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Omoto, Loren Daikichi was born on October 18, 1957 in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Son of Sadayoshi and Eleanor Elizabeth (Hester) Omoto.
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Loren Daikichi Omoto, American Media association executive. Winner 1st place newscasting, in-depth reporting Michigan Associated Press Broadcaster, Detroit, 1987. Board of directors Historic Dayton's Bluff Association, St. Paul, St. Paul Nagasaki Sister City Committee, Dayton's Bluff Cmty. Council; Member Radio television News Dirs. Association (Edward R. Morrow award 1992), Asian-American Journalists Association (delegate).
Education
Bachelor in Humanities, Michigan State University, 1982.
Career
Staff announcer, relief engineer, WFDF, Flint, Michigan, 1975-1979; reporter, statehouse reporter, news anchor, WKAR-FM, East Lansing, Michigan, 1979-1983; producer, anchor, production director, news director, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, 1983-1996; executive director, Native American Journalists Association, Minneapolis, since 1996. Fellow Mondale Public Policy Forum Hubert Humphrey School Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1991-1992.
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Membership
Board of directors Historic Dayton's Bluff Association, St. Paul, St. Paul Nagasaki Sister City Committee, Dayton's Bluff Cmty. Council; Member Radio television News Dirs. Association (Edward R. Morrow award 1992), Asian-American Journalists Association (delegate).
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Married Debora Ann DelValle, March 1, 1980 (divorced 1987). Married Susan Jo Gidio, December 31, 1988.
