Episode 128 Notes and Links to Vania Patino’s Work
On Episode 128 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Vania Patino, and the two discuss, among other topics, her early love of reading in Spanish and English, Twilight, a formative experience for Vania as a high school reporter, her busy and educational college years, the power of Chicano Studies and Ethnic Studies classes, and ideas of objectivity and balance in journalism.
Vania Patino is a news reporter for KERO-TV in Bakersfield, CA, a former reporter for KFDA in Amarillo, Texas, and a former standout student in Pete’s English 10 honors class.
For Latino Reporter: “After El Paso shooting, Texans seem divided over looser gun laws”
Video from Cal State Fullerton's Al Dia Newsmagazine
Video and Article by Vania: "In Tex-Mex country, ‘el sabor’ helps Boricua culture thrive"
At about 1:40, Vania gives background on her relationship with language, learning English as a second language, and her early love of reading, including her love of a particular teen series
At about 5:00, Pete and Vania discuss the phenomenon that was the Twilight series
At about 7:00, Vania describes how Spanish specifically calls to her, interests her, etc., as well as how she re-embraced the beauty of speaking Spanish
At about 10:00, Vania wows with an amazing story from her third day on the job in Amarillo that highlights
At about 12:50, Vania highlights important lessons learned in college ethnic studies and Chicano history courses
At about 14:40, Vania discusses interesting conversations around identity that came up during her enjoyable college years
At about 16:25, Vania responds to Pete’s questions
At about 18:20-27:30, Vania recounts an incredibly impactful experience in covering a 2015 Donald Trump speech in San Pedro
At about 27:35, Vania talks about her time in Amarillo, Texas, including covering a different political arena than she was used to
At about 29:50, Vania talks about formative experiences from her busy college days, and shouts out mentor Inez Gonzalez
At about 32:00, Vania recounts a funny anecdote about interning with NBC News with Lester Holt
At about 37:00, Vania gives the story of the horrific tragedy in Thousand Oaks, sadly the first of many mass shootings that she has covered
At about 42:30, Vania tells a story that is emblematic of being innovative and dogged in pursuing a local angle to a national story
At about 46:15, Vania explains the writing and background work for a news “package”
At about 50:55, Vania responds to Pete wondering about how she balances formal and informal presentations of the news
At about 53:30, Vania discusses ideas of objectivity in reporting, particularly post-Trump as POTUS
At about 57:30, Vania answers Pete’s question about which tv shows/movies “get it right” with regard to a realistic view of the newsroom
At about 59:40, Vania responds to Pete’s question about the responsibilities that come with doing translation in news
At about 1:04:30, Vania discusses future projects
At about 1:08:40, Vania gives contact information/social media info
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Please tune in for Episode 129 with Sam Quinones, a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author of three acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction, including The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth, released in 2021, and his 2015 release, Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic.
The episode will air on June 28.
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