Flack Talk is a show that shares the stories of journalists from San Diego and across the nation. Host James Canning is a long-time communications FLACK who respects the role reporters play in our society and he is using his podcast to talk with them about their careers, the industry and life outside the newsroom. If you're a public relations pro, have a nose for news, or you're just nosey, this is the podcast for you!
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Episode 25: Philip Mauriello Jr, Host, California Underground
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Philip Mauriello Jr. started the California Underground Podcast in 2018 as an outlet for his interest in politics which started in 2004 during Kerry v. Bush presidential campaign. Six years, and hundreds of episodes later it has grown into a source of information and perspective for folks looking for something other than the mainstream messages pol…
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Episode 24: Jacqueline Sarkissian, Reporter, KTLA 5
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Jacqueline Sarkissian took an unconventional path through the fashion industry and reached journalism after a family-friend connected her with a television news anchor who became her mentor. Today this USC graduate, after stops at San Diego’s Fox 5 and other markets, is a reporter at KTLA 5 where she did her first internship on the assignment desk.…
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Episode 23: Joe Little, Director of Storytelling & News Reporter, NBC 7 San Diego
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Joe Little has a big personality and a knack for using facts combined with great visuals and awesome interviews with people you can root for to report the news! Joe is the Director of Storytelling and a News Reporter for NBC 7 San Diego. He got into journalism to be a sports anchor, and later found himself in a Pennsylvania field reporting on the c…
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Episode 22: Karlene Chavis, Chief Meteorologist, CBS 8 San Diego
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Karlene Chavis’ parents must’ve been clairvoyant because when she was six years old, they told her she would be a meteorologist. They took her passion for earth science, the fact she played with dinosaurs instead of Barbies, and enjoyed the outdoors as signs that she was destined for greatness. Today, Karlene is the Chief Meteorologist for CBS 8 Sa…
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Episode 21: Darren Nichols, Columnist, Detroit Free Press & Founder, DNick Media
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Darren Nichols' resilience is special. He’s been a journalist in Detroit, Michigan for three decades and in 2014 while working on the biggest story in Detroit history, he unexpectedly had a stroke. Darren was down, but not out. His determination and winner’s attitude saw him put in six hour days during rehabilitation – not a common practice. That h…
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Episode 20: Dear San Diego Interviews James Canning, Host of Flack Talk
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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 didn't know. Below is the Dear San …
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Episode 19: Humberto Gurmilan, Author & Former Telemundo Sports Anchor
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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 wheelchair. Waves of Courage Ov…
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Episode 18: Jennifer Kastner, San Diego Business Journal, Reporter
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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 became an Emergency Medical Technic…
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Episode 17: Journalism Job Seeker Series – Deborah Brennan, Former County Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune
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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 columnist propelled Deborah into jo…
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Episode 16: Journalism Job Seeker Series – Ashlyn Lipori-Russie, Former Content Manager, Inewsource
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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 marketing and journalism; and the lay…
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Episode 15: Journalism Job Seeker Series – Bill Shea, Former National Sports Business Reporter, The Athletic
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Bill Shea, a former national sports business reporter for The Athletic, at the time of recording had been laid-off after the news company downsized. A Cleveland, Ohio native, Bill has worn many hats in the newsroom, but writing about the contracts, financial policies, stadium and arena developments, social justice issues and politics of sports cons…
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Episode 14: Art Castañares, La Prensa San Diego, Publisher & Editor-at-Large
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Arturo “Art” Castañares is unlike any other journalist in San Diego. This former senior Sacramento staffer turned newspaperman owns one of San Diego’s most polarizing news outlets. La Prensa San Diego’s investigative bombshells often cause the subjects of the story to run for cover, and inspire other news outlets to dig deeper. In this episode of F…
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Episode 13: Mara MacDonald, WDIV Channel 4 Reporter
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Have you ever seen a television news live truck with its satellite up in your neighborhood and wondered what happens inside that cramped tin can on wheels? Well, Mara MacDonald, veteran reporter with WDIV Channel 4, Detroit’s NBC affiliate, talks with us about traveling from story to story in the live truck during the evening shift. During this epi…
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Episode 12: Newsroom Shake Ups w/ Gary Warth, San Diego Union Tribune’s Former Homelessness Reporter; and Hope Reilly, Vice President and Partner at Southwest Strategies
