On the anniversary of Humboldt’s first COVID-19 death, we’re looking back on the people we lost with glimpses of their lives gleaned from obituaries and interviews with family members. We’re also talking about the vaccines we now have access to — a live-saving option those lost didn’t have — and what it could mean if […]
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NCJ Preview: Vaccinations and Spicy Noodles
What’s with these empty vaccination appointments? With cases spiking once again, public health officials are trying new strategies to get shots in arms. We’re also sharing a recipe for heating things up with cold sesame-peanut noodles. Hit subscribe to get weekly updates on stories from around the county. Related Stories
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NCJ Preview: Anti-Asian Racism, Government Transparency and Those EPD Texts
This week we’re talking about how the recent shootings in Atlanta and their aftermath fit a historic pattern of anti-Asian racism and how the national trend ripples to Humboldt. We’ve also got the Foilies, the annual roundup of outrageous incidents of redaction and refusal of public records. And we’re following up on the Eureka Police […]
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Trinidad Council Schedules Special Urgency Meeting Tonight to Address STR Rent Moratorium
The Trinidad City Council is scheduled to hold a special council meeting tonight to consider adopting a special COVID-19 moratorium on short-term rentals (STR). Trinidad is considering the moratorium as the city continues to see tourism despite the county moving to the state’s “widespread” COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tier. The adoption of the moratorium could impact […]
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NCJ Preview: Post-election Perspectives and Pandemic Wine Tasting
This week we’re looking at how many ballots are left to count in our county and where local elections stand. We’ll also talk about the local community leaders who contributed letters to this week’s paper about the presidential election results and what President-elect Biden’s win means and doesn’t mean to them and us. And how does […]
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NCJ Preview with Access Humboldt
This week we’re sharing updates about Humboldt’s COVID-19 cases and community transmission, and looking back at how the county managed during the 1918-1919 flu epidemic. And why wearing a DIY mask is a way to put your community first. Click subscribe for weekly YouTube video updates.
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NCJ Preview with Access Humboldt
This week news editor Thad Greenson and arts and features editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill talk with host David Frank about an off-duty assault that cost a local police officer his job, a not weird enough Netflix series set (but not filmed) in Humboldt and a couple of classic Chinese American recipes for crab. Watch the […]
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The Journal Scores Nine California News Awards
The California News Publishers Association handed out its awards yesterday, of which the Journal, finalist for 12 categories, scored nine awards. We are crazy proud of our winning writers and designers, and of every person who makes each issue possible. Hearty thanks go the community of readers who support us. Awards include: First Place Coverage of […]
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My Selfish Lens
On Monday the New York Times published an article on the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Senate Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. “[T]he report said, premiums for older people would be much higher under the Senate bill than under current law. As an example, it said, for a typical […]
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Talking Transparency
Sunshine Week, that celebration of journalistic freedom and the public’s right to know, may be well over, but you can keep the spirit going. If you missed Access Humboldt’s March 20 “Transparency and Privacy Roundtable” hosted by Sean McLaughlin and featuring Shahid Buttar of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills and the Journal‘s own news editor Thadeus […]
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Press Time
For a long time citizen journalists annoyed me. I blamed them for destroying the news profession. If people gave away work for free, why would anyone pay a journalist to collect and report news? And without professional journalists we couldn’t have a reliable and credible stream of information to depend on. But now I think […]
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Journal News Editor Wins Freedom of Information Award
The Society of Professional Journalists Northern California officially announced yesterday that Thadeus Greenson, the Journal‘s news editor, won a James Madison Freedom of Information Award. It’s an award Caroline Titus of the Ferndale Enterprise took home in 2016, and the Journal‘s then staff writer and editor Hank Sims and Emily Gurnon won in 2005. Greenson […]