club

Web site:

http://www.lapressclub.org/

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