LA's finest public radio professionals gathered at LA's new bar, The Edison, to meet and mingle over a few cocktails. Reporters and producers from stations across the dial had a great time, and shared a few tricks of the radio trade. Thanks to mb's Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Lisa Napoli for hosting a great event!

At Edison, May 16, 2007

Photos by June Czerwinski

The Scene

mediabistro.com's co-host and director of community development Taffy Brodesser-Akner, "Marketplace" senior reporter Stephen Henn, and "Marketplace" NY bureau chief Jill Barshay

"Marketplace" editor Steve Gregory, KCRW's Darby Maloney, and independent producer Cheryl Pollack

NPR associate editor Jenee Darden, American Public Media production assistant Millie Jefferson, "Marketplace" producer Megan Larson, and APM reporter Pat Loeb

Donna Gerry of KPCC and 89.3 KPCC audio production engineer Doug Gerry

Co-host Lisa Napoli, Claude and Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and KCRW producer Matt Holzman

APM public insight journalist Brendan Newnam, mediabistro.com co-host Lisa Napoli, and freelance radio reporter Jordan Davis

Freelance radio reporter Jordan Davis and documentary filmmaker Ine Poppe

NPR field producer Amy Walters and NPR electronics engineer Luck Huapaya

Maryrose Mendoza of KPCC and KCRW "Weekend Edition" local host Tré Giles

"Marketplace" reporter Nancy Marshall Genzer and Liza Tucker of "Marketplace"

Taffy doin' her thing

KPCC reporter Brian Watt and freelance radio reporter Jordan Davis

Freelancer Barbara Bogaevlt with Krissy Clark and Millie Jefferson from APM's "Weekend America"

Filmmaker Mike Million with Nihar Patel and Alex Cohen, both from NPR’s "Day to Day"

KCRW host of "The Urban Man," Marc Porter Zasada, KCRW producer Frances Anderton, KCRW development director David Kleinbart, and Bennett Stein

Laura Dine from NPR’s "Day to Day," NPR & APM freelance reporter Skye Rohde, and KPCC environment reporter Molly Peterson

KPCC deputy news editor Cheryl Devall, alongside Anthea Raymond from the LA Press Club

The action

KPCC's Roger Rudick, co-host Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and freelance journalist Clare Kleinedler

BBC reporter Laura Hubber and author/ journalist Richard Bangs

Zocalo producer Peter Stenshoel, freelancer Jordan Davis, and KPCC anchor Shirley Jahad