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Nick Roman
Host, All Things Considered
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Nick Roman is KPCC's host of All Things Considered.
Roman has been a fixture in Southern California radio news for more than 30 years. From 1984-2004, he was the voice of news at KLON/KKJZ in Long Beach, serving as a producer, anchor, and news director. Along the way he helped create CALNET, a daily statewide news program, where he was a producer, news editor and host.
He's proud to have trained such accomplished journalists as Kitty Felde and Frank Stoltze. Roman has also worked for the past 25 years teaching broadcast journalism to students at Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Fullerton. His love of sports has led him to file numerous stories for NPR's "Only A Game."
Stories by Nick Roman
Governor Signs Bill to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality
In California, black women are much more likely than white women to die in childbirth or to lose their babies. Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 464, which requires implicit bias training for medical staff providing care to mothers and newborns.
Dodgers Spanish announcer isn't too optimistic about the team's chances in 2018
Coming off losing the World Series last fall, Jaime Jarrín is predicting "a tougher year" for L.A.'s boys in blue.
California is suing to keep a citizenship question off the 2020 census
Secretary of State Alex Padilla said California would "lose big" if the question is added and the state will be fighting it "tooth and nail."
Orange County votes to join Trump's 'sanctuary' lawsuit against California
The all-Republican Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to join a Trump administration lawsuit against California over its law aimed at protecting immigrants from stepped-up deportations.
Trump administration escalates California immigration feud
The U.S. attorney general told law enforcement officers Wednesday that the Justice Department sued California because state laws are preventing federal immigration agents from doing their jobs. Gov. Jerry Brown called him a liar.
LA billionaire in talks to buy Los Angeles Times
Patrick Soon-Shiong — an L.A.-based billionaire, physician and major Tronc shareholder — is in advanced talks to purchase the L.A. Times, according to NPR's David Folkenflik.
House Intelligence Committee votes to release Democrats' countermemo
The panel voted without opposition to release Democrats' secret rebuttal to the secret Republican memo unveiled on Friday. The document now goes to the White House, where President Trump must decide whether it should become public.
How home schooling works in California
The two Riverside County parents accused of abusing their 13 children, ages 2 to 29, were also home schooling them. Here's how home schooling is — or isn't — regulated here.
Meet the only woman who's worked 60 years at NASA
This month Finley completes her 60th year at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, making her the longest serving woman at NASA.
Teacher explains how he helped students through the LA Riots
Fernando Pullum was a high school music teacher in 1992. Today, he runs a community arts center with a mission to give kids hope — and music lessons.
Adhama the hippo gets ready to move from the LA Zoo to Dallas
The two-ton Adhama will be transported to a newly built enclosure at the Dallas Zoo, where officials hope to make him a successful breeding partner.
USGS updates forecast of when a major quake might strike LA
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new study that says Los Angeles could be overdue for a major earthquake from the San Andreas Fault that would last for several minutes.
Celestial love: Star swipes right on 'eccentric' planet
NASA has discovered a "tumultuous romance" between a star and its planet. It measured gravitational palpitations each time the planet neared the star during its orbit.
As wildfire grows, some residents evacuate, others wait
Firefighters continued to knock on doors, urging residents to leave. Some have heeded that call. Others are waiting it out, praying the wind is in their favor.
Witness: 'Just mad chaos' in Nice after Bastille Day attack
People fled into the streets after a truck drove into a crowd celebrating the holiday on the city's promenade Thursday evening.
