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At the Long Beach Post, we have taken each challenge in stride, listening to the community in order to better serve you. Many of the projects and initiatives we announced this year were already months in the making, while other actions were born out of the demands of the community to do better.
As we reflect on the past year, we would like to take a moment to acknowledge the work we did together and the decisions we made in 2020.
Report for America
In June, two bilingual local journalists joined the newsroom to cover North and West Long Beach as part of a previously announced partnership with Report For America, which places reporters in undercovered communities across the country. Their reporting has allowed us to cover neighborhoods beyond breaking news and crime, focusing on accountability journalism and stories that bring residents together. They have also allowed the Post to serve the local Spanish-speaking community with translated and original reporting. Sebastian Echeverry and Crystal Niebla are committed to their beats until 2022. Their positions are funded in part by supporters of the program while newsrooms are responsible for the other half of the reporters’ salaries.