Nov 18, 2023

Tony Manolatos and Juan Hernandez, the hosts of Dear San Diego, recently invited me to be a guest on their show. I had a lot of fun talking about my career, cooking, painting, and Michigan summers. I am releasing my interview with Tony and Juan here on Flack Talk in case you want to learn some things about me you...

Oct 17, 2023

Humberto (Beto) Gurmilan became paralyzed at 15-years-old after diving off his surfboard. It changed his life, but it did not stop him from pursuing and achieving his dream of becoming a journalist. Beto at 24-years-old became a sports anchor at Telemundo San Diego and spent 14 years there behind the news desk in his...

Oct 3, 2023

Award winning journalist and San Diego native Jennifer Kastner after a 17-year career in television news – most recently with ABC 10 in San Diego – decided to try her hand at print journalism, and is now a reporter for the San Diego Business Journal. During this episode we talk with Jennifer about how and why she...

Sep 13, 2023

Deborah Brennan, a former County government reporter, at the time of recording had taken a buy-out from the San Diego Union-Tribune, after the paper was purchased by a news conglomerate.

Her love of writing at an early age, and the formative writing done at her high school newspaper, along with an uncle who was a...

Sep 13, 2023

Ashlyn Lipori-Russie, a former content manager for San Diego-based Inewsource, at the time of recording had been laid-off after the non-profit news company she worked for reduced staffing. She says the job at Inewsource was her “dream job” that fell from the sky because it melded her passion for digital content...