Podcasts about minority media

Osama Dorias is a Lead Content Designer at Blizzard Entertainment. In the past, he's worked at Unity, Warner Brothers, Gameloft, GEE Media, Ubisoft, and Minority Media. He also teaches game design at Dawson College and loves to empower people in expressing themselves through game-making, especially marginalized people and causes.

3.7.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Lack of fed advertising with minority media, Remembering Bloody Sunday, Afro Flow Yoga A recent Government Accountability Office study in 2016 found over five years, the federal government spent more than $5 billion on advertising. But, Black-owned businesses received only $51 million, that's about 1.02-percent. Congressman Hank Johnson calls out the Biden administration for its lack of business with black-owned media & advertising firms. He'll join us to explain why he sent a letter to address the issue. A black Texas woman has her leg broken by a cop for trespassing in a Oklahoma hotel she was a registered guest. She and her attorney, Damario Solomon-Simmons, will be here to tell us about the case. March 7, 1965, is known as Bloody Sunday. Sunday, hundreds were in Selma to commemorate the day that changed the civil rights movement. We'll have a recap of the events, and Miguel Cardona, the Secretary of Education, and I talked about yesterday; I'll show you what he had to say. I traveled to Selma with Vice President Kamala Harris. You'll see my interview with her. Plus, in our Fit, Live Win Segment. Yoga with an African twist. #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Nissan | Check out the ALL NEW 2022 Nissan Frontier! As Efficient As It Is Powerful!

Episode 16 features Stephan Carmignani Creative Director at Rovio in Montreal. We discuss diversity, hiring in the pandemic, VR arcade design at Minority Media, UGC in the metaverse, and more.   Chapters: (00:00) Who is Stephan Carmignani (01:47) A Toast (15:03) Hiring Practices in the Pandemic (26:02) VR Arcade Design (38:29) Level Design Roots (43:10) User-Generated Content in the Metaverse (45:30) The End Game (58:35) The Lightning Round (01:14:37) John's Closing Thoughts Additional Links: Stephan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephancarmignani/ Stephan's Moby Games: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,43883/  Out Of Play Area Home: http://outofplayarea.com  Connect with the host John R. Diaz: https://linktr.ee/jkingpin  

Michael peruses his e-mail trash bin for a promotion from United Airlines attempting to bribe him with free flights in exchange for uploading his vaccine information. Also, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot works on discrimination in the media by banning white reporters from interviewing her - while predominantly black communities in Chicago reach record level murder numbers over the last week.

Join Bob LIVE from AAMA Annual Meeting and Gala, where all the amusement manufacturers gather each year to showcase their new products to distributors. In this episode, Bob will be talking about VR with some of the leading distributors and manufacturers in the industry. Let's dive in! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Hardware extraction from the content New technology takes time to evolve What Bob's new book will be about What is Neo 2? Questions Bob likes to ask operators What's new in the Virtuix world? Jan's experience in hiring sales-people Vladimir from BoxBlaster: linkedin.com/in/vladimir-avdeev-5a40a316 BoxBlaster: https://boxblaster.com/ Randy's blog: https://www.whitehutchinson.com/blog/ Dave Myers LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davemyers Jan from Virtuix: linkedin.com/in/jan-goetgeluk Virtuix website: https://www.virtuix.com/ Minority Media website: https://www.weareminority.com/ Bob's blog: https://www.bobcooney.com/blog/ Listen to PART 1 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP97-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Live-at-the-AAMA-Annual-Meeting-Part-1-efo117

Join Bob LIVE from AAMA Annual Meeting and Gala, where all the amusement manufacturers gather each year to showcase their new products to distributors. In this episode, Bob will be talking about VR with some of the leading distributors and manufacturers in the industry. Let's dive in! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Who's our competition? What makes BoxBlaster different How BoxBlaster gets their hardware in the market How's the event been for Vladimir How is Golden Maze game doing in the mini box Fortnite as the third place for young people How much time an average adult spends consuming media Disney Plus streaming service What is Google Stadia? Microsoft xCloud service How long it takes to download a movie with 5G compared to 3G and 4G The move from arcade cabinets to PC based arcades Vladimir from BoxBlaster: linkedin.com/in/vladimir-avdeev-5a40a316 BoxBlaster: https://boxblaster.com/ Randy's blog: https://www.whitehutchinson.com/blog/ Dave Myers LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davemyers Jan from Virtuix: linkedin.com/in/jan-goetgeluk Virtuix website: https://www.virtuix.com/ Minority Media website: https://www.weareminority.com/ Bob's blog: https://www.bobcooney.com/blog/ Listen to PART 2 and 3 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP98-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Live-at-the-AAMA-Annual-Meeting-Part-2-efo13u https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP99-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Live-at-the-AAMA-Annual-Meeting-Part-3-efo162

