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Ron
has
won
numerous
writing
awards
sponsored
by
such
organizations
as
USA
Book
News,
Foreword
Magazine,
and
Independent
Publishers
Book
Award.
He
is
a
member
of
several
professional
organizations,
including
the
American
Association
of
Journalists
and
Authors,
the
International
Association
for
the
Study
of
Organized
Crime,
Investigative
Reporters
and
Editors,
the
Florida
Freelance
Writers
Association
and
the
Professional
Writers Association of Canada.
Ron
Chepesiuk
is
an
optioned
screenwriter
and
the
award-winning
author
of
numerous
books
-
three
of
them
optioned
for
movies.
He
is
a
two-time
Fulbright
Scholar
to
Indonesia
and
Bangladesh
and
a
former
instructor
in
UCLA's
Extension
Journalism
Department
.
His
articles,
which
number
in
the
thousands,
have
appeared
in
such
publications
as
FHM,
USA
Today,
Black
Enterprise,
Woman’s
World,
Modern
Maturity,
New
York
Times
Syndicate,
Toronto
Star,
Los
Angeles
Times
Syndicate,
Bulletin
of
Atomic
Scientists,
among
others.
As
an
expert
in
crime
history,
he
is
a
consultant
to
the
Gangland
TV
series
and
has
been
interviewed
on
numerous
TV
programs,
including
Discovery
,
NBC Dateline
,
Biography
,
ID
,
Black Entertainment Television
,
Starz
, and
TV 1
.
As
a
journalist,
Ron
has
reported
from
more
than
thirty-five
countries,
including
Cuba,
Northern
Ireland,
Colombia,
Kenya,
Hong
Kong,
and
Nepal,
and
his
16,000
plus
interviews
include
such
luminaries
as
Gerry
Adams,
Yasser
Arafat,
John
Kerry,
Jimmy
Carter,
Abbie
Hoffman
,
a
former
president
of
Nicaragua,
and
three
former
presidents and two vice presidents of Colombia, South America.
In
2010,
Ron
launched
his
publishing
company,
Strategic
Media
Books,
LLC.
As
an
independent
U.S.
publisher
of
original
paperback
and
e-book
editions
that
aims
to
bring
its
outstanding
publishing
program
to
the
widest
possible
audience,
Strategic
Media
Books
publishes
nonfiction
that
includes
true
crime,
biography/memoir,
business,
history/current
affairs,
and
lifestyle,
as
well
as
cutting-edge
and
inspirational
fiction.
Strategic
Media
Books
also
publishes
a
book
series
titled
“
Gangsta
Chronicles
.”
This
series
focuses
on
true
and
gritty
stories
from
the
street
and
the
world
of crime. Strategic Media Books’ authors have received numerous literary honors and awards, taking many of the industry’s top prizes.
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In
addition,
Ron
is
radio
host
of
CRIME
BEAT
Radio
Show.
The
Crime
Beat
show
has
been
on
the
air
since
January
2011
and
has
listeners
in
130
plus
countries.
Guests
have
included
Henry
Hill,
Noam
Chomsky,
George
Jung,
Joe
Pistone
(
aka
Donnie
Brasco)
and Chris Kyle
,
American Sniper
, among others.