Patt Morrison | |
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 Patt Morrison | |
| Born | 1952 (age 70–71) |
| Education | Occidental College |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Notable credit(s) | NPR 'Patt Morrison' program, PBS 'Life & Times' show, L.A. Times 'Patt Morrison Asks' column "Rio L.A." book |
Patt Morrison is a journalist, author, and radio-television personality based in Los Angeles and Southern California. [1]
Morrison is a writer for the Los Angeles Times , with the weekly 'Patt Morrison Asks' column, [2] and received the Joseph M. Quinn award in 2000 from the Los Angeles Press Club for lifetime achievement. [3] 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. [4] Morrison has been a frequent commentator on National Public Radio since 1994, BBC radio and TV, and The Huffington Post blog. She also founded the PBS daily local news 'Life & Times' public television program, and co-hosted it on KCET-TV from 1993 to 2001. [5] [6] She won six Emmys and 6 Golden Mike awards for the program. [3] Currently, Morrison fills in as the host of KPCC's "AirTalk" when the show's regular host, Larry Mantle, is unable to do the show.
Originally from Utica, Ohio, Morrison is a 1974 cum laude graduate of Occidental College, [1] [7] and was named its 'Alumnus of the year' in 1995. [8] In 1998 she was elected to the college's board of trustees. [3]
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. Pink's Hot Dogs, a Hollywood landmark and establishment known for naming unique hot dog and topping combinations after local cultural icons, has named the vegetarian 'Patt Morrison Baja Veggie hot dog' after her. [9]
Patt Morrison is a fiction and non-fiction author, and in addition to numerous magazine articles [1] has written:
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