Join Bob LIVE from AAMA Annual Meeting and Gala, where all the amusement manufacturers gather each year to showcase their new products to distributors. In this episode, Bob will be talking about VR with some of the leading distributors and manufacturers in the industry. Let's dive in! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Proactivity and reactivity as an operator How far into the future VR is going to go? Dave & Buster's revenue Brand recognition Product or service resonance with a consumer Bob's thoughts on Mario Kart VR game Vladimir from BoxBlaster: linkedin.com/in/vladimir-avdeev-5a40a316 BoxBlaster: https://boxblaster.com/ Randy's blog: https://www.whitehutchinson.com/blog/ Dave Myers LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davemyers Jan from Virtuix: linkedin.com/in/jan-goetgeluk Virtuix website: https://www.virtuix.com/ Minority Media website: https://www.weareminority.com/ Bob's blog: https://www.bobcooney.com/blog/ Listen to PART 1 and 2 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP97-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Live-at-the-AAMA-Annual-Meeting-Part-1-efo117 https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP98-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Live-at-the-AAMA-Annual-Meeting-Part-2-efo13u

None of the 11 Democratic presidential candidates and 3 Republican candidates have any minorities handling "Ground Strategies" to tackle the needs of the minority 2020. AARP has there own campaign on ageism but none of these 14 candidates are targeting and telling minorities that you won't be left out this time, even Veterans are being left out of the process. However, none of the Minority Media outlets or Internet talk radio shows are getting dollars to campaign directly to minorities, veteran, and seniors directly. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dennis-s-murray-sr/support

How to encourage VR game replayability? There is a wide range of VR games in the market. While some VR game developers concentrate on the experience their games provide, such as location-based VR games, other's, like the Minority Studio developers, concentrate on creating games that promote replayability. Their purpose is to create games that are engaging and promoting competition between the players, so they would play the game over and over again. In this episode, Bob will be talking with Michael Zaidan and Sylvain Croteau from Minority Media, an indie game studio from Montreal, with deep roots in consumer games with studios like Ubisoft and EA. They discuss Minority Media's journey and talking about replayability of VR games. Let's get to it! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: What other VR game developers are doing wrong for promoting replayability What Minority Media integrated into their game to increase replayability Listen to PART 2 and 3 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP11-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Minority-Media-Part-2-e97rhv https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP12-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Minority-Media-Part-3-e97rip

How to encourage VR game replayability? There is a wide range of VR games in the market. While some VR game developers concentrate on the experience their games provide, such as location-based VR games, other's, like the Minority Studio developers, concentrate on creating games that promote replayability. Their purpose is to create games that are engaging and promoting competition between the players, so they would play the game over and over again. In this episode, Bob will be talking with Michael Zaidan and Sylvain Croteau from Minority Media, an indie game studio from Montreal, with deep roots in consumer games with studios like Ubisoft and EA. They discuss Minority Media's journey and talking about replayability of VR games. Let's get to it! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Why a big catalogue of games doesn't necessarily mean a great quality What are the key differences between Minority Media and the Hologate Why player psychographics are important Tournaments and their contribution to player engagement Listen to PART 1 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP10-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Minority-Media-Part-1-e97rh8

How to encourage VR game replayability? There is a wide range of VR games in the market. While some VR game developers concentrate on the experience their games provide, such as location-based VR games, other's, like the Minority Studio developers, concentrate on creating games that promote replayability. Their purpose is to create games that are engaging and promoting competition between the players, so they would play the game over and over again. In this episode, Bob will be talking with Michael Zaidan and Sylvain Croteau from Minority Media, an indie game studio from Montreal, with deep roots in consumer games with studios like Ubisoft and EA. They discuss Minority Media's journey and talking about replayability of VR games. Let's get to it! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: ROI and how fast you should get your money back if you are doing VR Why your employees should be great salesmen How their flagship Chaos Jump product is performing Listen to PART 1 and 2 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP10-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Minority-Media-Part-1-e97rh8 https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP11-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Minority-Media-Part-2-e97rhv

