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Fall 2008 Producers:
Tuesday Producer:
Jean-Luc Renault
Thursday Producer:
Kaitlin Funaro
| Fall 2008 Hosts:
Tuesday Host:
Brian Frank
Thursday Host:
Lata Pandya
| Faculty Advisor:
Willa Seidenberg
| Production Supervisor:
Billy Higgins
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Current ARN theme music composed and produced by Andy Sternberg (M.A. Journalism 2007).
Additional student music composed and produced by Ben Thompkins (B.S. Music Industry 2008).
Other music cues featured on Annenberg Radio News are from various artists protected by BMI and ASCAP.
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Welcome to Annenberg Radio News, a website and live webcast news show committed to fostering professional radio journalism at the University of Southern California. Our live webcasts take place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 4:00pm-4:15pm. The ARN website also features webcasts from the previous week as well as archived stories and features from current and past semesters. Primary staffing for Annenberg Radio News comes from the JOUR 409 and JOUR 425 radio production classes, but we also have a multitude of Journalism student volunteers that work hard to help make our live newscast the best it can be. Thanks for listening!
Staff Bios
Laura Weber
Laura Weber is a second year graduate student at Annenberg. She's a self-professed public radio junkie who mainlines All Things Considered and This American Life. She also enjoys Detroit, hip-hop and Detroit hip-hop. She doesn't enjoy Matt Mundy's taste in hip-hop, on account of its unparalleled and daunting excellence.
Laura graduated with a B.A. in English Literature from Michigan State University in 2004. After graduating, she was hard-pressed to find classified ads "Seeking English Major to write next great American novel," thus relegating her to the annals of world-wary post-collegiate cynics. Now that she's back in school, Laura doesn't like to consider herself a professional student... but she's pretty darn good at it. You can most likely find her pursuing a PhD. this time next year.
Stories:
A Place Called Home: South Los Angeles enrichment program
Education Solutions in Los Angeles
Obama’s speech “A work of genius”
Defending the defenseless
Bernard Parks speaks about area violence
Interview: Safety of Public Parks
Michael Whitman Interview - Third Planet Energy
Interview with Professor Raphael Bostic on the National Foreclosure Crisis
Interview with Dan Rather
Hannah Kim
Hannah Kim is a second-year print journalism student at USC. Growing up in Southern California, she grew up listening to KNX1070 traffic reports on the radio. This is her first semester at Annenberg Radio News where she works as the PA on the Tuesday edition of ARN. Hannah is also on staff at the Daily Trojan as a copy editor, where she was also a writer for the past two semesters.
Stories:
Steps to reopen King/Harbor Hospital
Google Apps might lack security
Arlington West remembers American soldiers
Councilman Bernard Parks stumps on election day
Cities in Los Angeles County District 2
New Nader office to promote awareness
Street theater protest
ACLU immigration asylum victory
City unveils clean technology manufacturing site
Officials endorse Proposition A
Tax Day
Border Fence
LAPD Suicide Rates
Ryan McAllister
Ryan McAllister is a junior majoring in public relations and international relations at USC. Ryan was born and raised in Normal, Illinois, and graduated as a 2005 class valedictorian at Normal Community West High School. Ryan is a proud member of the Trojan Knights, Troy Camp and works part-time at the USC Career Planning & Placement Center. His journalistic interests include international affairs, U.S. politics and sports at all levels. He has previously interned with the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and hopes to one day pursue a career as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer. Ryan loves to play tennis, golf, watch sports and travel.
Stories:
NFL back in L.A.?
Kelly Kidwell
Kelly Kidwell is a junior at USC majorig in Print Journalism and History. This is her second semester working with Annenberg Radio News. She has also worked with Annenberg Television News and the Daily Trojan. When she's not writing and reporting she enjoys spending time with her sisters in Alpha Chi Omega.
Stories:
Camille Mann
Camille Mann is a sophomore majoring in print journalism and it is her first semester working at Annenberg Radio News. Camille hails from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area where she interned at USA Today her junior year in high school, which helped her decide to study journalism in college. Camille is currently a member of Gamma Phi Beta where she is the Athletics Chair. When Camille is not studying, she loves playing soccer.
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Jonathan Horn
Jonathan Horn is a first-year graduate student in Broadcast Journalism. A San Diego native, Jon can never get too much Southern California sun. He spent his college years studying Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also called several Gaucho sports on the campus radio station. Not wanting to leave this region, he decided to continue his journalistic endeavors at USC, which he hopes will springboard his career to the network sportscasting level. He can now be heard calling play-by-play for the Trojan Women's Basketball team's road games, and, of course, on Annenberg Radio News.
