Laura Owen

1 month ago | sandiegometro.com | Dan Walters |Adam Echelman |Erica Yee |Laura Owen

Study tells California legislators to declare war on red tape — but will they? By Dan Walters | CalMattersConstruction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and its more famous cousin, the Golden Gate Bridge, began in 1933, and both were carrying traffic by 1937.  The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake severely damaged the Bay Bridge, leading to a decision to replace its eastern section rather than merely repair or refit it.

1 month ago | sandiegometro.com | Dan Walters |Adam Echelman |Erica Yee |Laura Owen

Study tells California legislators to declare war on red tape — but will they? By Dan Walters | CalMattersConstruction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and its more famous cousin, the Golden Gate Bridge, began in 1933, and both were carrying traffic by 1937.  The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake severely damaged the Bay Bridge, leading to a decision to replace its eastern section rather than merely repair or refit it.

Nov 27, 2024 | ijnet.org | Laura Owen

A few years back, my local mom Facebook group started a weekly thread to share the best deals on groceries around town. We tried to look through supermarkets’ circulars to pull out the best deals we saw. Someone started a spreadsheet comparing prices at Costco versus non-warehouse stores. The effort fizzled quickly. Why? Not because it wasn’t useful, but because it was so much work to do on a volunteer basis. What if a local news organization did this for us, making it part of a reporter’s job?

May 8, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Laura Owen

Posted Wednesday, May 8, 2024 5:30 pm Last year the Canadian government passed a law, the Online News Act, that would require platforms like Google and Meta to pay publishers for linking to their content.

Jul 17, 2023 | democracyjournal.org | Laura Owen |Mike Rispoli |Lisa Snowden- McCray |Nikki Usher

Democracy has, as is inevitable for a general policy journal, tended to focus on national domestic policy. But democracy is built and fortified at the local and state levels. Local newspapers and media have been decimated in recent years by falling ad revenue and predatory companies gutting newsrooms for a quick dollar. We wanted to focus on green shoots throughout the country, so we assembled a collection of experts working in and studying local news ecosystems.