An Evening With 'Ask A Mexican' Columnist, Gustavo Arellano, Moderated by Press Club President, Anthea Raymond

An Evening With 'Ask A Mexican' Columnist, Gustavo Arellano, Moderated by Press Club President, Anthea Raymond

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Every month, the Los Angeles Press Club holds events for its members and invites speakers from various sectors of society to address issues of the day and/or offer insights into their line of work. This Thursday, for the first time ever, the Press Club will hear from "Ask A Mexican" columnist, Gustavo Arellano, about his newfound success and popular new book, Ask A Mexican.

   Who   - The Los Angeles Press Club    What  - "An Evening with 'Ask A Mexican' Columnist, Gustavo Arellano"           moderated by Anthea Raymond, Press Club Board President    When  - Thursday, October 11th; Drinks and networking at 7 p.m.           Program starts at 7:30 p.m.    Where - The Steve Allen Theater at the LA Press Club; 4773 Hollywood           Blvd., Hollywood, 90027; Plenty of free parking behind the           building (enter off of Berendo Street); Click here for a map;           Metro: Red line, Sunset/Vermont station    Why   - Gustavo Arellano is one of the most provocative and popular           columnists in Southern California.  He is the recipient of the           2007 LA Press Club "President's Award" and was honored at the           Southern California Journalism Awards last June.    Cost:   Free to Press Club members; all others pay $10; you can become a           Press Club member that evening at a discounted rate.    FYI:    RSVP to rsvp@lapressclub.org or contact Edward Headington at           818.720.7181; Light refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be           served.     Speaker Bio (self-written):  

"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 http://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 TelevisionAcademy, 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 HunterCollege, UCLA, and USC's AnnenbergSchool, as well as in Moscowand St. Petersburg

The Los Angeles Press Club stands as an organization devoted to improving the spirit of journalism and journalists, raising the industry's standards, strengthening its integrity and improving its reputation all for the benefit of the community at large. For more information, go to http://www.lapressclub.org/ and/or http://www.myspace.com/lapressclub.

PR Newswire, co-sponsor for all Los Angeles Press Club events, is the global leader in news and information distribution services for professional communicators. For more information, go to http://www.prnewswire.com/.

Headington Media Group is a full-service communications firm that specializes in image management and new/old media relations. For more information, go to http://www.headingtonmedia.com/ and/or visit The Headington Cabal and the HMG Podcast.

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CONTACT: Edward Headington, +1-818-720-7181, for Los Angeles Press Club

Web site: http://www.lapressclub.org/
http://www.askamexican.net/
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