Stories:
Interview with the Corporation for Supportive Housing’s Jonathan Hunter on The Soloist
Stickshift Cars Could Soon Be A Thing of the Past
Host Interview with Roberto Barragan, President of the Valley Economic Development Center
City Elections Host Interview
Lincoln Exhibit
Two very different auto shows
Prop Eight fight not over
Home foreclosures
The debate over Prop 5
Passing the naturalization test
Skid Row march
Daryl Paranada
Daryl Paranada is a second-year graduate student majoring in print journalism at USC. Born and raised in the lovely Bay Area, Daryl received his B.A. from the University of California, Davis, majoring in English and Communications. He has held a number of internship positions at various newspapers in California and spent this past summer in Cape Town, South Africa, working for the Cape Argus Tonight. After graduating from USC, he hopes to land a job at a magazine and eventually become an editor (while writing novels on the side). In the two or so hours he is not busy working on projects for school, he enjoys listening to music, hanging out with his friends and writing.
Stories:
Community activists to city leaders: Invest in youth programs
Remembering Armenian Genocide
Laborers march to fight for good jobs
South LA residents react to a plan for a new park
Community gathers to honor King’s legacy with moratorium
Celebrating April Fool’s Day
Reflections on race in the ‘08 campaign
Exhibit displays real human body parts
County-wide coalition rallies against education funding cuts
Taking a ride on the bus ride
Valentine, Arnold Style
Mortgage Relief With Project Lifeline
National Black HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
Courtney Kabot
Courtney Kabot is a first-year broadcast journalism graduate student at USC Annenberg. Currently she's hosting the Annenberg Radio News Thursday show. Last semester she volunteered as a writer/shooter/editor for Annenberg TV News. Courtney received her B.S. in Communications at James Madison University in 2005. After college, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she job-hopped from public relations to business development to political consulting. After a summer of backpacking around Europe, Courtney packed up her Honda Civic and drove cross country in hopes of pursuing a more fulfilling life and career. She is happy to be part of the Trojan family and aspires to work for CNN in the (near) future.
Stories:
Courtney Kabot talks with L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne Burke
Talking with Ralph Fertig about affordable housing in Los Angeles
Interview with Washington Post investigative reporters Dana Priest and Anne Hull
Alec Levenson host interview
Jean Ross host interview
T.C. Boyle interview
Interview with transit expert Lisa Schweitzer
David de Sola
David de Sola is a second-year graduate student. Originally from El Salvador, David has also lived, studied, and worked in the United States, Holland, and Italy. David is working on a degree in print journalism and also volunteers as a reporter for Annenberg TV News. He has a B.A. in history from Tufts University and moved to Washington DC after graduation. He decided to try his luck as a member of the Fourth Estate and eventually wound up working at CNN's Washington bureau. His journalism role models are Bob Woodward, Seymour Hersh, James Risen, and the 60 Minutes team. During his free time, David enjoys reading, playing guitar, traveling, and listening to his iPod (current favorites: Interpol, Dire Straits, Chemical Brothers, and Nine Inch Nails). He eventually hopes to work as a political, investigative, or foreign correspondent for a major news organization.
Stories:
Organizations celebrate May Day
Latino Catholics
Immigration raids
Gang Politics
Car wash
Mayor budget
Homicides in South Los Angeles
Bus stop shooting
Taxes and stimulus package
Becerra Politics Interview
Gang Proposal
Racial profiling allegations against L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputies
Marissa Monroy
Marissa Monroy is a second-year graduate student studying Broadcast Journalism. She enjoys long walks in the rain, sports and naps in all their glory. She currently works as a multimedia reporter for Pop + Politics and recently finished producing two mini-documentaries. The majority of Marissa's media experience is in television news, most recently as a producer for The Associated Press. However, she is looking forward to many long afternoons in the radio booth. Although she graduated from Notre Dame, Marissa has enjoyed becoming a part of the Trojan news teams. Being the news junkie that she is, Marissa enjoys keeping tabs on the rest of the world. This comes in handy since she's far, far away from her home sweet Texas home.
Stories:
City Budget
Emily Henry
Stories:
Crenshaw student speaks out
Health care falls short in South L.A.
Crenshaw High School Fills Budget Gaps
Dorsey High School’s culinary program
LA Riots - 16 Years Later
Brian Sica
Brian Sica is a first-year journalism student at USC. He grew up in Bronxville, NY, and hopes to enter the field of journalism in the future. He is a sports enthusiast and loves playing pick-up soccer, baseball, golf and paintballing whenever he gets a chance.
