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 Lananh
Nguyen is a freelance reporter and junior copy editor for
a financial newswire in London. She has worked for the Associated
Press, BBC, KNTV, WGBH and various local newspapers. A Political
Science graduate from Tufts University, she also studied International
Relations at the London School of Economics. She will receive
a British qualification from the National Council for the Training
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 Scott
Orr is entering his third decade in TV news. Starting from
his first job as a studio cameraman back in the very early 1980's,
Scott worked his way up through the ranks, and managed to do
every job in the newsroom (for at least a short time), and eventually
made it all the way to small-market News Director. Now, he's
President of a talent management company, The Scott Orr Agency,
Inc., based in Denver, Colorado. His goal is to help clients
learn, grow, and advance their careers. Scott is originally
from Phoenix and attended the University of Arizona--which is
where he got his start in TV, at the University-operated PBS
station. Visit his web site by clicking
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 Xavier
Hermosillois the President of CrisisPros, a national Crisis
Communications, Marketing, and Management firm he founded 20
years ago (www.CrisisPros.com)
and is based in his native San Pedro, CA. He is a former political
chief of staff, an award-winning print reporter and photographer,
and a former radio talk show host and TV commentator in Los
Angeles. He is an elected member of the Board of Directors of
CGI Holdings, Inc., (www.cgiholdings.com)
a publicly-traded company that is headquartered in Chicago.
He co-founded a NASDAQ company based in Chicago, serves as a
Hearing Examiner for the L.A. Police Commission on police officer
discipline cases, and holds Honors degrees in Administration
of Justice, Marketing and Management. He can be reached at Xavier@sanpedro.com. |
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Letter from New York |
 Mathew
Tombers is the President of Intermat, Inc., a consulting
practice that specializes in the intersection of media, technology
and marketing. He is a current resident of New York. Visit his
web site at http://www.intermat.tv |
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 Quyen
Chung is the morning anchor and reporter for NBC25 in Hagerstown,
Maryland. She is originally from Orange County, California where
she studied broadcast journalism at Cal State Fullerton. Quyen
is currently serving as the Vice President of Broadcast for
the Asian American Journalists Association, D.C. chapter. Visit
her website, qtcmedia.com |
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The Other Side of the Control Room Glass |
 Bill
Pasternak, (ham radio call letters WA6ITF), is an oddity
in our profession: a Broadcast Engineer who can write outside
of the realm of technical publications. He works as a Broadcast
Engineer with KTTV Fox 11 / UPN 13 Television in Los Angeles
and private Broadcast Consultant specializing in the design
of video post production facilities. He is the co-founder and
Managing Editor of the all-volunteer Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)
bulletin service and Creator/ Administrator of the annual “ARNewsline(tm)
Young Ham of the Year Award” program. He is the author
of three books, production staff member to several educational
films and videos including Co-Producer of the award winning
“Amateur Radio Today,” authored the “Looking
West” column for 73 Amateur Radio Today Magazine for 26
years, currently writes the monthly “VHF, FM and Repeater”
column for Worldradio Magazine, is a contributing writer to
several broadcast trade publications and is a frequent contributor
to CQ Magazine. He is a member of the ARRL, Radio Club of America
and Quarter Century Wireless Association as well as a founding
member of the Hollywood Hills QRP Contest Club. Bill is the
only person ever chosen to be recipient of both the prestigious
Dayton Amateur Radio Association’s “Specific Achievement”
(1981) and “Radio Amateur of the Year” (1989) awards.
He also was presented the ARRL National Certificate of Merit
(1995) in recognition of his contributions to the “furtherance
of the goals of the Amateur Radio Service.” Bill and his
wife Sharon (KD6EPW) reside in Santa Clarita California with
their two “puppy people” and can be reached by e-mail
to billwa6itf@aol.com
or wa6itf@arnewsline.org.
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