Journalism:

Complete list of Justin's articles here.

Highlights:

Books:

Short stories/Scripts/Plays:
  • "The Devil's Breath" (Shahrazad Press Volume One: My Keys Don't Know Where I Am!)
  • "All It Takes" and "Rise" (Shahrazad Press Volume Two: For the Sheer Lamb of It!)
  • "With Great Beauty Comes Great Pain" (Shahrazad Press Volume Three: One More for the Road)
  • "Voyeur America" (Shahrazad Press Volume Four: Some Doors Should Never Be Opened)
  • "The Lone Moon Mended" (Shahrazad Press Volume Five: Nocturnal Emissions)
  • "Tabula Rasa" (Shahrazad Press Volume Ten: I Thought You Were Dead!)
  • "Mondegreen" (unpublished)
  • "JAR" (unpublished)
  • "bad medicine" (unpublished)
  • "Auckland Iris" (unpublished)
  • "Down + Out in Oakland" (unpublished)
  • "It's Always Sunni in Iraq & the Levant" (unproduced)
  • "The Pandas" (unproduced)
  • "Sly Sy the Private Eye" (unproduced)
  • "Voyeur" (unproduced)
  • "Song for Lindy"
  • "Undefeated"
  • "Chewy Freak"
  • "Dani, the Girl"
  • "Consuming Colin"
  • "Sly Sy the Private Eye"
  • "Kiki Roth"
  • "Ease the Pain"
  • "Damsel"
  • "Numbered Days"
  • "Tonight: Ms. God"
  • and more

Poetry:
  • At the Top of the Mountains of the Moon (an unpublished collection of poems & prose)
  • International Society of Poets' "Poet of Merit Silver Bowl Award” (2005)
  • Editor's Choice Award and Outstanding Achievement in Poetry - Poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry (2005)
  • Poetry & Cookies: Anthology of Poems by Altadenans & Others (AKA Altadena Poetry Review -- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014)
  • Invoking the Muse
  • Message of the Muse (City of El Paso Arts and Cultural Department and the Texas Commission of the Arts)
  • Pasadena Weekly (2005)
  • and more

Acting:
Movies:
  • "Problem Child 3: Junior in Love" (nominated Best Young Actor in the Hollywood Reporter's Young Star Awards in 1995)
  • "Jingle All the Way"
  • "BASEketball"
  • "Michael Landon, the Father I Knew"
TV shows:
  • "Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman"
  • "NewsRap Local with Justin Chapman"
  • "Well Read with Justin Chapman"
  • "NewsRap"
  • "Arroyo Live"
  • "Arroyo Profiles"
  • "Crown City News"
  • "Conversations with Stuart Johnson"
  • "The Smile Lady"
  • "Walker, Texas Ranger"
  • "The Pauly Shore Show"
  • "Family Matters"
  • "Weird Science"
  • "Perversions of Science"
  • "NewsRap"
  • "The Jeff Foxworthy Show"
  • "Go Banana!"
  • and more
Commercials:
  • Sunny Delight
  • Nintendo
  • Hyundai
  • Anti-smoking
  • Long John Silver
  • and more
Plays:
  • "Tartuffe"
  • "Blood Wedding"
  • "The Skin of Our Teeth"
  • "Under Milk Wood"
  • and more
Shorts/Student films:
  • "Song for Lindy"
  • "Undefeated"
  • "Chewy Freak"
  • "Naive Melody"
  • "Dani, the Girl"
  • "Consuming Colin"
  • "Sly Sy the Private Eye"
  • "Kiki Roth"
  • "Ease the Pain"
  • "Silent Drums"
  • "The Violet Delerious"
  • "Victory Over Suzy Dirge"
  • "Damsel"
  • "Numbered Days"
  • "Tonight: Ms. God"
  • and more

Complete List of Publications:
  • Local News Pasadena
  • Irish Post
  • Inventors Digest Magazine
  • LA Daily News
  • Pasadena Star-News
  • San Gabriel Valley Tribune
  • KPCC/LAist
  • Alta Journal
  • Huffington Post
  • Culture Honey
  • Pasadena Weekly
  • LA Weekly
  • LA Citybeat/Valleybeat
  • Arroyo Monthly
  • ColoradoBoulevard.net
  • The Courier (Pasadena City College)
  • Spotlight Magazine (Pasadena City College)
  • Berkeley Political Review
  • Patch.com (10 hyper-local news sites)
  • Public Diplomacy Magazine (USC)
  • USC Center on Public Diplomacy
  • USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy
  • Foreign Policy News
  • Daily Trojan (USC)
  • Pacific Council on International Policy
  • WorldNomads.com
  • Skeptic Magazine
  • The Daily Vision (Uganda)
  • Pasadena Sun (LA Times Community News)
  • South Bay Magazine
  • Ventura Blvd. Magazine
  • Ventura County Reporter
  • Pasadena Magazine
  • The Argonaut
  • LA Progressive
  • Afro.com
  • Pasadena Black Pages