Stories:
How to make L.A. County better
Dodger Stadium renovations
What people think about Dodger Stadium
What people think
South L.A. residents react to recent homicides
What will you do with your tax rebate?
Yvonne Burke endorses Bernard Parks for supervisor
Katherine Riese
Katie is finishing her master's at Annenberg and currently serves as the Tuesday producer for ARN. She's majoring in Broadcast Journalism, minoring in communication law and media policy, and concurrently pursuing a master's in Online Journalism. When she's not at radio, you can find Katie Executive Producing or directing for Annenberg TV News or giving tours as an Annenberg Ambassador. Originally from the Eastside of Seattle, Katie loves boating, watching Grey's Anatomy, baking with her roommates, and taking trips to Orange County. Ultimately, Katie would love to produce for either a daily news show or a newsmagazine.
Stories:
Hip Hop High
Sonata Lee
Sonata Lee is a second-year broadcast journalism grad student from Harbor City, CA. She received her B.A. degree from Xavier University of Louisiana where she majored in mass communications with a minor in English. From selling lingerie to greeting Price is Right contestants, Sonata has worked many jobs on her way to Annenberg. Since entering grad school, she's worked as a reporter for Bush Radio in Cape Town, South Africa and interned at KPCC's Patt Morrison and NPR's News & Notes. Sonata enjoys covering social justice issues and going to spinning class.
Stories:
LA Riots Retrospective
USC Social Work students make recommendations for affordable housing
Mayor unveils his new gang fighting strategy
Labor community conference
Family of gunned down teen asks for tougher laws for illegal immigrants
Pico beautification
Book fraud
Jamiel Shaw Shooting
Million word challenge
Green Jobs
Natasha Chen
Natasha is a Dean's Scholar in the broadcast journalism graduate program and is currently the supervising producer of Impact, USC's student-produced television news magazine show. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Chen received a B.A. in psychology from Stanford University in 2006, with a minor in creative writing. In college, her passions included singing in an a cappella group and making student films. Chen continued to pursue her interest in visual storytelling at internships ranging from "America's Next Top Model" to Associated Press Television News in Hong Kong. She was part of Impact's senior producing team that placed at the College TV Awards in March 2007.
Stories:
Clinton on Super Tuesday
Lilly Fowler
Stories:
Jessica: Did her decision to become an egg donor prove fatal?
Dan Bence
Stories:
Student biker issues
SRO vets
Judges
Housing protest
Prop 2 conference
Drug exhibit
Harmony Hall
Harmony Apel
Stories:
CVS discrimination
South Park turnaround
Carson vets
Fires
Immigration crackdown
Calpirg
Beth Palkovic
Stories:
The LAUSD layoff saga goes on
LAUSD layoffs?
LAUSD layoffs
National Pancake Day
Don’t Dump on LA Campaign
Disagreement over Proposition 6
Holocaust testimony digitally preserved
Budget vetos
State budget
Winston Chua
Stories:
Elephant expert lashes out
Baldwin Hills oil drilling
Copper wire theft
SEIU protest
Sunny Johnston
Stories:
Mark Ridley-Thomas party
Immigration hunger strike
AARP
Fed Reserve protest
Erin Darling
Stories:
Rape kits
Rose queen
Dangerous intersections
Yousef Al-Haddad
Stories:
Food Banks helping the poor
Federal Poverty
Religious leaders on environmental issues
Safer Cities Initiative gets mixed reviews
Crenshaw Drumming Circle
Julianne Spencer
Stories:
Elephant Sanctuary
Controversy of Proposition 5
Childrens Meadow
South Los Angeles Initiative
Importance of Latino Voters
Matthew Richmond
Stories:
Improving life in South LA
Students prepare for possible earthquake
Supervisor Race tactics
MLK/Harbor Medical Center influence on Supervisor Race
Anti-smoking campaign
Peter Griffin
Stories:
Seaport crime fighting
A Tribute to Yvonne Burke
Provisional Ballots
Election night at New Orleans Vieux Carre
Global Entry Enrollment Program at LAX
Latino Vote for Obama
Health Care Reform Campaign
Diversity job fair
Economic troubles increase unemployment problems
Ed Cohen
Stories:
Lasorda
Cal State students and faculty rally against budget cuts
Great Southern California Shakeout
Election Day freebies for those who voted
Prop 8
Canter’s Deli
Bailout reaction
Connie Kuo
