Frank Shyong

Oct 30, 2024 | theemancipator.org | Frank Shyong

This story was first published by Lunch Box. Recently I accepted a buyout and left my job as a columnist at the Los Angeles Times after 13 years reporting on Southern California. I’ve spent the last month or so struggling to explain why, both to myself and others. There are all too many reasons to leave after 13 years of watching the paper be devastated by cuts and bad leadership. The trouble is deciding which to share, because I have no desire to bring harm to my former newsroom.

Oct 22, 2024 | frankbear.substack.com | Frank Shyong

Recently I accepted a buyout and left my job as a columnist at the Los Angeles Times after 13 years reporting on Southern California. I’ve spent the last month or so struggling to explain why, both to myself and others. There are all too many reasons to leave after 13 years of watching the paper be devastated by cuts and bad leadership. The trouble is deciding which to share, because I have no desire to bring harm to my former newsroom. I don’t mind sharing that I struggled as a columnist.

Oct 22, 2024 | frankbear.substack.com | Frank Shyong

Recently I accepted a buyout and left my job as a columnist at the Los Angeles Times after 13 years reporting on Southern California. I’ve spent the last month or so struggling to explain why, both to myself and others. There are all too many reasons to leave after 13 years of watching the paper be devastated by cuts and bad leadership. The trouble is deciding which to share, because I have no desire to bring harm to my former newsroom. I don’t mind sharing that I struggled as a columnist.

Oct 16, 2024 | open.substack.com | Frank Shyong

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Aug 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Frank Shyong

For nearly 100 years Koda Farms grew some of the most beloved rice in the country in conditions far from ideal. Its rice was a finicky crop that sprouts slow, skinny and tall, with fewer grains per bunch, and heads that can sag below the reach of the thresher and end up in the mud. Its land lies more than 100 miles south of the Sacramento Valley, where 97% of the state’s rice crop is grown.