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Pledge Drive Special Today! Support Streetsblog Los Angeles!

By Joe Linton | May 27, 2014 | No Comments

I want to make a personal appeal to Angelenos to support Streetsblog Los Angeles. It’s pledge drive time. If you haven’t stepped up already, please make a donation today. Contribute today and you’ll be entered in our special sweepstakes – see details below. I’ve been doing bicycle advocacy in Los Angeles for more than 15 years. […]

Streetsblog Receives Three Final Nominations (So Far) from L.A. Press Club

By Damien Newton | May 19, 2014 | No Comments

The Los Angeles Press Club announced about half of the finalists for awards at its annual banquet. Thus far, Streetsblog Los Angeles’ staff is nominated for three awards. We are still awaiting word on five other nominations (two more for Sahra Sulaiman, one for me, one for Brian Addison and Streetsblog Los Angeles itself as […]

SBLA Editor Damien Newton Honored by Society of Professional Journalists

By Juan Matute | Apr 11, 2014 | 3 Comments

Last night at the Omni Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, the Society of Professional Journalists honored Streetsblog Los Angeles’ founding editor, and the Southern California Streets Initiatives’ Executive Director Damien Newton for “Distinguished Work in New Media.” Congratulations, Damien! You’ve done great work and deserve the acknowledgements you’re now receiving. Less than four years ago, […]

We’re Hiring: Streetsblog Is Searching for a Managing Editor

By Ben Fried | Jan 14, 2014 | No Comments

Streetsblog is looking for a talented journalist to shape and oversee coverage throughout our growing family of news sites. The Managing Editor will work with the Editor-in-Chief and our roster of editors and reporters to hone Streetsblog’s coverage of transportation and planning issues, grow our audience, and bring our brand of advocacy journalism to more […]

Society of Professional Journalists Recognizes Damien Newton for “Distinguished Work in New Media”

By Streetsblog | Dec 10, 2013 | 4 Comments

Earlier today, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists recognized Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Damien Newton for “Distinguished Work in New Media” for 2013. The Distinguished Work in New Media award was created in 2008 and is given to a journalist who uses the new media’s unique characteristics and capabilities while striving […]

Where’s Damien?

By Damien Newton | Dec 5, 2013 | 12 Comments

Sorry for the delay in getting our content up today. I’ve been out of the office doing some research for an upcoming series of stories. So where was I? I’ve put a teaser video above, and the first person to correctly say where I was this morning in the comments section wins a Streetsblog t-shirt.

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