Josh Gohlke

California

Journalist at Freelance

Formerly of the L.A. Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle and Sacramento Bee.

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Articles

Why opinion journalists are the first casualties of the war on the press

2 weeks ago | gohlkeapparatus.substack.com | Josh Gohlke

“Yeah?
Gavin Newsom wants to build housing and be president. Here's the problem

3 weeks ago | gohlkeapparatus.substack.com | Josh Gohlke

California’s governor and perpetual presidential aspirant, Gavin Newsom, recently made news by urging the state’s local officials to cruelly and pointlessly roust homeless people from their makeshift camps across one of the nation’s most homeless states. Except that it wasn’t exactly news, because blaming homeless people and cities and counties for his shortcomings have been relentlessrefrains of Newsom’s more than six years in office.
With friends like this: How Trump is ushering in a golden age of animosity

1 month ago | gohlkeapparatus.substack.com | Josh Gohlke

“Give up your job. Squander your cash. Be rash. Just hold on to your friends.” – MorrisseyI don’t pretend to understand the precise nature of Donald Trump’s personal relationship with Vladimir Putin, Elon Musk, Kim Jong-un, Jeffrey Epstein, Mohammed bin Salman or any of the other people with whom he has exchanged expressions of affection and even been characterized as friends.
I was an L.A. Times opinion editor. Here's why I'm not anymore

1 month ago | gohlkeapparatus.substack.com | Josh Gohlke

Dating from my first failed interview, it took me about a decade to get a job at the Los Angeles Times. “That’s the top of the heap!” an old colleague said when I was finally hired. Indeed, in the context of my career and those of many other journalists, the Times could fairly be called the pinnacle. And now, just two years later, I’ve jumped off. This wasn’t out of an idiosyncratic impulse to end my long legacy media career and start one of Substack’s most obscure newsletters.