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'''Art Rascon''' (born December 4, 1962) anchors the five o'clock news for ] in ], ]. Rascon was also recognized in 1997 as being one of only five Latino correspondents appearing on national television networks in the US reporting major events for the evening news.<ref name=Nieman>{{cite journal|title=The Journalists' Trade: 'No Chicanos on TV' |author=Alvear, Cecilia |journal=] |volume=52 |issue=3 |date=Fall 1998 |pages= 49–50 |url=http://search.proquest.com/openview/f52c6ddd2f533ba1d516c3f86480a2d4/1?pq-origsite=gscholar}}</ref> Prior to joining ABC, he worked as a ] correspondent covering international events that were broadcast on the ] and ]. He also contributed to the news for ] which earned him a national ] award in 1995 for his spot coverage of ]. During his years as a journalist, he has reported on major events including natural disasters and civil unrest and has traveled to more than fifty different countries on five continents. He has been nominated multiple times for both national and regional ]s, and by the end of 2015 had won 19 times. He is a former vice president of the ], and was named one of the one-hundred most influential Hispanics in America by ].<ref name=ABCmeet>{{cite web | url=http://a.abclocal.go.com/ktrk/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=5771971 | title=ABC-13, Houston--Meet The Team: Art Rascon| publisher=ABC, Inc. | accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref> '''Art Rascon''' (born December 4, 1962) is an American former news anchor for ]-owned ] in ], ]. Prior to joining KTRK, he worked as a ] correspondent on assignments that included international reporting for the ] and ]. He also reported for ], which earned him a national ] for his spot coverage of ] in 1995.<ref name=CBS>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/art-rascon/|title=Art Rascon|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|date=June 10, 1998 |accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref> Rascon has reported on major events all over the world, covering everything from natural disasters, civil unrest to wars, conflicts throughout the Middle East, Central America and elsewhere. He has traveled to more than 75 countries on five continents and reported from nearly every state in the union. He has been nominated for national<ref name=NATAS>{{cite web|url=http://emmyonline.com/download/18th-Annual-News-Documentary-Emmy-Awards-For-Programming-Originally-Aired-in-Calendar-Year-1996-Nomination.pdf |title=The 18th Annual News And Documentary Emmy Award Nominees Announced By The National Academy of Television Arts And Sciences |date=July 30, 1997 |access-date=July 25, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and regional ]s, and by the end of 2016, had earned more than 20 Emmy
awards.<ref name=CBS/>

