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Mike Nelson’s Biography

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I have been a professional journalist for 45 years, working as an editor, writer, reporter and photographer for daily newspapers, monthly magazines, trade journals and niche publications. My work includes news, feature and profile articles on a variety of topics --- current events; business, sports and entertainment profiles; travel, restaurant and book reviews; and spirituality columns.

Mike Nelson’s Journalist Portfolio

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Autumn: Patience and promise amid the change

Autumn: Patience and promise amid the change

Beyond the flavors and aromas of autumn, there is something more to this particular change of season: the inv…

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Virtual Voyage: Travel in a Post-Pandemic World

Virtual Voyage: Travel in a Post-Pandemic World

How can the travel industry handle the coronavirus pandemic --- now and afterward? Tour guide and travel impr…

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Memories of the Summer of Love in Ventura County

Memories of the Summer of Love in Ventura County

How do the youth of 1967 view "The Summer of Love" a half century later? With a little fondness, a little bit…

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Photovoice: Capturing the big picture of community health

Photovoice: Capturing the big picture of community health

What's a picture worth? A thousand words? A million? Better yet, how about an instrument for social change? S…

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Coronavirus ends their season, but their faith endures

Coronavirus ends their season, but their faith endures

How did high school senior athletes whose seasons and dreams were cut short by the coronavirus-necessitated c…

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Lady Plays the Blues: Acclaimed guitarist Debbie Davies

Lady Plays the Blues: Acclaimed guitarist Debbie Davies

Want to be an acclaimed blues guitarist? Watch The Beatles on Ed Sullivan at age 11. Bug your rock 'n' roll…

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Welcoming 'the stranger' starts before Sunday Mass, say Catholic liturgists

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By Mike Nelson Verified
| National Catholic Reporter Verified
Catholics of Mayan ancestry attend Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Cookeville, Tenn., July 8, 2017. The Mass was part of a national Mayan conference celebrating traditional music, culture and spirituality. (CNS/Tennessee Register/Theresa Laurence) When immigrant communities are threatened by federal immigration raids, parishes that serve those communities have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of what it means to "welcome the stranger," church liturgists say.
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Invitation to Dream: Eight decades of innovation and imagination continue with the 2026 Ojai Music Festival

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| Ventura County Reporter Verified
Tradition and innovation. Familiarity and surprise. Past, present and future. Such is the history and reputation of the Ojai Music Festival, a musical experience the New York Times once called “the most open-eared” festival anywhere in the world. In presenting its 80th anniversary edition this weekend (June 11-14), OMF is bidding farewell to a treasured leader, welcoming back old friends and, in the process, celebrating “full circle” moments.
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Full Circle, Full Voice: Los Robles Children’s Choir director Emma Roche leads the choir that launched her career

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| Ventura County Reporter Verified
It isn’t every children’s choir member who is invited, years later, to become that choir’s artistic and executive director. Certainly, it never occurred to Emma Roche — who sang in the Los Robles Children’s Choir in her youth before establishing a solid career in opera, choral performance and vocal instruction — that she would ever be considered for that position.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

When I was 13, I wrote stories about the games my brother's Little League team played for our League's weekly newsletter.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Too many social media participants present opinion as fact. That leads to confusion, suspicion, division and vilification.

Awards

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Catholic Press Association Award

2005 - Best Editorial: First Place

"Does God Create Illegal People?" addressed the debate over legal and illegal immigration. It appeared in The Tidings, weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Catholic Press Association Award

2002 - Best Diocesan Newspaper: First Place

The Tidings received First Place in the large-circulation category for General Excellence, including its coverage of the clergy sex abuse crisis that appeared in three consecutive issues in April 2002.

Catholic Press Association Award

1993 - Best News Reporting: First Place

The Best News Reporting Award was presented for two-part coverage of the Malibu Fire in the Fall of 1993. The first article addressed the breaking news of the destructive fire and its immediate impact and threat to Catholic parishes, schools and institutions. The second article was a feature on the aftermath of the fire in the Malibu community, and how to place such destruction in a faith perspective.

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