.James Kim on working in fiction as an independent producer and candid advice on how to balance your passion proj with your day job. This and more in the latest "Starting Out" from Alice (alicewilder.bsky.social). Read it here: bit.ly/3vQ4caY

What happens when you get a yoga teacher turned influencer, a global pandemic, and QAnon conspiracy theories? On the fourth season of Imperfect Paradise, host Emily Guerin unravels the appeal of misinformation in the yoga and wellness community. apple.co/ImperfectParad…

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For a long time I've had to explain that LAist Studios is part of public radio station KPCC, which also runs the website LAist.com. It's confusing. But KPCC is now LAist 89.3: on your dial, on your podcast feed, and online. kp.cc/rebrand

"Rep. Dawson Holle, a Mandan Republican and dairy farmer, is sponsoring House Bill 1255, which would clarify in state law that “milk” is a “lacteal secretion” obtained from a hoofed mammal." inforum.com/news/north-dak…

The Southern Sierra Nevada now officially has its largest snowpack in recorded history, passing 1982-1983. The snowpack is a staggering 244% of the peak snowpack average.

Every public radio station is struggling right now. Where I work, LAist 89.3 and LAist, it's our spring member drive, and we're behind on our membership giving. If you can spare $5-10/month, please do. We need your help to report the news you rely on. support.laist.com

Tough day at NPR: Four podcasts canceled, 10 percent of workforce laid off. We'll learn more about who is leaving the network in hours and days to come. My story: npr.org/2023/03/23/116…

Consolidating is what everyone is doing now: "Embedded will become the umbrella under which all of NPR's investigative and enterprise narratives series will stream. It will become a frequent, dependable channel for listeners to consume NPR content." npr.org/2023/03/23/116…

First LAT layoffs now LAist. This sucks.

~🌺professional news🌺~ Going forward, I'll be the full time host of LAist's Imperfect Paradise. The show will come out weekly on podcast and on the.. 📻Radio!!📻 theverge.com/2023/8/22/2384…

My next story on LAist's Imperfect Paradise will not only do a deep dive into the LA City Council Tape Scandal but also feature an exclusive interview with former LA City Council President Nury Martinez. First episode drops Sept. 27th laist.com/news/politics/…

When Antonia Cereijido told me her team was going to take a deep dive into the LA City Hall leaked tapes, I was ready to listen to all the intrvws. But I didn't expect to be upset and emotional all over again as I heard the racist, homophobic remarks as ppl narrated their experiences

I'm really proud of our new series on the L.A. city council tape scandal, and our interview with Nury Martinez -- who hadn't talked to a single reporter since resigning last fall. Here's why my colleague Antonia Cereijido and our team decided to talk to her. laist.com/brief/news/ess…

We asked Nury Martinez to explain what she said on the secret tapes. Here's what she said. laist.com/news/politics/…

Gil Cedillo told La Opinion that Spanish speakers don't care about what they said on the secret tapes because, basically, they get it laopinion.com/2023/10/09/gil…

A year after the leaked tapes, Nury Martinez told Antonia Cereijido LAist that Senator Alex Padilla had been "hard on her." "I knew it was wrong... fundamentally wrong," Padilla told me Spectrum News 1 SoCal "You have to be consistent with your values."

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