Community Issues Reporter

The San Joaquin Valley is ripe with stories for an enterprising community-issues reporter – one who is eager to follow key issues affecting life in the region. A few examples include broad topics such as Health (air pollution, lack of access to medical services); Environment (failing water systems, contamination of soil, increased risks of wildfire, the impact of climate change); Housing (population growth and socio-economic changes raising costs of housing); Economy (shifts occurring in agriculture and the business sector); Education (the challenges of raising the level of education in the Valley and of reaching students historically marginalized). This text-based reporter will have a knack for telling stories centered on people who are impacted by these issues as well as those who are working to address the Valley’s many challenges. This reporter will have strong analytical skills, be able to pivot between issues and regularly produce compelling stories that advance understanding and forecast where things are going..