Rascon was recognized in 1997 as being one of only five Latino correspondents appearing on national television networks in the U.S., reporting major events for the evening news.<ref name=Nieman>{{cite journal|title=The Journalists' Trade: 'No Chicanos on TV' |author=Alvear, Cecilia |journal=] |volume=52 |issue=3 |date=Fall 1998 |pages= 49–50 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/f52c6ddd2f533ba1d516c3f86480a2d4/1?pq-origsite=gscholar}}</ref> He is a former vice president of the ], and was named one of the one-hundred most influential Hispanics in America by Hispanic Business Magazine.<ref name=ABCmeet>{{cite web| url=http://a.abclocal.go.com/ktrk/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=5771971| title=ABC-13, Houston--Meet The Team: Art Rascon| publisher=ABC, Inc.| accessdate=July 16, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602184331/http://a.abclocal.go.com/ktrk/bio?section=resources%2Finside_station%2Fnewsteam&id=5771971| archive-date=June 2, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Early years== ==Early years==
Rascon was born in El Paso, Texas.<ref name=CBS>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/art-rascon/|title=Art Rascon|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|date=June 10, 1998 |accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref> While he was still a young boy, Rascon and his family moved to ], and later to ], but most of his youth was spent growing up in ], ].<ref name=BYU>{{cite web|url=https://cfac.byu.edu/college/speeches-publications/finding-peace-in-a-world-of-conflict/ | title=Finding Peace In A World of Conflict | publisher=Brigham Young University | work=Honored Alumni: Art Rascon | author=Dale Cressman | date=October 11, 2013 | accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref> He graduated from ] just outside Denver and began his college studies at ] in 1980. Rascon served a mission for his faith, ] (LDS Church) and then returned to his studies at ] in Utah. He also spent six months in ], ] studying European political science, History, Humanities and the Arts. He later graduated from BYU in 1985. While in college, Rascon worked as a reporter for KBYU-FM and KBYU-TV.<ref name=Covenant>{{cite book|last=Rascon|first=Art|title=On Assignment: The Stories Behind The Stories: Inspiring Experiences of an LDS Broadcast Journalist|date=August 1998|publisher=Covenant Communications Inc.|isbn=9781577342946}}</ref> Rascon was born in El Paso, Texas.<ref name=CBS/> While he was still a young boy, Rascon and his family moved to ], and later to ], but most of his youth was spent growing up in ], ].<ref name=BYU>{{cite web|url=https://cfac.byu.edu/college/speeches-publications/finding-peace-in-a-world-of-conflict/ | title=Finding Peace In A World of Conflict | publisher=Brigham Young University | work=Honored Alumni: Art Rascon | author=Dale Cressman | date=October 11, 2013 | accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref> He graduated from ] just outside Denver and began his college studies at ] in 1980. Rascon served a mission for his faith, ] (LDS Church) and then returned to his studies at ] (BYU) in Utah. He also spent six months in ], ] studying European political science, History, Humanities and the Arts. He graduated from BYU in 1985. While in college, Rascon worked as a reporter for KBYU-FM and ].<ref name=Covenant>{{cite book|last=Rascon|first=Art|title=On Assignment: The Stories Behind The Stories: Inspiring Experiences of an LDS Broadcast Journalist|date=August 1998|publisher=Covenant Communications Inc.|isbn=9781577342946|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/onassignmentstor00rasc}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Rascon began his television career in 1983 in ], where he was an associate producer and reporter for then-PBS member station KBYU-TV in ] and then for ABC affiliate ] in ].<ref name=CBS/> In 1985, Rascon moved to ] where he was a producer, reporter, and anchor for NBC affiliate, ], in ] until August 1987, then for ABC affiliate ] in ] until 1988, and for NBC affiliate KMOL-TV (now ]) in ] until he moved to ] in ] in August 1989 as a reporter and anchor.<ref name=CBS/> There, Rascon reported on natural disasters in ] and highly publicized events such as the ], ], and ] trials, the ], and the ] among a host of other stories, including brush fires, riots and other natural disasters.<ref name=CBS/>


In 1994, Rascon moved to ] as a ] correspondent. While there, he reported on major events that occurred in the southeastern U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, including reporting on a host of stories out of Cuba and South and Central America. Rascon also covered the ], conflicts and unrest in ], ], Mexico, and hurricanes in the region.<ref name=CBS/> He interviewed both ] and ].<ref name=CFAC /> His spot coverage of ] on CBS Radio and ] earned him a national Edward R. Murrow award.<ref name=CBS/> He and the 48 Hours team also received an Emmy nomination from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their coverage of ].<ref name=NATAS />
'''1998-Current: KTRK/ABC Houston.''' 5 PM anchor for ABC-13. He worked as a reporter in the ], ], ], ], and ]. He also covered conflicts in Central America, provided reports on ] including his travels and death, and covered the ] election. reported from ] and ], on terrorist attacks. He has reported extensively on the immigration issue, following children, teen and adult immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala all the way to the U.S. border. Rascon has covered everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, and was one of the first to report from Haiti the morning after the quake. He has executive produced and reported numerous half-hour Special Reports on a variety of subjects and reported from the scene of more than a dozen major hurricanes, including Katrina, Ike, and a host of other storms.<ref name=CBS/>


