Julie Makinen

The @CVJFoundation has announced its 2025 inductees for the Coachella Valley Media Hall of Fame. Join us Jan. 14 at our induction luncheon with a very special guest speaker, former NYT Executive Editor @deanbaquet! All proceeds support reporters, editors and interns in Palm

Nine months after a rough hospitalization, my mom, 82, “graduated” from hospice care this week. So nice that we could get the whole family together to briefly celebrate. Very grateful for our caregivers and the cooperation of my siblings! https://t.co/kkiBy2wtqe

Thanks to Randy Florence, Patrick Evans and John McMullen for having me on the "Big Conversations, Little Bar" podcast! We talked about everything from dismembering printing presses to having pizza with Mao. If you listen to the end, I shared some exciting news about the

Congrats to @sfstandard on your outstanding showing in the California Journalism Awards for our work together in 2023, including 12 first-place wins and a second place for General Excellence! Said the judges: "Click on most any story on the San Francisco Standard's website and https://t.co/ew6jOPzJg5

Congrats @AnnieGaus @MikeEge on being recognized with a Sigma Delta Chi award for the Power Play newsletter. I am proud we got to launch this together in 2023! https://t.co/Dq10StyDiB

Get your gala tickets today via this link! https://t.co/cP93W7eBC9

A great program yesterday by @CVJFoundation with veteran editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson. Watch here if you could not attend live! The History of Political Cartoons and Newspaper Opinion Pages in America https://t.co/P70DDgZZht

Excited to announce that after a long hiatus, the California Journalism Awards Gala is on again! July 13 at the Sheraton Universal in L.A. Details on tickets, awards, speakers and more coming soon! @CNPAservices https://t.co/n8QdlkwkZi

Excited for this FREE Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation event tomorrow at the Rancho Mirage Library: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬." Come join @ThompsonToons and Desert Sun Opinion Editor Nicky

Congrats ⁦@sfstandard⁩ ⁦@Josh_Koehn⁩ ⁦@AnnieGaus⁩ ⁦@lihanlihan⁩ ⁦@ggreschler⁩ on your new City Hall press digs! https://t.co/foNw0TzT8n

We tried Whole Foods' new smart grocery carts that tally up your bill as you shop and allow you to just walk out. Here's how it went. @_estefancy https://t.co/IwXEmXbmbX via @sfstandard

Super fun and only-in-SF story by @jonahowenlamb Why was a house floating in the middle of San Francisco Bay? https://t.co/6Y6brsmNvH via @sfstandard

My boyfriend and I have a joke: When he asks me where I’m going and I say “church,” that means I’m going to the 99. What shall this heathen do now? This was such a SoCal institution! ⁦@byandreachang⁩ 99 Cents Only to close all 371 stores https://t.co/eUNMPlSc1b