LA had a moderately sized earthquake (originally said to be 4.7 but under that) today. They were doing the news on KTLA TV live when it happened — and the anchors quickly decided to take a quick view of the studio from under their desks. WATCH:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.