Patt Morrison is a
journalist
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, author, and radio-television personality based in
Los Angeles
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and
Southern California
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.
Media
Morrison is a writer for the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'', with the weekly '' 'Patt Morrison Asks' '' column, and received the Joseph M. Quinn award in 2000 from the Los Angeles Press Club for lifetime achievement.
In 2006 she began hosting the eponymous public radio program '' 'Patt Morrison,' '' a 2-hour weekday interview-talk program on
NPR affiliate
KPCC. Her program was dropped in August 2012. Morrison has been a frequent commentator on
National Public Radio
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since 1994,
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radio and TV, and ''
The Huffington Post
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'' blog. She also founded the
PBS
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daily local news '' 'Life & Times' '' public television program, and co-hosted it on
KCET-TV
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from 1993 to 2001. She won six
Emmy
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s and 6 Golden Mike awards for the program.
Currently, Morrison fills in as the host of KPCC's "AirTalk" when the show's regular host,
Larry Mantle
Larry Mantle (born January 12, 1959) is a radio interview call-in show host in Southern California. He has been the host of ''AirTalk with Larry Mantle'' on NPR-member station KPCC (radio station), KPCC, 89.3 FM, since April 1, 1985. ''AirTalk' ...
, is unable to do the show.
Life
Originally from
Utica, Ohio
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The village is home to the general headquarters (HQ) of the Velvet Ice Cream Comp ...
, Morrison is a 1974 ''
cum laude
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'' graduate of
Occidental College
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,
and was named its 'Alumnus of the year' in 1995. In 1998 she was elected to the college's Board of Trustees.
Her fashion trademark is wearing hats that coordinate with her clothing ensembles; she is always seen in public with one.
She identifies herself as a
lacto vegetarian
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.
Pink's Hot Dogs
Pink's Hot Dogs is a landmark hot dog restaurant in the Fairfax District of the city of Los Angeles. It is on North La Brea Avenue, across the street from the Hollywood district on the east.
History
Pink's was founded by Paul and Betty Pin ...
, a
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
landmark and establishment known for naming unique
hot dog and topping combinations after local cultural icons, has named the
vegetarian
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Vegetarianism m ...
'Patt Morrison Baja Veggie hot dog' after her.
Author
Patt Morrison is a fiction and non-fiction author, and in addition to numerous magazine articles
has written:
* ''Rio L.A., Tales from the Los Angeles River'' - a book with photographer Mark LaMonica. "The reality and spirit of the
Los Angeles River, a concrete masterpiece of clandestine beauty that stretches from the mountains to the mouth of Long Beach Harbor."
* "Morocco Junction 90210," a story in the book ''Los Angeles Noir'' - "a collection of 17 stories about the shadow side of the 'City of Angels'."
References
External links
The ''"Patt Morrison"'' radio show website''"Patt Morrison Asks"'' podcastsAward-winning journalist and radio reporter of the Los Angeles area
An interview with Patt Morrisonon ''Notebook on Cities and Culture''
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American columnists
American newspaper journalists
American television journalists
Radio personalities from Los Angeles
NPR personalities
Writers from Los Angeles
1952 births
Living people
Emmy Award winners
Occidental College alumni
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
People from Utica, Ohio
American women non-fiction writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American women television journalists
American women columnists