{"id":7,"date":"2013-06-03T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2013-06-04T00:20:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T07:20:46","slug":"writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 ET on KCET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently a contributing writer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\" target=\"_blank\">KCET.org<\/a>&#8216;s online content, and write two columns, which are published on alternating Fridays:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/updaily\/socal_focus\/commentary\/transpacific-routes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Transpacific Routes:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>A column for KCET&#8217;s SoCal Focus section, which is about Southern Califonia&#8217;s Asian\/Pacific Islander communities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/updaily\/socal_focus\/commentary\/transpacific-routes\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/updaily\/socal_focus\/commentary\/transpacific-routes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/news\/the_back_forty\/commentary\/concrete-and-chaparral\/\" target=\"_blank\">Concrete and Chaparral:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>A column for KCET&#8217;s The Back Forty section, which is an environmental column from a modern city-dweller&#8217;s perspective on ways to connect to and appreciate the natural word.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/news\/the_back_forty\/commentary\/concrete-and-chaparral\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/news\/the_back_forty\/commentary\/concrete-and-chaparral\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 The USC Days<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in my college days, I was a reporter and columnist for the USC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytrojan.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Daily Trojan<\/em><\/a> campus newspaper, writing about such things as changes to the campus during the post-L.A. Riot days, and being one of the first college journalists to interview then-new late night talk show host Conan O&#8217;Brien. But I was most (in)famous for my candid free-form column entitled, <em>&#8220;?&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>which was basically a blog before there really were blogs. At some point I&#8217;ll scan my entire USC article history (including my <em>&#8220;?&#8221;<\/em> column) and make it available on this site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Other Works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/updaily\/socal_focus\/commentary\/filipino-american-history-425-years-and-counting.html\" target=\"_blank\">Filipino American History, 425 Years and Counting<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><strong>KCET.org \u2013 SoCal Focus, October 18, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/updaily\/socal_focus\/commentary\/keeping-thai-town-thai.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Keeping L.A.\u2019s Thai Town Thai\u00a0<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>KCET.org \u2013 SoCal Focus, September 13, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/updaily\/socal_focus\/commentary\/demystifying-korean-culture-for-the-masses.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Demystifying Korean Culture For The Masses\u00a0<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>KCET.org \u2013 SoCal Focus, August 9, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/updaily\/socal_focus\/commentary\/connected-to-tragedy-so-cal-sikhs-find-sympathy-security-solace.html\" target=\"_blank\">Connected To Tragedy, So Cal Sikhs Find Sympathy, Security, Solace<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>KCET.org \u2013 SoCal Focus, August 9, 2012\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/updaily\/socal_focus\/commentary\/los-angeles-historic-filipinotown-turns-ten-whats-changed.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>L.A.\u2019s Historic Filipinotown Turns Ten: What\u2019s Changed?<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>KCET.org \u2013 SoCal Focus, August 2, 2012\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mandirigma.org\/?p=706\" target=\"_blank\"><em>City of Los Angeles Dedicates Historic Filipinotown<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Pinoylife.com, August 5, 2002 (archived on mandirigma.org, May 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1995-08-20\/local\/me-37209_1_thai-pop\" target=\"_blank\">Feasting on Kindness: Thais Freed From Sweatshop Discover Good Side of Life In America<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Los Angeles Times, August 20, 1995<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u2022 ET on KCET I&#8217;m currently a contributing writer for KCET.org&#8216;s online content, and write two columns, which are published on alternating Fridays: Transpacific Routes:\u00a0A column for KCET&#8217;s SoCal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3BxNU-7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/elsontrinidad.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}