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July 25, 2008

Stories in Radio:

In case you missed it: Does LA need the LAT?

Last week, LAT Chief Russ Stanton visited KRCW’s “Which Way LA?” to discuss the question with Warren Olney and panelists Emma Schafer, Public affairs consultant who runs Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum, Marc Cooper, Visiting Professor of Journalism at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Patrick Frey, Blogger, Patterico.com. From KCRW:
After the Chandler family sold [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, July 15th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Journalism, Los Angeles, Newspapers, Radio, Sad, Web audio

Living with music and other stray notes

• Pico Iyer shares his playlist with The New York Times.
• Book Passage owner Bill Petrocelli blasts Amazon’s tax holiday in California.
• Former LAT Times Editor John Carroll offers his take on “The Future of Journalism” in a speech at the University of Kentucky.
• Author Patt Morrison reels in more top interviews to [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, May 8th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Booksellers, Journalism, Music, Prizes and awards, Radio

A few stray notes from this morning

• Edward Humes, author of Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Tranformed the American Dream, was on NPR’s Morning Edition today, along with George McGovern and director Arthur Penn, talking about the remarkable initiative that sent an entire generation to college to college for the first time. Ed says, “Interest in the history and aftermath [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, September 26th, 2007 | Permalink
File under: Magazines, New Release 2007, On the web, Radio, Web audio

Cruising the `suitcase city’

NPR’s Mandalit del Barco rides along with crime-reporter-turned-bestselling-author Michael Connelly, who’s written eighteen novels exploring the world of the Los Angeles Police Department. He’s behind the wheel. She’s soaking up the scene. From Venice Beach to downtown LA, with a detour through Hollywood, too.
Says del Barco: “This is Michael Connelly’s Los Angeles: Beautiful and damaged, [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, August 24th, 2007 | Permalink
File under: Los Angeles, Mystery/crime, Radio, Web audio