San Diego Press Club

07/18/2025

Before you enter our Excellence in Journalism Awards…

Are you a San Diego Press Club member? Members receive discounts on awards entries and tickets to our awards ceremony. Renew your membership or sign up today.

https://sdpressclub.org/membership/

The deadline for award entries is Monday, August 4.
https://sdpressclub.org/2025/07/01/52nd-jawards-call-for-entries/

07/14/2025

Don't forget! The 52nd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards call for entries is open. Submit your entries now!

Submit your best work now for the San Diego Press Club 52nd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards IT’S TIME! The 52nd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards contest begins today, July 1, 202…

07/07/2025

Have you entered yet? The 52nd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards call for entries is open. Submit your work now for awards consideration.

https://sdpressclub.org/2025/07/01/52nd-jawards-call-for-entries/

07/01/2025

The 52nd Annual San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards officially begins today for professionals! Deadline for entries is Monday, August 4.
College entries will be held starting Aug. 14 through Sept. 4.
For details, visit https://sdpressclub.org/2025/07/01/52nd-jawards-call-for-entries/

06/27/2025

Now’s the time to sign up to become a San Diego Press Club member or to renew your membership.

Our 52nd Excellence in Journalism Awards competition call for entries opens on July 1 and members receive discounts on awards entries and tickets to our awards ceremony.

https://sdpressclub.org/membership/

06/13/2025

Former San Diego news reporter Jonathan Horn has published a memoir about his unique career path in the local news media. In his book, "One City, One Shot," Jon explains how he worked his way up from earning $40 per article at a small weekly newspaper to reporting for the Union-Tribune and ultimately on-air at ABC-10News.

Horn wrote the memoir with journalism students and early-career reporters in mind, in hopes of providing an example of a career path that doesn't involve bouncing from town to town. He also shares behind-the-scenes stories of reporting at each outlet and how he knew when it was time to leave the industry and accept a position as a government PIO. The book is available as an e-book and paperback on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCCH8LZ5

05/12/2025

Need to reach us? Please note — we have a new phone number.

05/03/2025

Free Author Talk this Sunday

Library Shop SD welcomes The New Yorker Executive Editor Michael Luo for an incisive and gorgeously written history of Chinese American experience. His new book, “Strangers in the Land,” uncovers an epic history of exclusion, belonging, and the complications of America’s multiracial democracy.

When: Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m.
Where: San Diego Central Library (330 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101)
More details:

New Yorker Executive Editor Michael Luo is coming to the San Diego Central Library to discuss Strangers in the Land, a history of the Chinese American experience, with UC Irvine's Erika Hayasaki.

04/29/2025

Congrats Albert Fulcher! We’re so happy to have you as our new executive director.

04/21/2025

It may be April, but we are in the midst of the '25 awards season! Before you submit your entries, we have another opportunity for you. We are seeking more volunteers to help us wrap up the judging of the Press Club of Long Island contest. PCLI is our official judging partner this year, which means their folks will be judging your entries later this summer. Think of your part as building some good awards karma for yourself. Plus, it is always fun to see the type of work our peers are doing in other markets.

Can you help us?????

Even a single category of judging helps us reach our goal and meet our deadline, which is coming up Wednesday, April 23 at midnight. If you have time between now and the end of Wednesday, please email our new executive director Albert Fulcher at [email protected]. He will get you the instructions you need to dive in.

And if you have given time to help us already, thanks so much. We are grateful for your support!

04/08/2025

Happening tonight! RSVP https://sdpressclub.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/sdpressclub/event.jsp?event=15&

Bridging Divides and Staying Sane: Strategies for Fruitful Political Interactions & Maintaining Equilibrium

The San Diego Press Club will present “Bridging Divides and Staying Sane: Strategies for Fruitful Political Interactions & Maintaining Equilibrium,” an in-person panel discussion from 7-8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at San Diego City College.

The event is free for SDPC members, with non-members welcome to join for a $10 donation. Parking is also included for all attendees. All are invited afterward to continue the discussion at Punch Bowl Social, just a short walk from campus. Please note -- seats are limited for this special event!

In this time of shifting media landscapes, journalists need strategies to communicate effectively with all sides of the political divide and stay sane. This live panel discussion will address how to maintain balance in this challenging time.
Panelists will include:

* Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider, a licensed psychotherapist, executive coach, corporate trainer, and author of the award-winning book Frazzlebrain. She is also a coping skills expert with over 25 years of experience helping people manage emotions and conflicts. Dr. Schneider blogs for Psychology Today and writes the award-winning Manage Anger Daily blog. She has also blogged for Forbes and Women in Crime Ink, which the Wall Street Journal named a “blog worth reading.”

* Brady Young, an Alliance Co-Chair and Lead Event Organizer for Braver Angels, a nonprofit focused on depolarizing American politics. Along with Co-Chair Kelly Simmons, Brady facilitates discussions and events in San Diego to foster understanding across political divides. He also organizes online workshops and debates, engaging participants nationwide in conversations about key political issues. Brady works in Academic Affairs and Curriculum Development at the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego.

* Albert H. Fulcher, a longtime managing editor, editor, freelance writer and photographer. Fulcher has dedicated over 10 years of service to the San Diego Press Club as a board member and past president.

The panel is part of the Press Club’s longstanding “Nuts & Bolts” educational series, which is part of the Press Club’s professional development program.

https://sdpressclub.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/sdpressclub/event.jsp?event=15&

04/08/2025

This Thursday: The Library Shop SD welcomes celebrated journalist Gardiner Harris for the anticipated release of his book, “No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson.”

When: Thursday, April 10 at 7 p.m.

Where: San Diego Central Library (330 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101)

In conversation with Jon Cohen from the leading outlet for scientific news Science, Gardiner Harris will lay out over 20 years of research into the company's inner workings and frequent corporate misdeeds.

Previously the public health and pharmaceutical reporter for The New York Times, Harris' long career in investigative journalism has won safety reforms for coal miners, spurred the indictment of a corrupt police chief, and prompted the withdrawal of several unsafe drugs from the market.

This George Polk Award and Robert Bingham Prize-winning reporter now resides in San Diego.

Award-winning investigative journalist Gardiner Harris is coming to the San Diego Central Library to launch No More Tears, an exposé of Johnson & Johnson, the American pharmaceutical company.