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BIOGRAPHY

Gailon Totheroh

CBN News Senior Reporter

Over the years, CBN viewers have come to recognize reporter Gailon Totheroh as a valuable asset in reporting on a variety of issues, especially current health and science issues.

Among over 450 stories he’s written, some have generated high interest. Recent popular reports have covered adult stem cell treatments, the otherwise unreported benefits of vitamin C, longevity research on special forms of resveratrol, and the relative merits and risks of different types of seafood. He has also done several investigative reports on such controversial issues as the development of "designer" embryos and the intelligent design movement. Gailon also has takes a keen interest in the church in Eastern Europe, periodically reporting on developments there for Christian World News.

Before joining CBN News in 1988, Totheroh completed finished an M.A. in Public Affairs Journalism at Regent University. He grew up in Arizona and graduated from Phoenix College (A.A., Chemistry) and the University of Arizona (B.A., German). Gailon has also worked in public relations, human resources, property management, and publication research. Totheroh first served the news department as a field producer, shortly thereafter become a reporter, and rose to Senior Reporter status in 2002.

Gailon and his family have been members of conservative Presbyterian denominations for the last fifteen years. He gives credit for any success to the Christian influence of his family and scholarly mentors Clifford Kelly in journalism and Joseph Kickasola and John M. Frame in theology. His father, the late Percy Totheroh, a professor of English, heavily influenced his love for language. Sola Dei Gloria.

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