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we look back to Shadows of the Tomb Raider for a special bonus episode featuring Lead Writer Jill Murray. We talk about how the writing gets done -- spoilers, there's a lot more planning than writing -- as well as all sorts of topics that grow from that. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Issues covered: lacking access to technology, Jill's early career in visual arts/music/theater, staging a big musical, web development and a mismatch of needs, being non-distracted by the Internet, realizing that someone is writing these things, getting in, having to generate a lot of AC in a short time, the roles of writers, the meaning of a lead writer, leading a team vs being a principal writer, focusing on character and voice, writers holding multiple roles, writers working alongside one another vs a writers room, working with designers vs writers, splitting content responsibilities up, sharing a few systems, accommodating multiple styles, the team still tells the story, the impact of the team on the storytelling, choice of verbs impacting possible stories, lack of authorial control, having no sense of the size of a team, out-sourced studios enlarging the team, pros and cons of working with big teams, working with actors, the luxury of performance capture, security of the company being your security, production and collaboration style driving lifestyle, combative styles, smaller games less reliable, working out collaboration afresh, broader responsibilities, figuring out how everything fits to drive the actual sitting down and writing, lots of meetings, working on animatics, prepping for performance capture, multiple revisions with critiques of up to a dozen people, planning to prepare due to cost, attending performance capture shoots, going over the scripts again and again, having a full crew to move equipment/manage cameras/aid talent/feed everyone/set up mocap, observing as a writer, talking with the performance director to avoid getting in the way of the actor/director relationship, read-throughs, doing the cinematography afterwards, having a little more freedom with the character, reaching the end of this first journey, strength in vulnerability, leaning into awkwardness in a scene, being limited in what we're allowed to choose because it having to be badass, adding dimensionality to characters, expanding the medium into new audiences, audience not realizing what they want, community management and development, how game writing is like Gatorade, audience empathy, your responsibility to the player, provoking anger and fear, aftercare, thinking about how we care for a player after we've provoked strong, games as services, seeing yourself represented, being someone else, making games not just for ourselves, bringing other voices into the room, reaching the status of a Lara Croft, dating in a seniors residence, the Star Trek holodeck. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: UbiSoft, Assassin's Creed (series), Writer's Guild of America, Kitfox Games, Moon Hunters, Minority Media, Time Machine VR, Lawbreakers, Tomb Raider, Montreal Fringe Festival, Minesweeper, Xbox, Mass Effect (series), Ann Lemay, WB Games, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012, Richard Farrese, Republic Commando, Jedi Starfighter, Bethesda Game Studios, Darby McDevitt, Eidos, Camilla Luddington, Gray's Anatomy, Virginie Costa, David Hubert, Crystal Dynamics, Gatorade, Kotaku, Skyrim, Kirk Hamilton, Evan Narcisse, James Bond, Batman, Bloom Digital, Later Gators, DreamDaddy, Golden Girls, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Boyfriend Dungeon, Meagan Marie, Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play, Chinese Independent Game Developers Association Conference. Next time: Next time we return to Thief: The Dark Project, through "Undercover" Links: You can find Jill on Twitter at @disco_jill and via her company website, https://discoglo.be. @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Minority Media made a huge splash in 2012 with the release of their intensely personal project titled Papo y Yo. The game took players on a journey into the imagination of a young boy from a Brazilian favela whose father is a raging alcoholic. The young protagonist escapes into an imaginary dreamworld where he can exert some control over his surroundings and embarks on a journey to cure Monster, the embodiment of his father. Back in 2012, Papo y Yo tackling such subject matter was seen as radical. It placed the game at the forefront of the emerging empathy game genre. It also faced many technical hiccups upon release. Does Papo y Yo's gameplay and bold approach to weighty topics hold up five years later? Outro music: Ilomilo 'Iso ilo' by Birgitta Susi and Eino Keskitalo (http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03380) You can follow the show on Twitter: @BestGamesPeriod Or download the podcast from Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thebestgamesperiod Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/bestgamesperiod

In this episode, we talk to Osama Dorias. Osama is an accomplished game developer, credited in over 20 published titles. His career has spanned AAA, online, mobile, and in-flight entertainment games in airplanes. He currently works at Minority Media, is the coordinator of video game programs at Dawson College, runs the Montreal Indie Game Festival, and builds indie games in his spare time. Naturally, we discuss how to maintain a healthy work/life balance.

