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Luke Ford Ford has appeared in the New York Post, New Times cover (1/28/99), Los Angeles Times (7/8/99), Rolling Stone (8/19/99), Village Voice (3/4/99), The Independent on Sunday, GQ (12/99, British edition), Salon.com (7/13/99), Online Journalism Review, Composite, Forward.com (1/7/00) and numerous other publications. He was on Entertainment Tonight 2/8/99, Fox Files 3/25/99 and such Los Angeles radio stations such as KFI and KLSX. The son of a Christian evangelist, Luke grew up in Australia until moving to California in 1977. During the 1980s he wrote for various newspapers including the Auburn Journal, winning various academic and media awards. For over four years he worked as a reporter in the news department of KAHI/KHYL radio in Sacramento. He studied economics at UCLA. In 1992 Luke served as Placer County Coordinator for Parents For Educational Choice. Ford moved to Los Angeles in 1994. He operates the web sites www.dennisprager.net and www.lukeford.com "...he breaks legitimate stories that have a huge impact. Meet Luke Ford, chronicler of the porn world." Online Journalism Review "...aggressive, eloquent, he's a kind of shaggy-haired, acid-washed Brad Pitt [who] serves as the industry's Matt Drudge." The Weekly Standard "A British tabloid has nothing on Ford's style of reportage." Gene Ross, Adult Video News. "Ford operates a one-man star chamber rummaging through the private lives of porn personalities." Bob Armstrong, www.xmag.com "Smart, insightful and with a charming Australian accent, Ford
is one of the most fascinating characters in the porn world."
Michelle Goldberg, Speak magazine |
In
June 1999, Prometheus Books released Luke Ford's first book