Richard "Rick" Reiff (b. May 30, 1952 in

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) is a

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-winning journalist based in

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. He is co-host of ''Studio SoCal'', a weekly public affairs program on PBS SoCal

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, the PBS flagship in the Los Angeles media market. He previously produced and hosted the station's ''SoCaL Insider with Rick Reiff'' and ''Inside OC with Rick Reiff'' for ten seasons. He is an editor-at-large and former editor of the ''

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'', a California business weekly. For that publication, he authored its ''OC Insider'' column for 15 years.

Early life and education

Reiff was born on Chicago's North Side to parents of German and Italian ethnicity. He graduated from the city's Lane Tech High School in 1970. He earned a bachelor's degree from the

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in 1974.

Career

He spent a year at the '' Norwalk (Ohio) Reflector'' before joining the ''

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'' in 1975. In 1986 he was the lead reporter for the paper's coverage of the battle between

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and

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er James "Jimmy" Goldsmith, which received the 1987

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. Reiff joined

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later in 1987, where he served as managing editor of ''Business First'' in

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l; and editor of the ''Westchester'' (N.Y.) ''Business Journal''. In 1988 he joined the staff of ''

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'' magazine. In 1990 he became editor of the ''Orange County Business Journal''.

Awards

In 2001 Reiff received a

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for Best Original News Commentary from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California. ''Inside OC'' won the Golden Mike for Best News Public Affairs Program in Southern California, Division B, in 2011 and its successor ''SoCal Insider'' won the same award in 2012 and 2013.

References

External links

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''Studio SoCaL Insider with Rick Reiff''
PBS SoCal

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