Reporters
John Iander
E-mail John John Iander works as a reporter for CBS 13's "Special Assignment," a weekly series of investigative reports.
Iander began his broadcast career in 1963 hosting a weekly high school talk show program on KHJ-Radio in Los Angeles. During the next four years he worked as a free lance radio reporter and producer in Los Angeles for such clients as KMPC, KNX and KFWB radio and KNXT, KNBC and KTLA television.
From 1966 through 1969, Iander worked as an anchor and news director for KEDC-FM in the San Fernando Valley. While in college, he produced a nationally syndicated radio program on the Los Angeles Police Department for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. He also held jobs at KNBC/NBC Network News in Burbank and worked as a production assistant on "Laugh In," "The Don Knotts Show," and "Tonight Show."
In 1969, Iander moved to Sacramento as Assignment Manager for KXTV-10. While at KXTV, he also anchored his own talk show, reported, and acted as News Director.
In 1973, he moved across the street to become Assignment Manager for KOVR 13 and acting News Director. In 1975, Iander became the Capitol Correspondent for McClatchy Broadcasting. In that assignment, he covered politics for McClatchy's eleven television and radio stations in California and Nevada. he also covered the administrations of Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown and George Deukmejian and hosted his own weekly political talk show, "State Capitol."
While at McClatchy Broadcasting, Iander traveled around the world producing documentaries on the politics of foreign governments, including Iran, Iraq, Korea, Japan, Great Britain, Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.
From 1982 through 1986, Iander owned and operated his own production company, Earthwatch, which produced syndicated environmental reports for N.I.W.S., as a weekly program provider for 115 affiliates worldwide.
He is a member of Sigma Delta Chi and the Public Relations Society of America. Iander is a licensed pilot.
Iander has won an Emmy as well as numerous awards from the Associated Press, United Press International, and NATO.
He is married and has a young daughter.