Beverly Hills Courier Publisher Lisa Friedman Bloch was honored at the 67th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards with a first-place win in the category “Sports Reporting Print Online” for her piece entitled “Candace Parker Powering Forward” on the cover of the Beverly Hills Courier’s 2024 Holiday STYLE Magazine. Bloch also came in second place in the category of “Personality Profile, Newspapers (Circulation under 50,000)” for the same cover.
Bloch’s 2024 Summer STYLE cover story entitled “Jay Leno and Bruce Meyer How They Became the Kings of Cars” garnered a third-place award in the category of “Lifestyle Feature-Print.”
Additionally, the Courier’s former staff writer Clara Harter earned a third-place award in the category of “Hard News-Print” for her story entitled “Local Pro-Palestinian Protests Elicit Strong Response.” In total, the Courier was a finalist in nine award categories.
The Southern California Journalism Awards are given out by the Los Angeles Press Club, the oldest and largest organization of its kind in Southern California. Each year, the organization honors journalistic excellence in print, radio, podcast, TV and online categories. This year’s winners were announced on June 22 at a ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.