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Brief Bio info:   Jack Kavanagh has been a political reporter for nearly thirty years and has received 2 Emmy awards plus a "Telly" award, which is presented by PBS and is their version of the Emmy, for his television reporting. In California, Kavanagh reported for ABC and now CBS affiliate KOVR-TV as well as PBS affiliate KVIE-TV. Kavanagh covered the start of the first Gulf War from Washington and has covered the national political conventions since 1976.

Kavanagh provides media training to major companies around the country including the University of Phoenix, Sutter Hospitals, The Civil Justice Association of California, the California Alliance for Child and Family Services, The Bureau of State Audits and others.

Kavanagh began Rough & Tumble in the early 1990's as an in-house television newsroom publication to help reporters and producers better understand California politics. It went on the Internet shortly thereafter and now attracts an average of 20,000 page views daily. Jack and his wife Irene live in Sacramento.