journalistic endeavours

-been writing for LA Harbor-based independent biweekly Random Lengths News for a while now. general beat: citizen action groups, Charter reform, behind-the scenes billionaires- a slew of things falling under the general order of "not just offering the news but making people mad enough to do something about it" (Mark Twain). The admirable thrust at RLN which i attempt to adhere to is to avoid simply reporting who got mugged on 6th street last week, and to rather unearth issues which beg community discussion and action and yet fail to gather the attention of the corporate media for whatever underhanded reason. I humbly offer the following such attempts.

8/02/00
Coal, Relocation, Alameda Corridor
8/02/00
ahaaldladigii: that which has been torn apart, or separated, by drawing a line through it. or "what they're doin' to our mother earth"
11/12/98
fetishizing the apocalyptic a review of Mike Davis' "ecology of fear"
10/2/98
under pressure-the latest on la charter reform and neighborhood councils
5/28/98
Meet the candidates forum in San Pedro
5/15
Elected Commission comes to Pedro
A letter from Mr. Gaines
4/31/98
final Charter Reform installment: Trying To Light A Fire Under Charter Reform- the activist/community perspective.
4/17/98
Niklor Has To Go- Carson Community Presence Sways Council to Nix Chemical Co.
pt.II of Charter Reform Series: Room For Difference- Ridley-Thomas' role in LA Charter reform

4/3/98
ACORN storms Lockheed-Martin headquarters in downtown LA
Power to the People? (Pt 1 of a series on LA Charter Reform)
3/98
The Problematics of Drug Dumping
2/98
green party candidate in local district
1/98
The Rich Get Richer... and the harbor gets tangled (Phillip Anschutz in the Harbor)
12/97
In The Wake of Sensationalism--restaurant closures article


The following are my meager contributions to our quarterly "Ex Libros" book edition.

The Life Stone of Singing Bird-Melody Henion Stevenson
Thirst-Ken Kalfus

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a small directory of news sources in LA below the megamachine.

Random Lengths News
the other coolest newspaper in town (change-links)
KPFK/Pacifica news network

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on the national scene
project underground
The Nation
In These Times
disinformation
eat the state (Seattle)
High Country News