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Karen Ocamb is the award-winning news editor for Frontiers in LA magazine. She started her career over 30 years ago at CBS News in New York where she clerked for Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer during the Watergate era and the end of the war in Vietnam. She eventually became a producer, leaving CBS News after producing coverage of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles for CBS affiliates.
As a freelance reporter and independent producer in Los Angeles, Karen produced, hosted and has been a guest on many local public affairs shows. She has contributed to numerous media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, TV Guide Online, The Advocate, and OutQ News on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.
As a board member of the Los Angeles Press Club, Karen headed the L.A. Sunshine Coalition that advocated for open government issues – winning a Beacon Award from the First Amendment Coalition in 2002.
In 2008, Karen was named one of the LA Weekly’s People of the Year. In 2004, she was honored by Los Angeles chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and was named Woman of the Year by Christopher Street West.
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