FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
America’s #1 TalkRadio Show
Presents
"Prominent Newsmakers Series"
Featured Guests:
 Steve Murphy
Host & Executive Producer
The Law Business Insider
A notable television news journalist, Jane Velez-Mitchell reported for the nationally syndicated Warner Brothers/Telepictures show "Celebrity Justice." She is now seen commenting on high-profile cases for CNN, MSNBC, Court TV, Fox News and other national cable TV shows. She has also frequently guest hosted for Nancy Grace on her widely watched CNN Headline News show.
Jane has just completed a non-fiction book for Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, entitled “Secrets Can Be Murder: What America's Most Sensational Crimes Tell Us About Ourselves.” It is set to hit bookstores in June of 2007.
In the courtroom for the entire Michael Jackson molestation trial, Velez-Mitchell appeared daily on “Nancy Grace.” She was featured on CNN's “Larry King Live” on several occasions, including the evening of the verdict.
Jane previously spent more than a decade anchoring and reporting for KCAL-TV in Los Angeles. She also served as a reporter/anchor for eight years at WCBS-TV in New York City.
Jane is the recipient of a Los Angeles Emmy Award and a New York Emmy Award. The KCAL-TV newscasts she co-anchored won three Southern California Golden Mike Awards and an Emmy. She also wrote, directed and produced “Dancing Through Life,” an award-winning documentary.
While working at “Celebrity Justice,” Jane's reporting earned the show two Genesis Awards from the Humane Society of the United States .
Jan Burke is a critically acclaimed and national bestselling author of novels and short stories, and winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Novel. Her mystery series, featuring Southern California newspaper reporter Irene Kelly, includes Goodnight, Irene; Sweet Dreams, Irene; Dear Irene,; Remember Me, Irene; Hocus; Liar; Bones; Bloodlines; and Kidnapped. She is also the author of Flight, featuring Irene's husband, homicide detective Frank Harriman; Nine, a standalone thriller; and a collection of her short stories, entitled Eighteen. Some of the many awards she has earned are:
Edgar Winner, Best Novel, 1999: Bones
Agatha Winner, Best Short Story, 2000: "The Man in the Civil Suit"
Macavity Winner, Best Short Story, 2001: "The Abbey Ghosts"
Macavity Winner, Best Short Story, 1994: "Unharmed"
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers' Award Winner: "Unharmed"
Jan is the Founder and Director of the Crime Lab Project www.crimelabproject.com , which she is passionate about.
What is the Crime Lab Project?
The Crime Lab Project is a group of crime writers and their friends and readers who are concerned about the gap between the public's beliefs about the current state of forensic science and the reality faced by the many underfunded, understaffed labs and coroners' offices throughout the country. We see the lack of support given to labs as a matter that has a growing negative impact on law enforcement, justice, and national security. They seek greater support and resources for crime labs, coroner and medical examiners' offices, and other public agencies using forensic science. They also seek support for forensic science education and research. Anyone may join the Crime Lab Project.
Television shows about forensic science are some of the most exciting, entertaining dramas on the tube, and have done a lot to make the public aware of forensic science and its potential. That's terrific. But let's talk about reality, and not television: the truth is most American crime labs are under-funded, are in aging facilities, do not have the latest computers and other equipment, and are not fully staffed. More than one out of four labs does not have basic computers for processing evidence.
Hosted by Steve Murphy.
Brought to you by "America's Premier Lawyers"
Contact:
Jane Velez-Michelle
CNN, MSNBC, Court TV, Fox News
www.secretscanbemurder.com
Jan Burke
One of America’s Best Selling Mystery Authors
www.janburke.com
Steve Murphy
Executive Producer & Host
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
|
