Richmondside Launches to Fill Dearth of Coverage

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Richmond, Calif. is home to more than 115,000 residents and major corporations and refineries, including Chevron. But like many cities, Richmond had been left without a dedicated daily newspaper or consistent, independent news coverage. Now a new local publication, Richmondside, promises to bring residents more news about government, schools, public safety and local businesses. It’s part of Cityside, a journalism nonprofit that also runs Berkeleyside and Oaklandside. The founders spent about a year hearing from residents about the types of news they were missing. We’ll talk with them about their coverage plans and hear from you: What are the Richmond stories you want to read about? Guests: Tasneem Raja, editor-in-chief, The Oaklandside; former interactive editor, Mother Jones Kari Hulac, editor-in-chief, Richmondside; editor, The Hayward Daily Review; features editor, The Oakland Tribune Joel Umanzor, city hall reporter, Richmondside Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.2	Music From KQED. From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal. Richmond, California is a fascinating, beautiful place, jutting out into the water as it transitions from San Francisco Bay to San Pablo Bay.
1:00.0	Home to big oil refineries and fossil fuel tank farms, Richmond is not a wealthy town with a median income under $40,000.
1:08.2	Today we talk about the city with its newly minted journalistic outfit Richmond side,
1:13.5	an extension of the city side publications that now cover Oakland and Berkeley.
1:17.8	Richmond isn't just a symbol of the Bay Area's punishing inequality,
1:21.7	it's a city with a proud history, a stunning landscape, and a ton of potential.
1:25.9	We want to hear from residents. What does Richmond mean to you?
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1:42.1	We all know that local journalism has been in decline for many years.
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