Stories:
Help for homeless
Hate crimes discussion
San Diego Forclosures on rise
Proposition Seven and Ten
Afrocentric businesses hurting
Have your pets spayed and neutered
Leslie Strauss
Stories:
Inner-City Arts
Claudia Melendez
Stories:
Heath care concerns
Natasha Yashar
Stories:
What people think about the debates
David Sobieraj
Stories:
What Los Angeles residents are doing for Thanksgiving
Deidre Crawford
Stories:
Public Access troubles
Speaking out on Prop 8 in West Hollywood
Asian-Americans speak out against Proposition 8
Los Angeles Public Library test prep program
Proposition Five opposition
Erika Schultz
Stories:
Santa letters
Beer vote
Dorsey High
Britt Thorson
Stories:
What people think about how U.S. treats veterans of war
Scott Slesinger
Stories:
Karen Marcus
Stories:
Los Angeles and State of California implement water conservation programs
ACLU releases report on mentally ill inmates, seeks LA County board of supervisors help
“One” City initiative
Community Discusses a New Way to Fight Gang Violence
Stopping taggers
Metrolink hearing
Exposition rail line project sidelined
Controller lawsuit
Hiring freeze
Jessica Conner
Stories:
Families cut back on funeral services
Voters react to city elections
Community activist Damien Goodmon on the Expo Line
Grand Avenue project delayed
UTLA strike authorization
Marie Cunningham
Stories:
Swine Flu panic hits L.A.
Swine flu
Proposition 1A debate
USC hit and run update
Bus Riders Union proposes plan for $7.8 billion in Measure R funds
Community meetings held to discuss $91 million grant
New name for Negrohead Mountain
DMV delays
Esther Pomeroy
Stories:
Serial killer in custody
Fees for Port Trucks to Continue
Janitors Protest Outside Downtown Ralphs
Union Members March in L.A.
Elections Aftermath - 26th District votes to fill vacated seat
Medicare
Ariel Edwards-Levy
Stories:
City makes children’s crosswalk a little safer
Activists Want Obama to Focus on Immigration Reform
Is Los Angeles a Food Desert or Oasis?
Advocates want L.A. to be more biker friendly
Light Bulbs
Adriana Venegas-Chavez
Stories:
Californians vote on Prop 1A
Natural History Museum renovation
Many Homeless Receive Housing Downtown
ACLU Brings Lawsuit Against Immigrant Detention Facilities
Proposition 8
L.A. Greening
Brooke-Sidney Gavins
Stories:
Interview with infectious disease expert Andrew Curtis
Host interview with Liebe Gest, director of the Museum of Tolerance
Jed Kolko unpacks the stimulus bill for us
A chat with Sherry Bebitch Jeffe
Janelle Burdette
Stories:
Protection against bad mortgages
Illegal immigration decreasing in California
Adrianna Bachan memorial
Adopt an Immigrant
Puppy mill crackdown
MTA bus shooting
Baby seals under attack
Dina Diaz
Stories:
Silva Sevlian
Stories:
Scotland in L.A.
Jenny Lauren Lee
Stories:
Farmers’ Markets Food Vouchers
Daysha Eaton
Stories:
Garden in L.A. Helping to Fight Obesity
Claire Webb
Stories:
Finding treasure at storage center auctions
Amanda Becker
Amanda Becker is a native Ohioan by way of New York City. Though she started Annenberg as a print major, Amanda is warming up to the value of convergence. When not in far-flung parts of Los Angeles for various class assignments, Amanda interns at area news outlets like the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the Los Angeles Business Journal and MTV News. If she's not in the digital lab, you can find Amanda at her apartment in Koreatown enjoying cable television programming for the first time in three years.
Stories:
DWP Workers
Mayme Clayton: Collector of African American Memorabilia and More
Expansion of USC Campus
City Council Launches Graffiti Abatement Initiative
Chiara Canzi
Chiara Canzi is a second-year graduate student in print journalism at USC. Chiara received her B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle in Latin American history. After earning her degree, Chiara spent a year teaching Italian in beautiful rural Virginia. Her interest in journalism was born while she was toddling around the kitchen at her grandmother's feet in Milan, Italy - she wanted to become a storyteller. International politics and social journalism are her main interests accompanied by biculturalism. Chiara is currently a senior producer for IMPACT, USC's Emmy-winning television news magazine. She has interned at Tu Ciudad Magazine and Real Talk L.A. Chiara absolutely loves chocolate and music.