In 1998, Rascon moved to ]'s ABC-owned station, KTRK-TV where he anchored many newscasts, including a long stint as co-anchor of the 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. broadcasts.<ref name=ABCmeet /> He has reported on domestic and international events and conflicts, including events in the ], ], ], ], ] and Central America. He also covered three Papal conclaves. He has reported extensively on the immigration issue, following children, teen and adult immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala all the way to the U.S. border.{{cn|date=August 2016}} Rascon has covered everything from earthquakes to tsunamis and has executive produced and reported numerous half-hour special reports on a variety of subjects and reported from the scene of more than a dozen major hurricanes, including Katrina, Ike, and a host of other storms.<ref name=YSAbio>{{cite web |url=http://saysa.us/guestSpeaker.html |title=2011 San Antonio YSA Conference - Guest Speaker |publisher=San Antonio Young Single Adults |accessdate=August 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816063719/http://saysa.us/guestSpeaker.html |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was one of the first to report from Haiti the morning after the quake.<ref name=TheTribune>{{cite news |url=http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=9685 |title=Art Rascon speaks on Haiti disaster |last=Parks |first=Kathy |date=March 30, 2010 |accessdate=August 6, 2016 |publisher=Our Tribune }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
'''1994-1998: ] correspondent.''' Home-based in Miami, Rascon covered major events throughout the southeastern US, including coverage of the ].<ref name=CBS/> He also traveled internationally and reported on major events during times of civil unrest and natural disasters, including ]'s civil unrest, ]'s guerilla wars, ]'s hostage standoff; ]'s attack on U.S. planes, the TWA and Value-Jet airline disasters, and more.<ref name=CBS/> He covered hurricanes in the Caribbean and eastern US, including Hurricane Fran in 1996,<ref name=CBS/> which earned Rascon and the ] team an Emmy nomination.<ref name=Emmy>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:A2TYhDQiDj8J:emmyonline.com/download/18th-Annual-News-Documentary-Emmy-Awards-For-Programming-Originally-Aired-in-Calendar-Year-1996-Nomination.pdf|title=18th Annual News Documentary Emmy Awards|publisher=The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|date=July 30, 1997|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> He interviewed ] and ] about the major conflicts in Central America, and covered many other domestic and international issues while working for CBS.<ref name=CBS/>


In 2020, Rascon became an ] of the LDS Church, which like most other positions in the church is a non-paid position that is conducted while employed in other lines of work.<ref></ref> Rascon was ] of the church's Houston Texas Summerwood ] from 2017 to 2020.<ref></ref> When the stake was formed in 2012 Rascon was second counselor in the stake presidency.<ref></ref> In the LDS Church he has also served as a ], bishop's counselor, ]'s counselor, stake mission president, and ].
'''1989-1994''': Rascon worked for KABC-TV in ], covering the highly publicized trials for ], ] and subsequent Los Angeles riots, ], and ]. He also reported on natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires and floods.<ref name=CBS/>


In October 2021, Rascon announced he would step down from his position at KTRK effective January 2022. It was reported that his son, ], would be joining the station as his replacement.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://abc13.com/art-rascon-jacob-abc13-ktrk/11064791/ |title= ABC13'S ART RASCON LEAVING THE ANCHOR DESK, BUT SON, JACOB RASCON, JOINING THE STATION |website=ABC13.com|date= 30 September 2021 |accessdate=6 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="rascon2rascon">{{cite web|url=https://abc13.com/art-rascon-jacob-anchor-abc13/11362376/|title=Art Rascon anchoring newscast with son, Jacob, on final day at ABC13|date=January 1, 2022|website=abc13.com (KTRK)|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}</ref> The younger Rascon is one of three hosts for the station’s early morning programming.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://abc13.com/art-rascon-jacob-abc13-ktrk/11064791/ |title= Jacob Rascon joins abc13 mornings |website=Mike McGuff Media|date= 30 September 2021 |accessdate=7 January 2022}}</ref>
'''1983-1989''': Rascon worked as a reporter/anchor at several cities in Texas, including ], ], and ]. He was an associate producer for KTVX-TV in ] and a reporter at KBYU-TV in ].<ref name=CBS/>

On January 3, 2022, Art and Jacob co-anchored the 11 a.m. news together, marking the end of the father’s run at the station and beginning of the son’s.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/father-anchors-midday-newscast-in-houston-with-son-on-his-last-day/237499/
|title= Father Anchors Midday Newscast in Houston with Son on His Last Day |website=TVSpy.com|date= 3 January 2022 |accessdate=5 January 2022}}</ref>


