Michael Linder (born April 8, 1961) is an American television producer and broadcast journalist based in

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, currently an investigative reporter for KABC-AM and an executive producer for Natural 9 Entertainment in Burbank. He is a contributor to

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and

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. Linder created and executive produced ''

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'' in 1988, casting host John Walsh and launching the first hit series on the nascent

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network. He left the program in 1990. In 1990, Linder created and executive produced ''The

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Show'' leading a crew and host Jackson to interview

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as troops massed for the

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and negotiating the release of 227 hostages held by Hussein in Kuwait City and Baghdad, including the staff of the U.S. embassy in Kuwait City. In 1995-6 Linder created and produced
Berserkistan
with photojournalist Jim Bartlett, credited as the first Internet site to cover a war (Bosnia) on location."Wired", April 1996, "World Wide War" p. 36. From 2004 through 2009, Linder served as a

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for KNX-AM. He has won numerous broadcast journalism honors including a for a series on street gang impacts on children and an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of water issues in California's

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Home page

Michael Linder at KABC

Michael Jackson trial blog
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