Profiles and Personal Stories
‘You are all meant to be here’ and other Fellowship lessons
By Ximena Loeza Imposter syndrome can be your biggest enemy in journalism. I applied to the California Local News Fellowship more than a year ago alongside some of my friends and peers and at the insistence of my Journalism professor and mentor at San Francisco State University, Josh Davis. I didn’t think I would be…
Read MoreIncarcerated journalist Steve Brooks selected as California Local News Fellow
Steve Brooks, former editor-in-chief of the award-winning San Quentin News, was selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the California Local News Fellowship. The program is a state-funded initiative based at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism to strengthen local, public affairs reporting in California, with a focus on underserved communities. Brooks, currently…
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