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Pasadena Media’s award-winning local news talk show “NewsRap Local with Justin Chapman” continues this at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 16. with featured guest Sheri Bonner, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley (PPPSGV).
“Abortion had an outsized impact on the midterm election, playing a role perhaps even bigger than inflation,” said host Justin Chapman, an award-winning journalist who writes for Pasadena Now. “We’ll ask Sheri Bonner about the post-Roe world and where things stand locally.”
Bonner has served as president and CEO of PPPSGV since 2004. Under her leadership, the chapter has grown from a single health center in Pasadena into a robust organization with four health centers across the San Gabriel Valley that see 55,000 visits annually. Prior to this position, she was the chief administrative officer at the Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, which represents San Diego and Riverside counties. Recently, Planned Parenthood Advocates Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley, an independent, non-partisan advocacy and political organization, was formed under Bonner’s leadership to protect access to women’s health care and the mission and operations of PPPSGV.
Chapman recently won several LA Press Club journalism awards, including 1st place in the Travel Reporting category and 3rd place in the TV/Public Affairs category for hosting “NewsRap Local.” In March, “NewsRap Local” won a 2nd place award in News Programming at the Alliance for Community Media West’s WAVE video awards.
“NewsRap Local” launched in April 2021 and airs on the third 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.
In each episode, Chapman provides analysis on local news, presents a “lightning round” of the month’s top stories and interviews a special guest or hosts a panel for a deep dive into an important issue facing the community. It is the only TV talk show that focuses exclusively on Pasadena news and politics.
“NewsRap Local” is written and hosted by Chapman, directed and edited by Jeffrey Stanfill, produced by Chapman and Aaron Wheeler and executive produced by George Falardeau, CEO and executive director of Pasadena Media.
“This is must-watch television each month for everyone who cares about this city,” Falardeau said.
Previous guests on “NewsRap Local” included Congress member Judy Chu (D-27); Congress member Adam Schiff (D-28); interim Pasadena city manager Cynthia Kurtz; Assembly member Chris Holden (D-41); Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo; Pasadena city manager Miguel Márquez; LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger; 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 has written hundreds of articles for two dozen print and digital publications, including KPCC/LAist, Alta Journal, Huffington Post, LA Weekly, Berkeley Political Review, Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Now and many others. He currently serves as Digital Content Writer & Editor for Michelson Philanthropies.
“Join me on the third Friday of every month at 5 p.m. for my analysis of Pasadena news and politics and to hear directly from community movers and shakers,” Chapman said.
Learn more at justindouglaschapman.com and pasadenamedia.org.
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