Wendy Rivera-Aguilar is the Executive Director of the Multicultural Education Alliance and Principal Attorney at the Rivera-Aguilar Law Firm, P.A. in Orlando Florida.  Wendy has a strong public interest track record and a solid background in Civil Rights, Administrative Law, and Public Policy. She was an Assistant General Counsel for a National Regulatory Firm where her portfolio included Foreign Ownership Investment​ Reform.  She also served as Staff Counsel and Director of Hispanic Affairs for Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC). While at MMTC, Wendy's work was primarily focused on communication issues that have the greatest impact on the Hispanic community and women entrepreneurs. She launched their very first Immigration Reform Initiative to help generate support for comprehensive immigration reform from the large media, telecom, and broadband companies. ​​Prior to joining MMTC, Wendy worked as an Associate Attorney at the law firm of Hill & Ponton, P.A., where she practiced Administrative Law. Wendy is an ardent defender of civil rights and commits legal services pro bono to the community. She was a Participating Attorney for the Florida State Conferences Branch of the NAACP where her work covered Employment Discrimination, Energy, and Environmental Policy issues.​ Wendy has a solid record of active participation in the community. Currently, she serves as Chair of the Orange County Advisory Board, sits on the board of Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (HCREO), chairs Dialogue on Diversity's Entrepreneurship IT Conference Committee, and is a contributing writer for Politic365. Wendy earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Central Florida and her Juris Doctorate from Stetson University College of Law. She is admitted to practice law in Florida and lives in Orlando with her husband and children. In this episode we discussed HOW Wendy brought her personal story to her policy work and WHY you should do the same. Resources Multicultural Education Alliance #LATISM Aspire to Inspire Hispanic Council for Reform in Educational Options (HCREO) Intentional Living: Choosing a Life that Matters by John C. Maxwell Federal STEM Education Data Set

Kristal Lauren High co-founded and serves as Editor in Chief of Politic365, an online magazine focused on politics and public policy from a multicultural point of view. She also owns and operates a communications and creative engagement company, Digicon Ventures. Prior to launching Politic365, Kristal developed an expertise in broadband adoption among minority, low-income and underserved populations through her work with the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies' Media & Technology Institute. Throughout her career, Kristal has worked with national civil rights and civic associations, business leaders, minority elected officials, and Fortune 500 brands on an array of issues pertaining to the leveraged use of the Internet for online coalition building, stakeholder outreach, political advocacy and multimedia production. For her efforts in online advocacy and web publishing, Kristal received the New York Urban League Young Professionals Digital Renaissance Award and the NAACP's Leadership 500 Chairman's Leadership Award. She was also named to the Digital Sisterhood Network's Top 100 Digital Sisters of the Year and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Black Broadcaster's Association. Kristal is the recipient of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation's Excellence in Communications award, was dubbed a Rainbow PUSH Coalition 25 Top Inspirational & Engaged Leaders honoree, and has been named to two top 40 Under 40 lists – the Lawyers of Color Hot List and the National Bar Association's/IMPACT Nation's Best Advocates list. A former labor and employment litigator, Kristal obtained her Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Davidson College, and her Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee School of Law. Kristal is a Vice President of the Charlotte NAACP. She is a former Advisory Board member of Blogging While Brown, the nation's first conference and consortium for bloggers of color, and ColorComm, a networking and professional organization for women of color in communications. Her commentary has been featured on several media outlets, including TVOne, The Hill, RTTV, Ebony, CNN and SiriusXM. In this episode we discussed: How to build a blog and your unique skill set into a successful consulting business. Overcoming inevitable obstacles and difficult patches as you grow your business. How to build a successful business without sacrificing family time. Resources Politic365 Amanda Miller Littlejohn Black and Married with Kids Tyler New Media Peter Theil, Zero to One (Crown Business, 2014)

In the wake of the passing of Amos Brown - WTLC, we're taking a closer look at the state of minority media in central Indiana. We're joined by guests Shannon Williams President/General Manager of Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper / Indiana Minority Business Magazine, Kim Wells (WTLC), and (via phone) broadcaster Abdul-Hakim Shabazz.

David Goodfriend is Founder and President of Goodfriend Government Affairs, with current and past clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to start-up ventures, to non-profit advocacy organizations in the telecommunications, media, technology, homebuilding, and renewable energy sectors. David served as Deputy Staff Secretary to President William Jefferson Clinton; professional staff member to congressional committees chaired by Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Charles B. Rangel (D-NY); and Media Legal Advisor to a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission. In the private sector, David was Vice President of Law and Public Policy at DISH Network, the second largest satellite TV provider in the U.S. He was a telecommunications associate at the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. David handles matters before the U.S. Senate and House, particularly the Judiciary and Commerce committees; the Federal Communications Commission; the Department of Justice Antitrust Division; the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; the Rural Utility Service; and the White House. David is a Professorial Lecturer in Law (adjunct faculty) at the George Washington University Law School, specializing in telecommunications and technology policy, and a guest lecturer in the Georgetown University undergraduate government program. Starting in Fall of 2013, David will be an Adjunct Professor of Law at The Georgetown University Law Center. David was named by Multichannel News as one of the “40 Under 40” and by Broadcasting & Cable as a “Fifth Estater.” He has been past co-chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association's Legislation Committee and serves on the Advisory Board of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council. David received his J.D., cum laude, from The Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Beloit College.   In this episode we discussed: Why the Sports Blackout Rule was bad for Sports Fans. How David advocated for the FCC to overturn the Sports Blackout Rule and won. How to establish yourself in Washington, D.C.

