Pasadena Media’s award-winning local TV talk show “Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman” continues this Friday at 5 p.m., featuring guest Susana Porras, an author, community organizer, and Pasadena Police Department Senior Communications Coordinator.
Porras published her second and third books this year: “Danny’s Trails: Mossley, England” and “Love in the Time of Hate.” Both chronicle her travel adventures at home and abroad. As the former Council District 3 Liaison for the late Councilmember John J. Kennedy, Porras played a key role in supporting public and private developments such as the 10 West Walnut Historic Monument, Playhouse Park, and Vallarta Supermarkets. She holds an M.A. in Sociology and a B.A. in French from CSULA. Fluent in French and Spanish, she has lived in both France and Guatemala.
“Pasadena Monthly” airs at 5 p.m. PT on the fourth Friday of every month on Pasadena Media’s Arroyo Channel and streaming apps, available on channel 99 on AT&T U-verse, channel 32 on Charter Spectrum, YouTube, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku. The show is written, hosted and produced by Chapman, directed and edited by Jeffrey Stanfill, supervised by producer Jasiri Jenkins-Glenn, executive produced by Chris Miller and chief executive produced by George Falardeau, CEO and executive director of Pasadena Media.
“‘Pasadena Monthly’ is must-watch television each month for everyone who cares about this city,” Falardeau said.
Last year, “Pasadena Monthly” won a first-place award in the Talk Show category at the Alliance for Community Media West’s WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards. Chapman also won a third-place journalism award in the Talk/Public Affairs category of the LA Press Club’s 66th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, for hosting “Pasadena Monthly.” He has won a dozen LA Press Club journalism awards, including three first-place awards. His other TV show, “Well Read with Justin Chapman,” won a first-place Hometown Media Award from the Alliance for Community Media this year.
In June, Chapman was a finalist in the Local Political/Government Reporting (Broadcast) category of the LA Press Club journalism awards for “Pasadena Monthly.” He is nominated for another journalism award for “Well Read” in the LA Press Club’s National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, which will take place next month.
Guests on “Pasadena Monthly” (and its previous iteration, “NewsRap Local”) have included Congress member Judy Chu; Congress member Adam Schiff; Assembly member Chris Holden; Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo; Pasadena City Manager Miguel Márquez; LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger; JPL Director Laurie Leshin; former Congress member Katie Hill; and many others.
Chapman was the youngest elected official in LA County when he served on the Altadena Town Council at age 19. He has served on a number of local boards and wrote hundreds of articles for dozens of print and digital publications, including KPCC/LAist, Alta Journal, Huffington Post, LA Weekly, Irish Post, Berkeley Political Review, Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Now and many others. He is the author of “Saturnalia” and “Paradise Springs.” He was a professional child actor who starred in dozens of movies, TV shows, commercials and plays. He previously served as Communications Officer for USC Annenberg’s Pacific Council on International Policy think tank and currently serves as the District 6 Council Liaison/Field Representative to Pasadena Councilmember Steve Madison.
“Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman” airs this Friday at 5 p.m. PT on Pasadena Media’s Arroyo Channel, available on channel 99 on AT&T U-verse, channel 32 on Charter Spectrum, YouTube, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku. For more visit pasadenamedia.org or justindouglaschapman.com.
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