==Honors== ==Honors==
Rascon has been nominated for 25 ]s and has won 19.<ref name=ABCmeet/> He is the recipient of more than a dozen outstanding reporting awards from press clubs in Houston, Los Angeles and Miami,<ref name=ABCmeet/> and has won a host of other national and local awards, including two Edward R. Murrow awards,<ref name=ABCmeet/> one of which was for his spot news coverage of Hurricane Opal in 1995.<ref name=CBS/> He also received three ]' awards,<ref name=ABCmeet/><ref name=LDS>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/mormons-making-a-difference-in-texas |title=Mormons making a difference in Texas |publisher=LDS Newsroom |date=June 2008 |quote=Rascon is a reporter and anchor at KTRK-TV’s 13 Eyewitness News. He has received 17 Emmy Awards, three National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ awards and 15 Associated Press reporting awards, among other recognitions.}}</ref> a Rotary International award,<ref name=ABCmeet/> two National Headliner Awards, the RTNDA Award for Continuing Coverage and 18 Associated Press Reporting awards.<ref name=LDS/> Rascon has been nominated for and has received many awards, including two national Edward R. Murrow awards,<ref name=CFAC>{{cite web|url=http://history.cfac.byu.edu/index.php/Art_Rascon|title=Art Rascon|publisher=BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications History|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}</ref> one for his spot coverage of Hurricane Opal in 1995,<ref name=CBS/> and 19 ]s out of 25 nominations.<ref name=ABCmeet/> He has also received an RTNDA Award for Continuing Coverage, 18 Associated Press Reporting awards, three ]' awards, two National Headliner Awards, and a Rotary International award.<ref name=ABCmeet/><ref name=LDS>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/mormons-making-a-difference-in-texas |title=Mormons making a difference in Texas |publisher=LDS Newsroom |date=June 2008 |quote=Rascon is a reporter and anchor at KTRK-TV’s 13 Eyewitness News. He has received 17 Emmy Awards, three National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ awards and 15 Associated Press reporting awards, among other recognitions.}}</ref>

⚫ Rascon was once named by The National Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the '100 Most Influential Hispanics in America'. He is an active participant in several local and national charities and has served, or is currently serving on, several notable national and international Boards, including: Executive Board Member of Interfaith of The Woodlands, YMCA International, and the BYU School of Communications Board of Advisors. He has served twice as president of the Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals (HAHMP),<ref name=HBC>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/houstonbusinessconnections/docs/january_2010_houston_business_connections_newspape/21|title=People You Should Know In Media |work=Snapshots |publisher=Aubrey R. Taylor Communications|page=21|date=January 2010|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> and is a former board member of the ] (RTNDA).


==Family life==
⚫ Rascon was once named by The ] as one of the '100 Most Influential Hispanics in America. He is an active participant in several local and national charities and has served, or is currently serving on, several notable national and international Boards, including: BYU School of Communications, Board of Advisors. He has served as president of the Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals (HAHMP),<ref name=HBC>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/houstonbusinessconnections/docs/january_2010_houston_business_connections_newspape/21|title=People You Should Know In Media |work=Snapshots |publisher=Aubrey R. Taylor Communications|page=21|date=January 2010|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> and former board member of the ] (RTNDA).
Jacob Rascon, one of Art's five sons who began at KTRK in January 2022, was a reporter at rival station ], the NBC affiliate in Houston from 2017 to 2021. He has also worked as a ]-based correspondent for NBC News and at ] ] in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/knbc-reporter-bumped-up-to-the-network/131528|title=KNBC Reporter Bumped Up to The Network|website=Adweek.com|date=2 October 2014 |accessdate=2 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="rascon2rascon"/>


