Frank Girardot (born January 1961) is an American author, journalist, victim advocate, and radio host. He is best known for "Name Dropper" [1] his biography of serial imposter Christian Gerhartsreiter. He is communications director for BYD Auto's North American operations,[2] CEO of Pegasus Communications, LLC and the former editor and columnist for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.[3]
Frank Girardot
Born
Francis Conway Girardot, Jr. 1961 (age 62–63) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Southern California Press Association award for investigative journalism, 1995. Finalist for the 2015 University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism
Girardot has won several writing awards, including the Southern California Press Association's award for Investigative Journalism 1995, the Los Angeles Press Club's First Place Award for sportswriting in 1998, and he was a finalist for the 2015 University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism in 2015.[6] Girardot headed a project for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group titled "Getting Away with Murder." The effort chronicled 11,242 homicides that occurred in Los Angeles County between 2000 and 2010. Relying on data supplied by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner the project found that less than 50 percent of all homicides that occurred countywide were ever solved.[7]
True crimeedit
Girardot is the author of true crime non-fiction books, including Name Dropper, which was cited by author Walter Kirn in his book Blood Will Out. He is co-author with Burl Barer of A Taste For Murder, Betrayal in Blue with Barer and Ken Eurell and Burned, the biography of serial arsonist John Orr. Burned was co-written with Orr's daughter Lori Orr Kovach. All, except Name Dropper, are published by Wild Blue Press. In December 2020, Girardot and his wife Sarah Favot began hosting LA 85, an episodic contextual true crime podcast with a focus on the impact of serial killers including the Night Stalker, Grim Sleeper and Southside Slayer on Los Angeles in 1985.[8]
Internet/TVedit
Girardot has appeared on several true crime shows on various cable networks including Investigation Discovery. He has been a frequent guest on Crime Time with Allison Hope Weiner on LipTV.[9] He has also appeared on Fox News[10][11] and Dateline NBC.[12] His topics of expertise include murder investigation, serial arson, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Richard Ramirez, Clark Rockefeller[13]John Leonard Orr and 20th Century Los Angeles area true crime.[14]
Radioedit
In 2015, Girardot co-hosted the Randy Economy Show in Los Angeles on radio station KRLA.[15]
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Frank Girardot born January 1961 is an American author journalist victim advocate and radio host He is best known for Name Dropper 1 his biography of serial imposter Christian Gerhartsreiter He is communications director for BYD Auto s North American operations 2 CEO of Pegasus Communications LLC and the former editor and columnist for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune 3 Frank GirardotBornFrancis Conway Girardot Jr 1961 age 62 63 Detroit Michigan U S OccupationAuthor journalist victim advocateGenrenon fictionSubjectTrue crimeNotable awardsSouthern California Press Association award for investigative journalism 1995 Finalist for the 2015 University of Florida Award for Investigative Data JournalismWebsitewww wbr pegasuscommunications usa wbr com Contents 1 Career 1 1 True crime 1 2 Internet TV 1 3 Radio 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksCareer editGirardot got his start in journalism as a copy boy at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner 4 Subsequent to the newspaper s closing he worked for the Ontario Daily Report the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Pasadena Star News His 1994 story on the unsolved murder of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy the mother of novelist James Ellroy resulted in Ellroy s book My Dark Places 5 Girardot has won several writing awards including the Southern California Press Association s award for Investigative Journalism 1995 the Los Angeles Press Club s First Place Award for sportswriting in 1998 and he was a finalist for the 2015 University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism in 2015 6 Girardot headed a project for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group titled Getting Away with Murder The effort chronicled 11 242 homicides that occurred in Los Angeles County between 2000 and 2010 Relying on data supplied by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner the project found that less than 50 percent of all homicides that occurred countywide were ever solved 7 True crime edit Girardot is the author of true crime non fiction books including Name Dropper which was cited by author Walter Kirn in his book Blood Will Out He is co author with Burl Barer of A Taste For Murder Betrayal in Blue with Barer and Ken Eurell and Burned the biography of serial arsonist John Orr Burned was co written with Orr s daughter Lori Orr Kovach All except Name Dropper are published by Wild Blue Press In December 2020 Girardot and his wife Sarah Favot began hosting LA 85 an episodic contextual true crime podcast with a focus on the impact of serial killers including the Night Stalker Grim Sleeper and Southside Slayer on Los Angeles in 1985 8 Internet TV edit Girardot has appeared on several true crime shows on various cable networks including Investigation Discovery He has been a frequent guest on Crime Time with Allison Hope Weiner on LipTV 9 He has also appeared on Fox News 10 11 and Dateline NBC 12 His topics of expertise include murder investigation serial arson the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department Richard Ramirez Clark Rockefeller 13 John Leonard Orr and 20th Century Los Angeles area true crime 14 Radio edit In 2015 Girardot co hosted the Randy Economy Show in Los Angeles on radio station KRLA 15 Personal life editGirardot resides in Pasadena California He has three children and is a Roman Catholic He plays guitar in Thunderheart a band he formed in Temecula California with actor Dean Norris 16 References edit Name Dropper Investigating the Clark Rockefeller Mystery published March 2014 by Ebookit com at Amazon BYD adds electric supercars to its repertoire Staff Frank Girardot Editor San Gabriel Valley Tribune 2017 08 03 Archived from the original on 2017 08 03 Frank Girardot Announces He is Leaving the Pasadena Star News Pasadena News Now May 30 2015 Mapping Generations of Traumatic Memory in American Narratives Cambridge Scholars Publishing Jeremiah Patterson 2015 Online Journalism Awards finalists announced Online News Association August 11 2015 Disturbing New Data on LA County s Unsolved Homicides Take Two January 30 2015 L A 85 on Apple Podcasts Crime Time http thelip tv episode call to my rapist porn industry vs measure b Archived 2016 03 05 at the Wayback Machine Sohus Rockefeller and the Greta Wire permanent dead link CBS News This Morning August 6 2008 Rockefeller imposter incapable of murder CBS News March 20 2013 The Many Faces of Clark Rockefeller Dateline NBC June 14 2009 Kirn Walter 2015 Blood will out the true story of a murder a mystery and a masquerade Liveright Publishing Corporation ISBN 978 1 63149 022 4 OCLC 880566268 Revisiting the life and crimes of Night Stalker Richard Ramirez Archived from the original on 2016 03 05 Retrieved 2016 01 25 Mayor Sam Blog Remembering Thunderheart External links editFrank Girardot at IMDb nbsp Frank Girardot on Facebook nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frank Girardot amp oldid 1221474964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
