KOCT’s first show of
the fall, Journalist Roundtable on October
1st had a diverse variety of topics: weather, money and media.
Our
first guest was Alex Tardy, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
He discussed the Ying and Yang of our weather—the Drought and El Nino. Alex is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the
National Weather Service in San Diego. He
has worked for the National Weather Service for 22 years.
Our
second guest was Dan McSwain, the business columnist for the San Diego Union Tribune.
He discussed the Pension issue and its potential negative effect on local and our
state government. He revealed some sobering pension statistics facing the City
of Oceanside.
Dan
McSwain has 15 years of experience in San Diego County as a journalist. Before
joining U-T San Diego in 2012, he was managing editor, news editor, editorial
page editor and a business reporter for the North County Times. (Long time KOCT viewers will also remember him
as the former host of JRT).
Dean Nelson (L) and Dan McSwain (R) |
Our
final segment was a roundtable discussion about the firing of the publisher of
the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune and the lowering of its
financial forecast for the year. The journalists discussed the state of North
County media. Our special guest for this segment was Dean Nelson, Professor of
Journalism at Point Loma University, and the media all-star panel included Dan
McSwain and the host of Journalist Roundtable, veteran journalist Kent Davy. Our
other panelists were our long-time contributors, KPBS’s North County Bureau
Editor, Alison St John and San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Logan Jenkins.
Program
replays can be viewed on Channel 18 Cox Cable in Oceanside as well as AT&T and U-Verse Channel 99 county-wide. This
program airs at 7 am and 6 pm Monday thru Friday on Channel 18. You can also watch the program as Video On
Demand via www.koct.org and on your smart phone, tablet or computer by clicking here: http://koct.org/video/category/journalist_roundtable/detail/journalist_roundtable_october_1_2015
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