Here are two more stories from the Boot Camp projects from the Annenberg Master’s in...
Madeleine Brand & Chief Beck Discuss WLA’s 1st LA Justice Report
Madeleine Brand guest hosted for Patt Morrison on Friday afternoon and during the Talk to the...
WLA Favorite Video of the Week (or maybe the month)
When humor truth-tells and heals. Happy Friday.
Why the Roger Clemens Perjury Indictment is Legally Righteous…. but DUMB
I was just muttering to myself about the whole Clemens/perjury indictment thingy when I happened...
The LA Times Wins “Prior Restraint” Case. (Thank You, Appeals Court!)
SO, EXACTLY WHAT PART OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT DID JUDGE HILLERI MERRITT NOT...
The Annenberg Bootcamp Projects: Does Gang Intervention Work?
Here are the three projects by the Annnenberg journalists who each focused on some part of the...
Boot Camp for Journalists
Tuesday morning I attended the presentations of projects by the brand new class of 21 candidates...
Prison Without Walls
The September issue of Atlantic Magazine contains an article that every state...
A Teacher’s View of the LA Times’ Educators Analysis
EDITOR’S NOTE: I was glad to see the LA Times’ analysis of teacher performance...
Department of Justice Not Happy With Progress at Juvenile Probation Camps
In Tuesday’s LA County Board of Supervisor’s meeting, the Sups will very likely approve...
FOLLOW THE GANG MONEY: Part 1 – by Matthew Fleischer
EDITOR’S NOTE: The article below is Part One of WitnessLA’s two-part investigation...
LA Times Grades Teachers, UTLA Wants to Pop the Messenger
On Sunday, the LA Times published an excellent analysis of how and it what ways some teachers help...
Friday Must Reads
MITRICE RICHARDSON FINALLY SADLY FOUND Thursday was the day that the LA County Office of...
The Reforms of Mississippi’s Most Notorious Prison – Coming to a Jail Near You
In the August issue of Governing Magazine, John Bunton (author of the excellent, LA Noir) has...
Back in Town, Blogging Begins Tomorrow, 8/12
OF WOLVES AND MEN (AND WOMEN AND DOGS) I arrived back in LA on Tuesday night after 3 days of ...
Follow the Gang Money: The Controller’s Report
On Tuesday, City Controller Wendy Greuel released her audit of the effectiveness of the...
WitnessLA is Going on Vacation – 7/15 to 8/11
Here’s the deal: this past year, I was supposed to be putting the finishing touches on the...
The 1st LA Justice Report is Funded: Story Coming in August
Thanks to 88 fantastic people, the first LA Justice Report story is fully...