Episode 89: Spirits of Spring: A Case for Diversity in Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) In this episode we talk about the Spirits of Spring, the new game that looks at bullying from Minority Media. Stay tuned after the closing for a ending spoiling chat between Sam and Charlotte.

A game that tackles bullying head-on

A game that tackles bullying head-on

Holmes talks with Vander Caballero, co-founder of Minority Media and designer of Papo & Yo.

   United Minority Media Association (UMMA) is a nonprofit, volunteer organization of minority entrepreneurs, professionals and students in the communications and media industry. Members share a commitment to career development, education and community service.     M.C. Richardson Chairman/CEO/Founder REACHING OUT United Minority Media Association, Inc. UMMA is reaching out to recruit new members throughout these United States and global. UMMA hasn’t been promoting the organization throughout the Midwest-Southeast Region like it should. The Organization is known mostly by the Majority Media Community, whom always seemed to have more contact persons who share information than Minority Groups share. We as Minorities need to reach out to Educational Institutions, beginning with middle, high schools. Civics Groups, Corporations. Community Organizations, Greek Organizations, Faith Based Groups and places of worship. Individuals such as relatives, friends, counselors and teachers who come in contact with aspiring and gifted students with special interest in Broadcast, Journalism,  

LISTEN David Honig David Honig co-founded the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) in 1986. MMTC has represented over 70 minority, civil rights and religious national organizations in selected proceedings before the FCC, and it operates the nation’s only full service, minority owned media and telecom brokerage. Mr. Honig is MMTC’s President and Executive Director. Since 1983, Mr. Honig has also been engaged in the private practice of communications and civil rights law, representing national organizations, broadcasters and broadcast applicants. Mr. Honig is a member of the bars of the D.C. Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the D.C. Circuit and Second Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has litigated twenty federal appeals in four courts, and participated in over 90 FCC rulemaking proceedings and hundreds of adjudicatory cases. From 1975 to 1985, Mr. Honig taught communications policy, research and law at the School of Communications, Howard University. Mr. Honig served as an adjunct lecturer at Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law in 1988, teaching the advanced seminar in International Regulation of Communications. He taught Civil Rights Litigation at the University of Miami School of Law in 1996. Mr. Honig has published numerous journal articles, monographs and empirical research studies on international and domestic communications issues. He is the author of law review articles on group defamation, minority broadcast station ownership, and municipal services discrimination. Mr. Honig served as a U.S. Delegate to the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference in Geneva, where he helped write the ITU’s rules governing AM radio. He has chaired working groups of the FCC’s Advisory Committee on Radio Broadcasting and Advisory Committee on Broadcast Satellite Service Planning. In 2003, he was named by (then) FCC Chairman Michael Powell to serve on the FCC Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age, on which he serves as Chair of the Constitutional Issues Subcommittee. Mr. Honig’s current professional and public service work includes service as Special Counsel for Civil Rights for the Florida State Conference of Branches of the NAACP, and as founding General Counsel of the Broadband Opportunity Coalition, an association of the nation’s leading civil rights organizations that promotes universal broadband adoption, literacy and minority business participation. The National Law Journal has named Mr. Honig one of the thirty most influential communications lawyers. He has received the National Bar Association’s Presidential Award, the National Association of Minorities in Communications’ Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award, the International Black Broadcasters Association’s Visionary Award, and the National Association of Minority Media Executives’ Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Honig received a B.A. degree in mathematics from Oberlin College in 1971 and an M.S. Degree in Systems Analysis from the University of Rochester in 1974. He earned his J.D. cum laude in 1983 from Georgetown University Law Center. His hobby is restoring Checker autos (best known as New York cabs.) He has a 20 year-old daughter, Josephine. Web: http://mmtconline.org/ Web: http://www.flanaacp.org/ Kevin Ross Kevin A. Ross (born 1963) is an American host of the syndicated television program America's Court with Judge Ross, a producer, communications strategist, and former California Superior Court judge. A Los Angeles native, Ross attended Gardena High School, where he was student body president and president of the District-Wide Association of Student Councils for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He went on to graduate from Morehouse College with a degree in Political Science, and received his juris doctorate from Southwestern Law School.