KVCR exec dir, Connie Leyva says that the Trump Administration's cuts to public media will cost station $550k/yr -- the equivalent of 8 FT positions. “No one is going to be laid off," said Leyva. "But, it will hurt us in creating local content.”

More at @iecommunitynews
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The @PrecinctReporter turns 60 today! Founded by Art Townsend following the 1965 Watts Rebellion, this weekly newspaper continues to advocate for and inform the greater San Bernardino & Riverside area African American community. Today, it's also digital w/ 2 sister pubs in OC & Long Beach.

A major new report from Muck Rack and Rebuild Local News reveals that the U.S. has seen a drop in local journalists of more than 75% since 2002, and California’s Inland Empire is among the nation’s most underserved regions.

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Colorado College's Corey Hutchins argues there should be more university-led newsletters focused on local news. I couldn't agree more.
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Whereas CNN, LAist, and the LA Times have extensively profiled suspected Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber Guy Edward Bartkus, including his rambling audio manifesto, The Palm Springs Post is taking a more measured approach. Here's how @palmspringspost.bsky.social‬ led their Wednesday newsletter

Oh, man. This would be a terrible loss. I've regularly turned to the California Digital Newspaper Collection when I need to dig into newspaper history about the Inland Empire.

Thanks for covering this @cvindependent.bsky.social

I'm creating a Bluesky list of Inland Empire journalists and news media. If you are (or know) an IE journalist or news outlet on Bluesky, please drop a comment with your/their user name.
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From @jboegle.bsky.social at the @cvindependent.bsky.social:
"A shout-out to the local reporters who did amazing work this weekend covering the terrorism and its aftermath. A couple of coverage hiccups, but local reporters, for the most part, did a great job... cvindependent.com/newsletter/o...

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After three months of collecting, assembling, checking and rechecking the data, our 2025 Congressional report card is out in print today, across all 11 of the Southern California News Group daily newspapers.

It's a good thing this only comes out every two years.