Oct. 11, 2007
Speaker Bio:
"I'm Gustavo Arellano. I was born in Anaheim, California, to a
tomato canner and an illegal immigrant. My ¡Ask a Mexican! column
won the 2006 Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for the best
column in a large circulation weekly. I'm a contributing editor to the
Los Angeles Times and have appeared on Today, Nightline, NPR's On the
Media, The Situation with Tucker Carlson, and The Colbert Report. I
also mow lawns for $15 -- $10 if I get a water break. For more information
visit www.askamexican.net."
Moderator Bio:
Anthea Raymond was the first Senior Editor at NPR affiliate KPCC. For
almost two years, she supervised the station's team of award-winning
reporters and assigned and edited hundreds of news spots and features.
She also won a Golden Mike for a special on the California Recall election
she co-hosted and produced with Frank Stoltze. Most recently, Raymond
was Show Editor for NPR's News and Notes, a daily news-talk program
highlighting African American perspectives. Since the mid-1980s, Raymond
has created and produced programs, features, and news reports for radio
and television at places like KCRW, WBGO, and Bloomberg Radio. Her work
has received numerous awards from groups like the Television Academy,
the National Association of Black Journalists, the Radio Television
News Association, and American Women in Radio and Television. She has
taught communications and journalism at Hunter College, UCLA, and USC's
Annenberg School, as well as in Moscow and St. Petersburg