Press Release | Source: Los Angeles Times |
ADVISORY/Los Angeles Gubernatorial Debate Oct. 7
Media Registration Deadline Oct. 4; Updated Broadcast Feed Information
Wednesday October 2, 7:39 pm ET
WHAT: Gubernatorial debate between Gov. Gray Davis and Republican candidate Bill Simon Jr. Sponsored by Los Angeles Times and Tribune Broadcasting. WHEN: Monday, Oct. 7 12-1 p.m. Debate 1:15 p.m. Post-debate media briefing (depending on candidate availability) WHERE: Times Building, 202 W. 1st St., downtown Los Angeles - Media check-in: Globe Lobby - Media room: 5th floor, Times Building - Debate: Chandler Auditorium DEBATE CREDENTIALS: -- Registration deadline: Friday, Oct. 4 -- Credentials granted on first-come basis. Seating is limited. -- Register: - Voice-mail: 213-237-2600 - Fax: 213-346-8451 - Email: david.garcia@latimes.com -- Required information: - Name - Title/position - Organization - Business telephone and email address -- Freelance/online media: Letter of assignment also required -- Current media photo ID required for admission -- Media attendees must pick up their own credentials MEDIA PARKING: -- No-host parking is available on a first-come basis at 220 S. Spring St. -- Limited parking for microwave trucks only is available on a first-come basis in the open parking lot at the corner of 2nd St. and Broadway. No large satellite trucks. -- Current media photo ID must be presented. MEDIA ROOM: -- Seating and phone/modem lines are limited and on first-come basis -- KTLA broadcast feed: Video/audio mult-box connections on first-come basis -- Working journalists only. No guests. -- House TV feed of the debate will be provided PANELISTS: Moderator -- Hal Fishman, anchor and managing editor, KTLA TV News @ Ten (Tribune Broadcasting, Los Angeles) Panelists -- Janet Clayton, Editorial Page editor, Los Angeles Times -- George Skelton, political columnist, Los Angeles Times (Sacramento) -- Randy Shandobil, political editor, KTVU TV (Fox/Oakland) POOL COVERAGE: -- Only media pool representatives will be allowed into the Chandler Auditorium where the debates will be held -- Newspapers: Los Angeles Times, La Opinion, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Grupo Reforma (Mexico) -- Photo: Los Angeles Times (Robert St. John, 213-237-7020) -- Wires: Associated Press, Reuters TELEVISION FEED: -- Live broadcast of the debate is exclusive to Tribune stations and partners in these markets: Los Angeles: KTLA TV San Diego: KSWB TV Sacramento: KTXL TV San Francisco: KTVU TV