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3rd Annual Excellence in Journalism Day

11.28.16

The 3rd Annual Excellence in Journalism Day will be celebrated on Saturday, December 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Argyros Forum at Chapman University. It’s a rare chance and great opportunity to learn from and be inspired by two dozen award-winning professionals. It’s a FREE event that’s open to students, professionals, academics and the public.

Workshop topics include:
10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Breaking News; The Rise of Investigative News Sites; Race & Society; Surviving and Thriving as A TV News Reporter: Turning Boring Reports into Memorable Stories: Narratives revisited;

11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Speaking of Sports, What’s the Next Digital Disruption in Journalism?; Terror & Tragedy: The San Bernardino Massacre; Narratives Revisited:

1:15 p.m. to 2:30 pm. Party Like a Journalist: Night Crawlers: Chasing news; Accountability: Digging into Politics and Government; and The Big Picture” Who’s Reinventing Journalism?

A Showcase Panel, entitled “Is Objectivity Dead?” at 2:30 to 4 p.m.
The recent presidential campaign brought into sharper focus the debate over usefulnessof the “objectivity” method practiced by mainstream news organizations for decades. Is objectivity still an essential cornerstone of journalism? Are there alternate ways to serve audiences, say, with more analysis, or does point-of- view with transparency better serve readers?

The roster and schedule can be viewed here.

Speakers include Gustavo Arrelano, editor of OC Weekly.
Alexandra Berzon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter in the Los Angeles bureau of the Wall Street Journal.
Cindy Carcamo covers immigration issues for the Los Angeles Times.
Nancy & John Casper, the husband and wife team behind CasperNews.
Anh Do covers Asian American issues and general assignments for the Los Angeles Times.
Tom Feuer is director of the Los Angeles Bureau of Cronkite Sports, a sports journalism program that prepares students for careers in sports media and communications.
Vanessa Franko, the entertainment and features editor at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside.
Sally French works for Dow Jones, leading social media MarketWatch.com, where she also reports on drone news.
Jeff Gottlieb shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Reporting in 2011 for uncovering widespread corruption in the Southern California city of Bell.
Kim Guimarin is senior editor for the Riverside Press enterprise, San Bernardino Sun, the Facts of Redland and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
Rayan Hagen is a reporter for the San Bernardino Sun. Todd Harmonson is senior editor of the Orange County Register.
David Hasemyer is a reporter for InsideClimate News, a non-profit, on-line environmental news organization that covers environmental science with an emphasis on climate change. He is a co-author of the “Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You've Never Heard Of,” which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.
Robert Hernandez, one of the few true veterans of Web journalism, has made a name for himself as a journalist of the Web, not just on the Web.
Sal Hernandez is a breaking news reporter for Buzzfeed in Los Angeles.
Xavier Higgs is a general assignment writer and photographer. His articles are local and national in perspective. He writes about politics, and social issues for several Los Angeles based newspapers.
Greg Lee is an Orange County bureau general assignment reporter at ABC7 Eyewitness News. Joe Litte is an Emmy Award-winning television news reporter with 10News, the ABC affiliate in San Diego.
Bret Marcus is an award-winning TV executive, show runner, and producer with wide experience in network (ABC & NBC News),cable (CNBC & MSNBC), station production (WNBC TV New York & WRC TV Washington DC) KCET LINK TV, Los Angeles) from news to docs to talk across all platforms, including all social media.
Mariecar Mendoza is the arts content editor for the San Francisco Chronicle. While she is a Bay Area native, she lived in Southern California. Rem Rieder has been USA Today’s media industry editor and columnist since July 2013.
Norberto Santana Jr., is an award-winning investigative reporter with 20 years of experience at major daily newspapers. Before founding Voice of OC in 2009, Santana was a lead investigative reporter for the Orange County Register and spent a decade covering local governments across Southern California.
Jan Schaffer helped to launch the school's MA in Media Entrepreneurship program for working professionals as an American University School of Communication’s Entrepreneur in Residence. She is also executive director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and one of the nation’s leading thinkers in the journalism reform movement.
Teri Sforza birthed the OC Watchdog column aiming to keep a critical (but good-humored) eye on governments and nonprofits, large and small. She contributed to the OCR's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of fertility fraud at UC Irvine, covered what was then the largest municipal bankruptcy in America‘s history, and is the author of "The Strangest Song," the first book to tell the story of Williams syndrome and the extraordinary musicality of many of the people who have it.

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Exclusive Swiss Skin Care Treatments at Spa Montage

11.28.16

If you’re looking for a special facial treatment with 30 years of Swiss research behind it, look no further. The Spa Montage just acquired Jacqueline Piotaz Switzerland exclusively in the United Sates and they are offering luxurious, results-driven treatments using Jacqueline Piotaz products, the ultimate in anti-aging---nature and bio high technology from Switzerland.

Jacqueline Piotaz, an international skin care authority, trained the Spa Montage estheticians herself on how to use her cosmeceutical products that bring nature and together during the two new treatments. There’s a Timeless Booster Treatment for 75 min. at $340 that includes a Swiss Power Lifting massage.

Your skin will look radiant and it will help diminish lines and wrinkles. There’s also a Bio Detox & Antistress Beauty Treatment for 75 minutes at $340. This advanced Cellpower Performance facial will give you an immediate firming and rejuvenating effect. It’s a non-invasive lifting treatment for mature and demanding skin.

You can also purchase Jacqueline Piotaz Switzerland products for your home to further the results. We’ve been trying the products made from triple plant cells (extracts of apple, grape and Alpine rose) for the last few weeks and see a noticeable difference in our skin’s tone and texture.

She designed five easy to use products—a cleanser, soft peel tonic, energy booster serum, advanced eye care and her signature 24 hour Power Cream. Her line does not contain any parabens, alcohol, mineral oils, Vaseline and they are made with a gentle fragrance of Swiss mountain flowers.

For more information and to reserve a rejuvenating Jacqueline Piotaz Switzerland treatment, contact Spa Montage at 949.715.6010 or mlbspareception@montagehotels.com.

Montage Laguna Beach is at 30801 South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach.

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