Dave Saldana:
CLASS OF 1987
La Mirada High SchoolClass of 1987
La mirada, CA
University of Southern California - LawClass of 2001
Los angeles, CA
Columbia University - JournalismClass of 1995
New york, NY
University of CaliforniaClass of 1991
Santa cruz, CA
La Pluma Elementary SchoolClass of 1982
La mirada, CA
Dave's Story
Life
well, where did we leave off?
i did my undergrad at u.c. santa cruz, then worked as a tv news producer for a few years, winning an emmy award at kcba-tv in salinas. i moved to new york city for grad school, getting a master's in journalism from columbia university. after that, i spent a few years in nyc, working for mtv news. i also produced a video for the rock band black 47, whom i highly recommend. i moved back to l.a. in '96, and worked in tv news again, at kcop, kcbs, and kcal. got plenty sick of that, so i decided to go to law school. i graduated from usc law in 2001, and passed the bar. i worked for a year at a labor law firm in oakland, representing tens of thousands of union workers in the wester...Expand for more
n united states. i moved back to l.a. and worked on civil rights litigation. i was regional vice president of the national lawyers guild, and am a member of four unions, at last count. i traveled around the u.s. working as a union organizer for a while, i had my own law firm, worked with a beverly hills firm for a while, and then pittsburgh, as communications director for an international labor union.
then i spent a couple of years at iowa state university, teaching journalism. and now i'm at media matters for america (mediamatters.org), fighting the good fight against bad journalism and bad politics. i live in dc, i can see the capitol building from my porch, and i have three ferrets. they are very, very cool.
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