by jpitney | Jan 19, 2025 | California Politics, counties, Local Government
Aaron Davis at WP: Two years before wildfires incinerated swaths of Los Angeles, the city’s Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley identified “one significant area of weakness” in her department’s ability to contain wildfires. L.A. had no specialized wildland unit to respond...
by jpitney | Dec 15, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers, Uncategorized
Marc Caro at Poynter writes about “ghost newspapers” — publications that nominally continue to exist but have lost most or all local news reporting. While the nation’s ever-widening news deserts have drawn much attention, the ghost papers represent...
by jpitney | Oct 4, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Uncategorized
Aami Sejpal at The Student Life: On Friday, Sept. 27, students and community members gathered at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) to hear from veteran journalists about the importance of local news and the struggles currently plaguing the industry. The panel...
by jpitney | Sep 30, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Public Opinion, Uncategorized
From Pew Research: Americans’ relationship with local news is changing. More are getting news online, and fewer are turning to sources like daily newspapers, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted earlier this year. The survey is part of the Pew-Knight...
by jpitney | Sep 29, 2024 | California Politics, Housing, Local Government, Regulation
Miles Warner at The Santa Monica Daily Press: This week we found out officially, what many of us already know experientially, that Santa Monica is the most expensive city to conduct business in. Our academic neighbors to the East, Claremont McKenna College’s...
by jpitney | Sep 26, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Uncategorized
PEN America interviews Andrew DeVigal. Before joining the University of Oregon, DeVigal was an award-winning multimedia editor at The New York Times What role can local journalists play in the fight against disinformation, specifically as it relates to local...
