John Schwada

Who is John Schwada?

John Schwada is a political-government and investigative reporter. Los Angeles City Council declared August 12, 2011 as John Schwada Day in the City of Los Angeles, although in July 2011, Schwada's contract with KTTV expired and was not renewed. Prior to joining KTTV in 1996, Schwada worked as a political and City Hall reporter for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. After the Herald-Examiner folded in November 1989, Schwada was hired by The Los Angeles Times where he helped develop a weekly political column for the paper's Valley Edition, covered politics and City Hall. Schwada was a reporter for The Riverside Press-Enterprise, The Arizona Republic and The San Diego Union before moving to Los Angeles. He freelanced for The San Francisco Bay Guardian and The Economist in the 1970s;