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Hal Eisner
Hal Eisner is in his 41st year on television in Los Angeles. Most of those years have been spent on FOX 11 and KCOP13.
Eisner is currently a reporter on KTTV 11, hosts FOX 11 News IN DEPTH and the FOX 11 podcast What the Hal?
Hal has received numerous journalism awards over the years including Emmys, Golden Mikes, honors from The L.A. Press Club, The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and The Associated Press. Among his AP honors, Hal received a Lifetime Achievement Award known as the Stan Chambers Award for Extraordinary Achievement.
Hal Eisner created the nationally recognized mentoring program Camp News which was previously known as APTRA Academy. Each year it draws aspiring reporters and anchors from all over the country and has been a labor of love for the past two decades.
Hal started reporting news on the radio in his home state of Texas. It was when he became a correspondent for CNN in the early '80s that he came to Los Angeles and turned his attention to television.
Eisner is on the National Board of SAG-AFTRA and has been active in the union for many years. He was also on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and served as a Vice Chair of ATAS. He was President of Associated Press Television Radio Association (APTRA) and continues to be very active in the industry.
The latest from Hal Eisner
Second arson fire devastates Los Angeles family-owned tire shop
A South Los Angeles tire shop got targeted by suspected arsonists twice in a month.
LA neighborhood on edge as naked homeless man spotted running around, touching himself
Security cameras have captured a homeless man roaming around their neighborhood naked, pleasuring himself and, among other things, screaming incoherently as he goes from house to house.
In Depth: Back to school 2024
This week, Hal Eisner is joined by pediatrician Dr. Connie Bartlett, transitional kindergarten educator Christine Colbert and Learnville's Carrie Lyn.
Homeowners blurring their homes on Google Maps to deter burglars. How to do it
Criminals might use images of your home to look for security cameras, side windows, fences.
Man on 'crusade' to increase catalytic converter theft punishments in Riverside County
Daryl Terrell has convinced 19 cities in Riverside County to enact harsher punishments for catalytic converter theft.
Koreatown tenants protest poor living conditions
Tenants say the protest is in response to their unmet demands regarding severe habitability violations and deteriorating living conditions.
Massive fin whale carcass removed from Torrance beach
Fin whales are the second-biggest mammals after blue whales, and are considered endangered.
In Depth: Found/LA and Molly Malone's
Hal is joined by the founder of Dermalogica, Jane Wurwand, who also founded the nonprofit foundation FOUND/LA which helps launch deserving entrepreneurs. Then, Damian Hanlon, the owner of Molly Malone’s Irish Pub, discusses the fire that shut down the LA entertainment icon.
3-week-old puppies tossed from car near Mission Viejo animal shelter soon to be adoptable
The shelter was able to locate the suspect and the puppies' mom, and reunite her with her babies. The department said it's filing animal cruelty charges.