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At Breakfast With (ABW) Health Journalists
August 24, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am
AT BREAKFAST WITH (ABW) HEALTH JOURNALISTS
Via Zoom
8 am, Thursday, August 24
$15 for PRSA-LA, HPRA-LA, and BPRS-LA members | $30 for non-members | $5 PRSSA students
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Speakers:
Kathleen Doheny
Kathleen Doheny is a Los Angeles-based independent journalist, specializing in health, behavior, fitness, and lifestyle stories. She reports for WebMD, Medscape, MD Edge, Psycom.net, Practical Pain Management, Senior Planet/affiliated with AARP, NextAvenue.org and other sites. She is a mom, mother-in-law and proud and happy Mimi who likes to hike, jog and shop. Current fitness motivation: keeping up with 2 energetic grandchildren.
Denise Dador
Denise Dador is the Eyewitness News Health Specialist whose “Circle of Health” reports can be seen on ABC7 Eyewitness News at 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Since joining ABC7 in 1998, Denise’s mission has been to help Southern Californians improve their lives with timely medical information and advice. Through her reports, L.A’s top medical experts become accessible and relatable. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, her stories played a pivotal role in helping Angelenos navigate their changing world. Besides volunteering to help groups that fund medical research and patient care, Denise also represents KABC in her work with various Asian Pacific Islander and Filipino- American community organizations.
Denise grew up in San Francisco. She attended Long Island University in Brooklyn and graduated from Mills College with a degree in communication. At WXYZ-TV in Detroit, she anchored the weekend news and hosted a weekly talk show. At KMPH in Fresno, she was the main anchor of their 10pm news.
Denise has received numerous journalism and community service awards including national recognition for her work with Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches. She received Emmy awards for News Feature Reporting and Outstanding Children’s Programming.
Outside of work, Denise is a wife and mother of a teen-aged son and daughter who both have big dreams. While she would like to say she is an avid runner or skier, streaming historical documentaries and period dramas has become her latest obsession.
Robert Garrova
Robert covers mental health at a time when L.A. — and the nation — is failing people who live with a serious mental illness. The L.A. County jail system is the de-facto mental health institution for our region, and people who want help with their mental health often can’t get it, even if they can afford it. He’ll work to help Angelenos understand how we got here and what reforms aim to change things. He’ll do this through the stories of people struggling with their own mental health and those trying to get care for a loved one.
His reporting has taken him to the edge of wildfires in California, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, steps away from a robot that’s now exploring Mars, and into the homes of countless Angelenos.
Robert has had many jobs in radio. He used to help produce and direct the flagship show for Marketplace, a daily business and economic news show. He also spent a couple of years in the Northeast working as a reporter. He found his love of audio journalism while interning on LAist’s (formerly KPCC’s) Off-Ramp in 2013.
He was born and raised in SoCal. He is most proud when his journalism can help raise the voices of people struggling in this beautiful region stricken by inequality.