==Books== ==Books==
* {{cite book|last=Rascon|first=Art|title=The Heart of the News|date=October 17, 2007|publisher=RMG Press|isbn=9789798370052|edition=1st}} * {{cite book|last=Rascon|first=Art|title=The Heart of the News|date=October 17, 2007|publisher=RMG Press|isbn=9789798370052|edition=1st}}
* {{cite book|last=Rascon|first=Art|title=On Assignment: The Stories Behind The Stories: Inspiring Experiences of an LDS Broadcast Journalist|date=August 1998|publisher=Covenant Communications Inc.|isbn=9781577342946}} * {{cite book|last=Rascon|first=Art|title=On Assignment: The Stories Behind The Stories: Inspiring Experiences of an LDS Broadcast Journalist|date=August 1998|publisher=Covenant Communications Inc.|isbn=9781577342946|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/onassignmentstor00rasc}}


==References== ==References==
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Art Rascon
Born (1962-12-04) 4 December 1962 (age 62)
El Paso, Texas
Alma materBrigham Young University
AwardsEdward R. Murrow award
Career
Stations

Art Rascon (born December 4, 1962) is an American former news anchor for Disney-owned KTRK in Houston, Texas. Prior to joining KTRK, he worked as a CBS News correspondent on assignments that included international reporting for the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and 48 Hours. He also reported for CBS Radio, which earned him a national Edward R. Murrow award for his spot coverage of Hurricane Opal in 1995. Rascon has reported on major events all over the world, covering everything from natural disasters, civil unrest to wars, conflicts throughout the Middle East, Central America and elsewhere. He has traveled to more than 75 countries on five continents and reported from nearly every state in the union. He has been nominated for national and regional Emmy Awards, and by the end of 2016, had earned more than 20 Emmy awards.

Rascon was recognized in 1997 as being one of only five Latino correspondents appearing on national television networks in the U.S., reporting major events for the evening news. He is a former vice president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and was named one of the one-hundred most influential Hispanics in America by Hispanic Business Magazine.

Early years

Rascon was born in El Paso, Texas. While he was still a young boy, Rascon and his family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and later to Albuquerque, but most of his youth was spent growing up in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Green Mountain High School just outside Denver and began his college studies at Ricks College in 1980. Rascon served a mission for his faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and then returned to his studies at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah. He also spent six months in Madrid, Spain studying European political science, History, Humanities and the Arts. He graduated from BYU in 1985. While in college, Rascon worked as a reporter for KBYU-FM and KBYU-TV.

Career

Rascon began his television career in 1983 in Utah, where he was an associate producer and reporter for then-PBS member station KBYU-TV in Provo, Utah and then for ABC affiliate KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City. In 1985, Rascon moved to Texas where he was a producer, reporter, and anchor for NBC affiliate, KRBC-TV, in Abilene until August 1987, then for ABC affiliate KVIA-TV in El Paso until 1988, and for NBC affiliate KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV) in San Antonio until he moved to KABC-TV in Los Angeles in August 1989 as a reporter and anchor. There, Rascon reported on natural disasters in California and highly publicized events such as the O. J. Simpson, Rodney King, and Lyle and Erik Menendez trials, the Branch Davidian stand-off, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots among a host of other stories, including brush fires, riots and other natural disasters.

In 1994, Rascon moved to Miami as a CBS Evening News correspondent. While there, he reported on major events that occurred in the southeastern U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, including reporting on a host of stories out of Cuba and South and Central America. Rascon also covered the Oklahoma City bombing, conflicts and unrest in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, and hurricanes in the region. He interviewed both Manuel Noriega and Daniel Ortega. His spot coverage of Hurricane Opal on CBS Radio and CBS News earned him a national Edward R. Murrow award. He and the 48 Hours team also received an Emmy nomination from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their coverage of Hurricane Fran.

In 1998, Rascon moved to Houston's ABC-owned station, KTRK-TV where he anchored many newscasts, including a long stint as co-anchor of the 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. broadcasts. He has reported on domestic and international events and conflicts, including events in the Middle East, Iraq, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Central America. He also covered three Papal conclaves. He has reported extensively on the immigration issue, following children, teen and adult immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala all the way to the U.S. border. Rascon has covered everything from earthquakes to tsunamis and has executive produced and reported numerous half-hour special reports on a variety of subjects and reported from the scene of more than a dozen major hurricanes, including Katrina, Ike, and a host of other storms. He was one of the first to report from Haiti the morning after the quake.

