Here’s the audio from Thursday night. Photos: Yes, Virginia, there is a Conan Nolan. Jon Fleischman and Daniel Hernandez don’t see eye to eye, but, thanks to Dr. Conan Nolan, they are able to share their feelings. Publicist Edward Headington has a vision for the L.A. Press Club. Here’s the press release:
Conan Nolan[LF: he served as moderator] is a general assignment reporter for NBC4‚Äôs "Channel 4 News" and co-host of News Conference, the station‚Äôs Sunday morning Public Affairs program. Nolan has been reporting on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first term in office since the historic recall election in 2003 that included following the Governor on overseas trips to Israel and Japan. Additional foreign assignments included reporting from Kuwait and Iraq while covering ‚ÄúOperation Iraqi Freedom‚Äù for both NBC4 and the NBC network. Nolan has also filed stories from Beirut, Lebanon while reporting on the Arab world‚Äôs view of the September 11 anniversary.
Nolan won an Emmy award for his reports from the Pakistani frontier on the U.S. led campaign to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. He was also in Rome for the selection of a new Pope after the death of Pope John Paul II.
Steve Gregory is based at KFI-AM Los Angeles – America’s most listened to News Talk Station. Steve has covered some of the nation’s biggest stories. Steve spent 15 days in the back of a news truck during the nation’s longest prison standoff in Buckeye, Arizona. He also spent 13 days in the same truck covering the nation’s largest wildfire in northern Arizona. His investigative stories have uncovered a medical billing scam within the Arizona State Prison System and led to the demotion of an Assistant Chief in the Phoenix Police Department.
Steve is a four time recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award. The Associated Press in California, Arizona and Colorado has given him numerous awards for Best Talk Show, Best Newscast, Best Special Program and Best Series. Steve has won international media awards for his series on the Phoenix Fire Department, his series on the U.S. Border Patrol and a feature on Arab-American comedians. A great deal of Steve’s time is spent on immigration issues. From protests and rallies on the streets of Los Angeles, to the dusty roads along the border of Mexico, Steve has covered most sides of the highly charged debate. In April of 2004, Steve was embedded with the original Minuteman Project in Arizona. He lived with the volunteer group for almost 30 days, going on patrols and observing strategy meetings. That year, the Arizona Associated Press awarded Steve Best Talk Show, Best Special Program and Best Use of Sound for his continuing coverage of the controversial project. Steve has also spent a lot of time with Customs and Border Patrol Agents. His 5-part series, “Dying in the Desert” won him the national Edward R. Murrow Award for best news series of 2002. The program explored the rising deaths of immigrants who illegally crossed into the U.S. from the agent’s and immigrant’s point of view. The California Associated Press has given Steve top honors for his coverage of the California Minutemen. His 3-part series on the California National Guard’s deployment along the Mexico border won him a Golden Mike. Also, He is part of the Golden-Mike-winning live coverage of the massive immigration march and protest in downtown Los Angeles in May of 2006.
Steve has also been covering the ongoing case of two former border patrol agents imprisoned for wounding an illegal alien drug smuggler. He was present at the agent’s sentencing and surrender to federal authorities in El Paso, Texas.
Jon Fleischman is the founder and publisher of FlashReport.org, a primarily volunteer endeavor for Jon, as his passion remains in the political arena.
Daniel Hernandez is a staff writer with the LA Weekly in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he was on staff at the Los Angeles Times. Hernandez has written about immigrants and immigration, bilingualism, people, neighborhoods, graffiti and street art, politics, fashion, hipsters, media, and a little music, food, and books. His work has also appeared or been reprinted newspapers across the country and in publications based in Berkeley, L.A., San Diego, Mexico City, El Paso, San Francisco, Paris, and other places. In 2006, Hernandez was named "Emerging Journalist of the Year" by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and participated in the USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellowship. He is also an occasional commentator for "All Things Considered" on National Public Radio.
