20-05-2025
Los Angeles Magazine Garners Four Nominations from L.A. Press Club
Los Angeles magazine writers Malina Saval (Editor-in-Chief of Pasadena magazine) and Lina Lecaro (Senior Editor, Los Angeles) scored three collective nominations for this year's LA Press Club's 67th annual SoCal Journalism Awards. Freelance contributor Jon Regardie also got a nod in the Political Commentary category for his piece Mark Ridley-Thomas Begins His Appeal, With an 'Army of Supporters Standing Behind Him. Lecaro, a veteran pop culture reporter and previous nominee/2nd place runner-up for Journalist of the Year (Newspapers, over 50,000 circulation) four years in a row, has also won three LAPC awards previously. This year, she is a finalist in the Criticism of Music category for her work in Los Angeles including live music reviews of Madonna at the Kia Forum, The Rolling Stones at SoFi Stadium and the No Values punk music festival. Saval, an award-winning journalist, author and editor who has revamped Pasadena since taking the helm in July 2023, is a finalist in Entertainment Commentary, Arts category for her essay, Boaz, Bruce and 'Born to Run, which focuses on her experience taking her autistic teenage son to his first Bruce Springsteen concert. Saval, who has earned several SoCal Journalism awards and National Arts and Entertainment Journalism awards, is also a finalist in the Culture News, Film/TV related category for her story, Hiding in Plain Sight: How the Academy Museum Relegated Hollywood's Jewish Founders to the Ghetto portions of which were quoted in the New York Times.