In 2020, Rascon became an area seventy of the LDS Church, which like most other positions in the church is a non-paid position that is conducted while employed in other lines of work. Rascon was president of the church's Houston Texas Summerwood Stake from 2017 to 2020. When the stake was formed in 2012 Rascon was second counselor in the stake presidency. In the LDS Church he has also served as a bishop, bishop's counselor, mission president's counselor, stake mission president, and stake high councilor.

In October 2021, Rascon announced he would step down from his position at KTRK effective January 2022. It was reported that his son, Jacob Rascon, would be joining the station as his replacement. The younger Rascon is one of three hosts for the station’s early morning programming.

On January 3, 2022, Art and Jacob co-anchored the 11 a.m. news together, marking the end of the father’s run at the station and beginning of the son’s.

Honors

Rascon has been nominated for and has received many awards, including two national Edward R. Murrow awards, one for his spot coverage of Hurricane Opal in 1995, and 19 Emmy Awards out of 25 nominations. He has also received an RTNDA Award for Continuing Coverage, 18 Associated Press Reporting awards, three National Association of Hispanic Journalists' awards, two National Headliner Awards, and a Rotary International award.

Rascon was once named by The National Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the '100 Most Influential Hispanics in America'. He is an active participant in several local and national charities and has served, or is currently serving on, several notable national and international Boards, including: Executive Board Member of Interfaith of The Woodlands, YMCA International, and the BYU School of Communications Board of Advisors. He has served twice as president of the Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals (HAHMP), and is a former board member of the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA).

Family life

Jacob Rascon, one of Art's five sons who began at KTRK in January 2022, was a reporter at rival station KPRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Houston from 2017 to 2021. He has also worked as a Dallas-based correspondent for NBC News and at NBC owned-and-operated station KNBC in Los Angeles.

Books

References

  1. ^ "Art Rascon". CBS Interactive Inc. June 10, 1998. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "The 18th Annual News And Documentary Emmy Award Nominees Announced By The National Academy of Television Arts And Sciences" (PDF). July 30, 1997. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  3. Alvear, Cecilia (Fall 1998). "The Journalists' Trade: 'No Chicanos on TV'". Nieman Reports. 52 (3): 49–50.
  4. ^ "ABC-13, Houston--Meet The Team: Art Rascon". ABC, Inc. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  5. Dale Cressman (October 11, 2013). "Finding Peace In A World of Conflict". Honored Alumni: Art Rascon. Brigham Young University. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  6. Rascon, Art (August 1998). On Assignment: The Stories Behind The Stories: Inspiring Experiences of an LDS Broadcast Journalist. Covenant Communications Inc. ISBN 9781577342946.
  7. ^ "Art Rascon". BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications History. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  8. "2011 San Antonio YSA Conference - Guest Speaker". San Antonio Young Single Adults. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  9. Parks, Kathy (March 30, 2010). "Art Rascon speaks on Haiti disaster". Our Tribune. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  10. article on new area seventies
  11. report on changes in stake presidencies
  12. Church News article on formation of the Summerwood Stake
  13. "ABC13'S ART RASCON LEAVING THE ANCHOR DESK, BUT SON, JACOB RASCON, JOINING THE STATION". ABC13.com. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Art Rascon anchoring newscast with son, Jacob, on final day at ABC13". abc13.com (KTRK). January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  15. "Jacob Rascon joins abc13 mornings". Mike McGuff Media. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  16. "Father Anchors Midday Newscast in Houston with Son on His Last Day". TVSpy.com. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  17. "Mormons making a difference in Texas". LDS Newsroom. June 2008. Rascon is a reporter and anchor at KTRK-TV's 13 Eyewitness News. He has received 17 Emmy Awards, three National Association of Hispanic Journalists' awards and 15 Associated Press reporting awards, among other recognitions.
  18. "People You Should Know In Media". Snapshots. Aubrey R. Taylor Communications. January 2010. p. 21. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  19. "KNBC Reporter Bumped Up to The Network". Adweek.com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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