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David Chong
David Chong is a second-year journalism graduate student at the Annenberg School at USC. He is also a producer and teaching assistant for Annenberg TV News. David is currently an intern for Marketplace, the business news show on National Public Radio, and has interned for Los Angeles public radio station KPCC. As an undergraduate at Northwestern University, David majored in Radio/TV/Film and is a native of San Antonio, Texas. Prior to graduate studies he worked in documentary television on History Channel and Food Network programs.
Stories:
Barriers to Prison Visitation
Central Avenue Jazz
Wrigley Field LA
Muslim Mapping
Affordable housing in South LA
Contracting in Bad Faith
A New Look Back
Lights Out Los Angeles
Foreclosure Scares
Sam Farber
Sam Farber is a second-year graduate student focusing in Broadcast Journalism and will be producing the Thursday edition of Annenberg Radio News. His voice has been heard on major stations coast-to-coast, from KNX in Los Angeles to WMET in Washington D.C. A sports fanatic, Sam works as a play-by-play announcer and has already put together a lengthy resume. In five years he has called hundreds of athletic events, including multiple NCAA tournament games as well as three seasons of AA baseball. Sam is currently the voice of Cal State Northridge Matadors' baseball and women's basketball, as well as the broadcast engineer for Southern California's Morning News on KNX 1070.
Stories:
Dream Act
Bombass Muzik
Augustus Hawkins
T Rodgers
Santiago Canyon Fire
Neigborhood Reacts to Southern California Fires
Bolero
Stephanie Meisenheimer
Stephanie Meisenheimer is a junior majoring in print journalism with a minor in French. New to the Trojan family, Stephanie is enjoying her first year at USC. This is her second semester working at Annenberg Radio News. When she is not studying, reporting or interning, Stephanie works for the USC School of Dentistry on a federal grant that provides oral healthcare for HIV/AIDS patients. With a heart for those affected by AIDS worldwide, Stephanie plans to join the Peace Corps upon graduation from USC.
Stories:
Library cuts
Green Buildings
4,000 Americans Dead in Iraq
Neighborhood council elections
Downtown Learning Center for Homeless Children
Matthew Mundy
Matthew Mundy is in his second year at Annenberg and, much to his future job security's chagrin, is majoring in print. He hails from Toronto, Ontario, and is doing his best to convert Southern Californians into fans of the gloriousness that is ice hockey. He is currently interning at Los Angeles CityBeat and has also worked as a reporter at a newspaper just outside of Toronto, The Mississauga News. He is an avid music fan as well, and writes for smokingsection.net, a hip-hop website. His interests in journalism are wide-ranging, but revolve predominantly around politics and issues relating to conflict, race, class, and all the mess in between. He is getting married this summer and will be moving to New York City in the fall.
Stories:
Supervisor Debate
Talking with Donald Miller about the Latino Catholic population in Los Angeles
Professor John Laslett interview
Youth Build
South L.A. school groundbreaking ceremony
Recession interview
Interview with Rabbi Allen Freehling
Asian American Republicans
Interview with a victim of L.A. Trade Tech College Racial Profiling
Jean Luc Renault
Jean Luc Renault is a first-year journalism grad student who lives with his girlfriend and their two cats. He has an English degree from Loyola Marymount University, where he also served as a photographer and editor on the school newspaper, as well as a volunteer DJ on the commercial-free radio station KXLU. After graduation, he spent two years in Philadelphia as an editorial assistant for a medical publisher and a writer for the Philadelphia Weekly. Although he has a beautiful television-worthy face and impeccable prose that's more than fit to print, he gets most excited about the possibility of working in radio.
Stories:
Los Angeles County healthcare
LA County supervisor recommends instant runoff
Banking on Los Angeles
Richie Duchon’s account of Inauguration Day
Controversial elephant exhibit update
Foodbank strains under increased demand
Barack Obama is elected president
A playground for disabled children
Trojans Leaving?
Tim Werth
Timothy Werth is a sophomore print journalism student from Charlotte, NC. This is his first year working with Annenberg Radio News. If his schedule allows it he hopes to double minor in digital media and international relations with a focus on global communication. He is currently studying Arabic and hopes to work as an international correspondent one day. He is writing a book and hopes to complete it before the world ends in 2012.
Stories:
More Drivers in L.A. Driving Without Insurance
Homelessness in Los Angeles
Sights and sounds from Norwalk
Governor solar
Cal State renewable energy
Crenshaw High School reform
Earth Day
The Mayor’s Battle for LAPD
Clean up LA
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