The Heart Of News

Join Art Rascon on assignment all over the world, as he reports on the outer events, and seeks the inner lessons. Whether it's a natural disaster of cataclysmic proportions, new trouble in some war-ravaged land, or a history-changing political development in the US or abroad, chances are that Emmy award-winning broadcast news journalist, Art Rascon will be right in the middle of it, reporting the events as they unfold. In this remarkable collection of dozens of stories, he shares his personal experiences and observations from intriguing stories covered over the past two decades. At the very least, these accounts are entertaining and eye-opening. But they also offer a vision of love, faith, compassion, and hope that will stay with you long after today's top headlines give way to tomorrow's breaking news.

Since arriving at the ABC station in Houston in 1998, Emmy award winning journalist Art Rascon has reported on such major events as the war in Kosovo, Middle East conflicts, Pope John Paul's travels, death, and the Papal Election. He reported from New York City and Washington D.C., on the terrorist attacks and directly from Baghdad during the Iraq war. Rascon has traveled the world reporting on natural disasters, from earthquakes, to the catastrophic Tsunami in South East Asia. He has covered nearly two dozen major hurricanes in Central America and the U-S mainland, including the disastrous Hurricane Katrina. Prior to 1998, Rascon worked for CBS NEWS as a correspondent. He reported such events as the Oklahoma City bombing, Haiti's civil unrest, Mexico's guerilla wars, Peru's hostage standoff; Cuba's downing of U.S. planes, TWA, Value-Jet, and other airline disasters. He also covered hurricanes throughout the Caribbean and reported from the heat of conflict in Central America, interviewing such tyrants as Manuel Noriega and Daniel Ortega. Rascon traveled extensively reporting on a host of domestic and international stories. From '89 to '94, Rascon was a reporter at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, covering such notable stories as the O.J. Simpson case, the Rodney King beating trial, the subsequent Los Angeles riots, the Branch Davidian stand-off, the Menendez trial, as well as earthquakes, fires and floods. Earlier, from '83 to '89, Rascon worked as a reporter and anchor at several cities in Texas, including San Antonio, El Paso, and Abilene. Rascon also worked as a producer in Salt Lake City and as a reporter at KBYU in Utah Valley. HONORS Rascon has reported from more than 50 countries, five continents and nearly every State in the Union. He has been nominated for 25 Emmy awards and has won 19. He's also the recipient of more than three dozen other local and national reporting awards, including two national Edward R. Murrow awards, three National Association of Hispanic Journalists' awards, the International Rotary award, two Headliner Awards, the RTNDA Award for Continuing Coverage and 18 Associated Press Reporting awards. He has won more than two dozen outstanding reporting awards from Press Clubs in Los Angeles and Houston. The National Hispanic Business Magazine named Rascon one of the '100 Most Influential Hispanics in America. Rascon is a former board member of The Radio Television News Directors Association and a former Vice-President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is an active participant of several charity groups. Rascon was born in El Paso, Texas, and was reared in Denver. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a Degree in Journalism. He also studied Spanish, Humanities, and European Politics/History in Madrid, Spain. He and his wife, Patti, have six children and live in Houston.