The accolades keep coming. We were proud to report last month that the Journal took home a dozen awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual statewide contest, and we’re prouder today to announce that we’ve been named a finalist in two categories in the esteemed national Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s annual throwdown. The association, […]
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The New Yorker Does Humboldt
Humboldt County just got The New Yorker treatment. The lead story on the magazine’s website today, “How Legalization Changed Humboldt County Marijuana,” takes a deep dive into Humboldt County’s cannabis industry, its roots and its future. Spoiler alert: The piece isn’t entirely optimistic. “Before legalization, people grew cannabis however they could and developed methods to […]
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NCJ Snags a Dozen Awards at Statewide Journalism Contest
The California Newspaper Publishers Association held its annual awards gala over the weekend and we are pleased to announce the Journal took home 12 awards, including top honors in four categories. The association, which was founded in 1888 and has more than 500 member papers throughout the state, holds the annual California Journalism Awards contest […]
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Letter from Legislators: KHSU Gutting a ‘Slap in the Face’
Adding to a growing list, current and former North Coast legislators are calling on the California State University Chancellor’s Office to suspend any decision-making on the future of KHSU until new top administrators arrive at Humboldt State University. HSU President Lisa Rossbacher and Vice President of Advancement Craig Wruck, who oversees KHSU, are both slated […]
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KHSU Dismantling Rebuked, KEET Board to Discuss Possible Radio Venture
The recent turmoil at KHSU and the possibility of exploring a radio endeavor will be one of the discussion topics at KEET’s Board of Directors meeting Thursday but no decisions are slated to be made at this point, according to station Executive Director David Gordon. Meanwhile, the Humboldt State University Department of Journalism and the […]
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KHSU Protesters at the Arcata Farmers Market
More than 100 protestors gathered on the Arcata Plaza on Saturday morning to share their frustrations, sadness and anger about Humboldt State University’s decision on Thursday to cut the community programming volunteers and most of the staff at KHSU-FM. (The remaining two staff members David Reed and Natalya Estrada have since resigned, as well.) The […]
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Last Employee Leaves KHSU
KHSU’s Morning Host Natalya Estrada submitted her resignation to the university today, leaving the public radio station without a single employee just two days after the administration announced an across-the-board “reorganizing” that included laying off most of the staff and “indefinitely suspending” community-based programming. Her departure follows that of David Reed — Humboldt State’s appointed […]
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Reed Steps Down at KHSU
David Reed, one of two KHSU employees who were left with jobs after a sweeping shakeup at the university radio station yesterday, has resigned. In a Facebook post, Reed said that he stepped down as of 7:30 a.m. and he had “declined the offer to be KHSU’s acting director, an appointment that was made without […]
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HSU Announces Staff Eliminations, Major Changes at KHSU
Humboldt State University today announced major changes and the elimination of seven positions at its public radio station KHSU, including General Manager Peter Fretwell, whose tenure was fraught with controversy after the sudden firing of longtime program and operations director Katie Whiteside in May. Along with the staff reductions, which the university release states will […]
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A ‘Dark Day’ at KHSU
The first sign arrived yesterday afternoon, when KHSU staff members received an email from Craig Wruck informing them there would be a mandatory meeting for all paid staff today at 9 a.m. “I apologize for the extremely short notice, but this is an important meeting,” Wruck wrote. When staff arrived for the meeting this morning […]
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HSU’s El Leñador Wins Multiple Awards
Humboldt State University’s El Leñador newspaper won six first place awards in the 2019 California College Media Association statewide awards competition this year. “I can’t be more proud of our El Leñador staff,” Jose Herrera, current editor-in-chief said in the press release. “The awards are a sign that we are doing incredible work covering the community.” […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Here at the Edge
The vastness of things often comes home to me while I’m photographing at the edge of the continent or beneath the stars. To the east is the grounding solidity of the great North American land mass, to the west the immense Pacific Ocean stretches far beyond the horizon, and above, the field of stars. And […]