Awards:
  • Finalist in the Obituary category — 67th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2025)
  • Finalist in the Local Political/Government Reporting in Broadcast category — 67th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2025)
  • 1st place Hometown Media Award — Alliance for Community Media (2025)
  • Finalist in the Talk Show (Professional Producer) category — Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards (2025)
  • Finalist in the Talk Show (Community Producer) category — Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards (2025)
  • Finalist in the Culture & Lifestyle (Community Producer) category — Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards (2025)
  • Finalist in the Non-Fiction Book category — 17th annual LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards (2024)
  • 3rd place in the Talk/Public Affairs (Broadcast) category — 66th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2024)
  • Finalist in the Anchor/Host category — 66th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2024)
  • 1st place in the Talk Show (Professional Producer) category — Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards (2024)
  • Finalist in the Magazine Show (Professional Producer) category — Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards (2024)
  • 3rd place in the Book Critic category — 16th annual LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards (2023)
  • 1st place in the Music/Arts Feature category — 65th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2023)
  • 1st place in the Culture News category — 65th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2023)
  • 3rd place in the Entertainment News/Feature category — 65th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2023)
  • Finalist in the Anchor/Host category — 65th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2023)
  • Finalist in the TV Talk/Public Affairs category — 65th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2023)
  • 3rd place in the Film Features category — 15th annual LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards (2022)
  • Finalist in the Entertainment Features category — 15th annual LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards (2022)
  • 1st place in the Travel Reporting category — 64th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2021)
  • 3rd place in the TV/Public Affairs category — 64th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2021)
  • 3rd place in the Entertainment Features category — 64th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2021)
  • 2nd place in the News Programming (Community Producer) category — Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE Awards (Western Access Video Excellence) (2021)
  • Finalist in the News Programming (Professional) category — Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE Awards (Western Access Video Excellence) (2021)
  • 2nd place in the Hard News category — 63rd annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2020)
  • 3rd place in the Obituary/In Appreciation category — 63rd annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2020)
  • Finalist in the News Feature category — 58th annual LA Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards (2014)
  • Nominated Best Young Actor in a TV Movie or Mini-series for "Problem Child 3: Junior in Love" — Hollywood Reporter's inaugural Young Star Awards (1995)

Certifications/Certificates:

Teaching/Speaking/Judging/Editing:
  • Taught English to elementary school students in rural northeastern Thailand
  • Taught English to elementary school students in rural Mityana, Uganda
  • Served on an interview/review panel for candidates applying for the City of West Hollywood's Public Information Officer position
  • Served as a guest speaker at a Cal State Northridge journalism class
  • Served as a guest speaker two times at the Adventurers Club of Los Angeles about Africa travels and Mad Mike Hughes
  • Served as a guest speaker/reader at the Bombay Beach Biennale/Lit Fest
  • Served on a panel at LitFest in the Dena
  • Delivered a presentation on Jack Parsons at the Altadena Historical Society
  • Delivered a presentation on Paradise Springs at the California Preservation Foundation
  • Served as moderator for multiple panels at LitFest Pasadena, Pasadena Library, ACLU Pasadena, Pacific Council on International Policy, and Pasadena candidates forums
  • Served as a guest speaker/reader at author events at Vroman's, Half King in NYC, ArtNight Pasadena's Author Fairs, LitFest Pasadena, Hatchery Press, LA Times Festival of Books, Caltech's Athenaeum, Kiwanis Club of Pasadena, the Vortex in DTLA, Linda Vista Library, Huttopia Paradise Springs, and more
  • Served as a guest speaker at a Waverly Elementary School class about micronations
  • Served as a judge in the 2023 Top of the Rockies Journalism Contest
  • Served as guest editor of Altadena Patch and Sierra Madre Patch news sites
  • Served as editor-in-chief, managing editor, and layout/design editor of USC's Public Diplomacy Magazine
  • Served as guest editor of Princeton University's Journal of Public and International Affairs
  • Served as staff writer for USC's Daily Trojan

Jobs:
  • Field Representative to Pasadena Vice Mayor and District 6 City Councilmember Steve Madison
  • Digital Content Writer/Editor for Michelson Philanthropies
  • Communications Officer/Communications Associate for USC's Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Project Fellow for USC's Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership & Policy
  • Writer for CBRE
  • Publications Assistant/Security Guard at The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens
  • Page for Altadena Library
  • Freelance journalist for 46 print and digital publications (complete list above)

Education:
  • University of Southern California, Master's in Public Diplomacy, 3.95 GPA
  • University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor's in Mass Communications/Media Studies
  • Santa Monica College, Communications course
  • Pasadena City College, Associate's in Journalism
  • Los Angeles City College, Journalism courses
  • LA County High School for the Arts, Theatre Department major
  • Saint Elizabeth Elementary School

Community Engagement:
  • Altadena Town Council, Elected Town Council member and founder and chair of Education Committee, Youngest elected official in LA County at age 19.
  • Advisory Group member for Pasadena City Councilmember Steve Madison
  • Pasadena Media, Citizens Advisory Committee Member, Host/Guest/Crew of several TV shows, Television Producer and Virtual Media Production certifications.
  • West Pasadena Residents' Association, Advisory Council Member/Writer, Secretary of the Board/Writer/Editor
  • Men Educating Men About Health, President and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Writer/Consultant for the Pasadena-based nonprofit organization
  • United Nations Association, Pasadena Chapter Communications Committee Member
  • City of Pasadena's Northwest Commission (appointed by City Council member Steve Madison), Commissioner/Writer
  • ACLU SoCal Pasadena-Foothills Chapter, Secretary of the Board/Writer
  • People to People International (founded by President Eisenhower), Student Ambassador to Thailand, New Zealand, and Australia.

Travels:
  1. Mexico
  2. Canada
  3. Peru
  4. Ecuador/Galápagos Islands
  5. Ireland
  6. Iceland
  7. UK
  8. France
  9. Belgium
  10. Netherlands
  11. Germany
  12. Italy
  13. Switzerland
  14. Austria
  15. South Africa
  16. Botswana
  17. Zimbabwe
  18. Zambia
  19. Tanzania
  20. Zanzibar
  21. Kenya
  22. Uganda
  23. Rwanda
  24. Thailand
  25. Australia
  26. New Zealand
  27. China
  28. Taiwan
  29. Japan
  30. Jamaica