Dave Wielenga on Swoop’s World Late Night

Summary: On Wednesday April 10, 2013 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CST, 11pm/EST) we are happy to welcome journalist and Publisher Dave Wielenga of GreaterLongBeach.com to Swoop’s World Late Night. Join us as we sit down with Dave and discuss the current state of journalism, community reporting, and news in Long Beach. After our interview we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, as well as our take on all topics, and any interesting news stories of the day. We’ll also be simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Listen to the show Dave Wielenga Dave has been covering Greater Long Beach since 1972, when as a 16-year-old student at Bellflower High he became a $2-an-hour copy boy in the sports department of the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He’s never really left home---well, not counting those mysterious years in Mexico, anyway---because during a 40-years-and-counting career he just keeps finding this place so damn fascinating. Dave’s prize-winning work has appeared in magazines as diverse as Rolling Stone, US Weekly, Modern Maturity, Sports Illustrated and Vibe, as well as newspapers from the Los Angeles Times to the Washington Post. He’s received awards for investigations, features, news, entertainment and sports from the Associated Press, Los Angeles Press Club, Orange County Press Club and Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. When he did leave town—the country, in fact--the university students of Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mazatlan voted him Teacher of the Year. Just sayin’. Dave spent 23 years at the Press-Telegram, covering USC, UCLA, the Rams and the Angels---as well as high schools, Rose Bowls, Super Bowls and two Olympics Games—then moving through features, entertainment, news and investigations before taking a buyout when the paper slashed its staff in 1995. Dave served on the staffs of three so-called “alternative” weeklies—New Times Los Angeles, OC Weekly and the late, great District Weekly. He’s passionate about the importance of an independent press, especially here in Greater Long Beach. “The best gift anybody can give Long Beach,” he says, “is to tell it the truth.” After our interview with Dave Wielenga we’ll be up to all of our usual fun including our DrinksWinesSpirits.com sponsored “Brewskis” Beer Tasting segment, sports talk, rants, and more.