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Buyouts and layoffs have shaken up San Diego newsrooms. Most recently the San Diego Union Tribune was purchased, and nearly 30 reporters and employees have voluntarily chosen to leave the paper with a severance according to reports. Gary Warth, now former Union Tribune Homelessness Reporter, sat down with Flack Talk for an in-depth interview about …
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Episode 11: Mickey McCanham, WXYZ Channel 7 ABC Detroit, Assignment Manager
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Mickey McCanham is a “hunter and gatherer of news” as an Assignment Manager at WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit. He got into the news business by accident thanks to a chance encounter with a reporter at an Irish bar where Mickey was singing Irish music. Host James Canning credits Mickey with teaching him how television newsrooms work, and during this epis…
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Episode 10: Tony Alvarez, Televisa Tijuana (XEWT 12), Binational Reporter
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Tony lives the “binational life.” This gregarious Televisa reporter who covers San Diego and California news grew up in Tijuana crossing the border to San Diego regularly for family activities. He became fond of broadcast journalism and doing sports play-by-play after receiving a tape recorder from his mother. In this episode Tony shares the pros a…
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Episode 09: Andrew Bowen, KPBS, Metro Reporter
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Andrew is the journalist that covers all the big local issues in San Diego such as housing, homelessness and transportation but this KPBS Metro Reporter cut his teeth reporting in Germany, and he talked with us about his family’s connection to this north central European country. We also talked with Andrew about his reporting on “Golden Pedophiles,…
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Episode 08: Karen Dumas, Detroit News, Columnist
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Karen Dumas is a columnist for the Detroit News who has successfully navigated a career where she’s moved seamlessly between roles in journalism, politics and public relations. Some of the things we get into during this episode of Flack Talk include: Unique WTF (What the Fuck) moments in her career, The No Bullshit Newshour with Charlie LeDuff, Bei…
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Episode 07: Ben Schmitt, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Deputy Managing Editor
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Ben Schmitt, Deputy Manager Editor of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in this episode of Flack Talk discusses: covering “the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history,” presidential elections in New Hampshire, his Emmy-winning story about a contract killer who enjoyed walking his poodle in his suburban neighborhood. how famed sports journalist and au…
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Episode 06: frankly... podcast talks to James Canning
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The frankly… podcast interviews Flack Talk host James Canning about why it’s important to believe in the people that you work for in government affairs and communications. #Franco #Detroit #FlackTalk #JamesCanning #SanDiego #Detroit #Seattle #Journalism #Reporters #Broadcast #NPR #WayneStateUniversity #TinaKozak #PRSADetroit #PRSA #PRSASDIC #frankl…
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Episode 05: Jerome Vaughn, News Director, WDET 101.9 FM in Detroit
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Jerome Vaughn, a Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame News Director at WDET 101.9 FM, Detroit’s NPR station, discusses homeschooling 8 children, why public radio is special, the reason diverse newsrooms matter, Detroit love, and how a yellow Panasonic ball and chain radio inspired him to become a broadcast journalist. Links to items talked about during…
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Episode 04: Kelly Davis, Investigative Journalist, based in San Diego, California
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Kelly Davis is a serious investigative journalist based in San Diego who love a good challenge and welcomes the adrenaline rush that comes with investigating a story. In this episode, Kelly also shares the ins and outs of being a freelancer and offers young journalists some tips on the trade. And we learn how one of her stories involving law enforc…
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Episode 03: Priya Sridhar, NBC 7 San Diego’s Political Reporter
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Priya Sridhar of NBC 7 San Diego’s Political Reporter discusses her experiences with elected officials, what it’s been like to chase her dreams, trolls on twitter, the Navy Reserves, being an unemployed journalist, family and love on this episode of Flack Talk with James Canning. Below are links to some things discussed during the interview: 93-yea…
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Flack Talk host James Canning explains that FLACK in some circles is a derogatory word and how he has taken back this taboo term and reengineered its meaning to be positive. Being a FLACK is a badge of honor according to James, and he is of the mind that more public relations professionals should embrace it.…
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Episode 01: Why I Created Flack Talk Podcast
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Flack Talk host James Canning explains for listeners how journalism inspired him to create this podcast. He discusses how he came to appreciate journalists and how the industry impacts his career and life. Visit www.FlackTalk.com to learn more. #WayneStateUniversity #Detroit #BobBerg #Jouranlism #CityofDetroit #ColemanYoung #Michigan #PublicRelatio…
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