Gary Metzker
Gary Metzker has been a fulltime lecturer at Long Beach State since 2008 and is design adviser for Long Beach State’s Pacemaker and Pinnacle Award-winning Long Beach Current.
For almost 25 years, he worked at the Los Angeles Times in positions ranging from sports news editor, metro news editor, A1 editor and Senior Editor. During that time, Metzker was a member of four Pulitzer Prize-winning staff awards for breaking and spot news. He has won 12 awards from the Los Angeles Press Club and two awards from the Society for News Design. Metzker is past president of the 91ÁÔÆæCollege Media Association and a member of the Society for News Design Foundation.
In 2024, he was selected as a Distinguished Adviser by the College Media Association. In 2022, he was a part of the inaugural class to receive Associated Collegiate Press’ Pioneer Award. In 2021, Metzker was selected by the Journalism Education Association as its Friend of Scholastic Journalism award winner. In 2019, he was selected as the Champion of Journalism Education Award winner by the 91ÁÔÆæJournalism and Media Affiliates. In 2013, Metzker was selected Journalism Educator of the Year by the 91ÁÔÆæJournalism Education Coalition.
Office Location: LA4-201B
Phone: 562-985-7985
Email: gary.metzker@csulb.edu
