Gustavo Arellano “Comforts the Afflicted and Afflicts the Comfortable.” Arellano describes himself as “a Mexican with glasses con su pluma en su mano who writes pure DESMADRE about everything.” A writer, journalist, and editor, Gustavo Arellano is not afraid to use his pen to write sh*t about anything and anyone. His publisher, Simon & Schuster,…
“We turn now to a major development in the case of a jailed Mexican journalist that Democracy Now! has followed closely. In El Paso on Wednesday, a federal judge issued a 26-page ruling that questioned the Trump administration’s detention of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son Oscar and ordered an August 1 hearing to examine…
Journalist Jason Ruiz covers Long Beach City Hall amongst other beats for the Long Beach Post. In the current national toxic conversation with accusations of “making stuff up” and “fake news,” Jason Ruiz is clear about his own ethical obligations as a journalist reporting the news. “Like I’m not going to let somebody buy me a…
“Kenyan investigative reporter John Allan Namu discusses the role of good journalism in redefining African identity. Through examples of content that had an impact on him, he submits that for Africa to push forward, good journalism must be paid for. John lives to tell “untold investigative stories “that give his audience novel ideas, enhance their…
Ralph De La Cruz, his wife Maria Chaves-De La Cruz, their pets, and their home survived the recent Napa-Sonoma fires. The fires raced through Napa and Sonoma County not long after I interviewed Ralph De La Cruz via phone for this podcast. He and his wife are old friends from their days in Long Beach….
Terelle Jerricks is the Managing Editor of Random Lengths News in San Pedro, California. Random Lengths has been the independent, progressive newspaper of the Los Angeles/ Long Beach Harbor Area since 1979. They publish every other Thursday in the Harbor Area cities of San Pedro, Long Beach, Rancho Palos Verdes, Wilmington, Carson, Lomita, Harbor City. Terelle…
This Voices in Our Heads podcast features Zamná Ávila, Assistant Editor at Random Lengths News in San Pedro. It’s the first of two podcasts with the newspaper’s staff, the second one being the paper’s Managing Editor, Terelle Jerricks. The newspaper is published every two weeks for the Harbor Area communities of San Pedro, Rancho Palos…
Journalist Adolfo Guzman-Lopez lives and reports in a multicultural world and we’re better for it. Guzman-Lopez is a reporter who covers education at KPCC 89.3FM. He knows something about cross-border and cross-cultural life. Born in Mexico City, he was raised in Tijuana, Mexico and then, at a young age, moved to San Diego. But weekends and summers…