Dianne Lawrence

Dianne V. Lawrence is Publisher/Editor of The Neighborhood News, a community magazine distributed in the Mid-City, West Adams neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

Started in August 2008 with a circulation of 1,500, the News is about to celebrate its 5th anniversary with a circulation of 14,000 and staff of four. The website is theneighborhoodnewsonline.net.

A painter, singer, teacher, animal activist and writer some of her accomplishments include:

An award winning album cover portrait of Leonard Cohen (Recent Songs) and the creation of his hummingbird logo
A series of blues portraits that now hang in various House of Blues clubs around the country and paintings that have been collected by Leonard Cohen, Dan Akroyd, Kim Cattral, Oliver Stone, Buck Henry and Jackson Brown
An arts instructor in prisons, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Art Center School of Design in Pasadena and Esalen Institute in Big Sur
Creating and singing in an early jazz band called Storm Taylor and Her Ex-Husbands which performed in clubs around Los Angeles like the Baked Potato, Gardenia, Luna Park, Lunaria, Vintage Hollywood Publication of a short story called “Let’s Get Lost” in the LA Weekly
Film reviews for Filmmonthly.com
Associate Editor at Realtalk LA (defunct after first issue)
Wrote and illustrated “Puck Goes To Heaven” about a dogs life after life. Available on Amazon in mid-June
and the lead in changing a law in Los Angeles making it illegal to tie dogs up in yards as a lifestyle for the dog.