The Los Angeles Press Club's Fallen Journalists Memorial will be formally rededicated in a place of honor in Manzanita Hall, home of CSUN's nationally recognized Department of Journalism, during a special ceremony at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

During the ceremony, an 18th name will be added to the memorial, that of Los Angeles Daily Newsreporter James Bertken. Bertken, a Cal State Northridge alumnus, was swept overboard while covering a sports fishing story off the Central California coast in 1995.

The ceremony will take place on the second floor balcony of Manzanita Hall, located on the southwest corner of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge. A cross section of California journalists and news executives is expected to attend along with friends and family of the fallen journalists, students and faculty.

"We are proud to have been chosen as the memorial's permanent home, sharing the tradition of outstanding California journalism with future generations of students," said Cynthia Rawitch, chair of the Department of Journalism.

The wood and bronze memorial has spent the past seven years in a closet in Los Angeles City Hall.

The Los Angeles Press Club created the memorial in 1979, a year after three California journalists were killed in an ambush in Jonestown, Guyana. At that time, the Press Club's Board of Directors decided it should include the names of all Californians killed in pursuit of stories. The Press Club enlisted the aid of the Associated Press, United Press International and the California Newspaper Publishers Association in locating journalists who should be included on the memorial, the only one of its kind in California.

The memorial hung in the Press Club's building on Vermont Avenue until the building was sold in the late 1980s. The memorial was installed in 1989 in City Hall, where it hung until the 1994 earthquake. The memorial was then put into a closet while City Hall was retrofitted. The memorial remained in the closet until now.

The memorial currently lists 17 California journalists who lost their lives in pursuit of news. They include Tom Treanor and Frank Prist, killed during World War II; Ruben Salazar, killed while covering the Chicano anti-Vietnam War Moratorium in East Los Angeles in 1970; Dial Torgerson and Richard Cross, killed in Honduras in 1983; and Los Angeles helicopter pilots Francis Gary Powers and Bruce Wayne. The journalists named on the memorial represent newspapers, magazines, radio and television. They covered war and rebellion, civil disturbances, traffic and sports.

Former KNBC anchor Jess Marlow, now host of KCET's "Life and Times, " will serve as the rededication's master of ceremonies. He was master of ceremonies when the memorial was originally installed.

The CSUN Journalism Department is one of only 109 accredited programs in the Western Hemisphere. More than 450 students from a variety of backgrounds are enrolled in CSUN's journalism program, which offers training in several fields, including newspapers, radio and television broadcasting, photography and magazines.

California State University, Northridge has more than 30,000 full- and part-time students and offers 63 bachelor's and 51 master's degrees. Founded in 1958, it is the only four-year university in the San Fernando Valley and the third largest in the 23-campus CSU system. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges recently said CSUN "stands as a model to other public urban institutions of higher education."

Founded in 1946, the Los Angeles Press Club is a service organization devoted to improving the spirit of journalism and journalists, while strengthening the integrity and improving the reputation of the industry. It also provide a support system for its members.