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Adam Echelman covers community colleges through a partnership with Open Campus. He joined CalMatters from the Modesto Bee, where he covered issues of equity across Stanislaus County. Previously, he served as the Executive Director of Libraries Without Borders, a national nonprofit organization committed to promoting access to information. He's a graduate of Yale University.

Adam Beam covers California government and politics for AP News.

Anabel Sosa will cover the justice system for CalMatters this summer. She holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and recently graduated with a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Kristen Hwang reports on health care and policy for CalMatters. She is passionate about humanizing data-driven stories and examining the intersection of public health and social justice. Prior to joining CalMatters, Kristen earned a master’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in public health from UC Berkeley, where she researched water quality in the Central Valley. She has previously worked as a beat reporter for The Desert Sun and a stringer for the New York Times California COVID-19 team.

Jackie covers income inequity and economic survival for The California Divide collaboration. She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting in 2021 for a Reuters data-driven investigative series that examined “qualified immunity,” a legal doctrine that shields police who use excessive force. Jackie is a Report for America corps member.

Vicki Gonzalez is a Murrow and Emmy award-winning journalist with nearly 15 years of experience as a reporter, news anchor and producer.

Steven Rascón is a contributor for CapRadio and PolitiFact California. Rascón is a production assistant for the national public radio show Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. He's written for online, magazines, and radio. He was a Vote-beat reporter for CalMatters covering election misinformation throughout the golden state. His previous storytelling on the LGBTQ and Latinx community has aired on KCRW, KALX, and KQED. He's pursuing a Master's degree at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and holds a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts.

I'm lucky. I have the most delicious job in the LAist/KPCC newsroom. For me, food journalism has always been about so much more than restaurant openings, trendy chefs and droolworthy food pix. My goal is to use food as a lens to tell deeper stories — about culture, history, neighborhoods, art, justice, sustainability, immigration and anything else encompassed by that electric word "life."

Carolyn Jones is a senior reporter at EdSource. She was a reporter for 17 years at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she covered local government, the environment, breaking news and other beats. She’s also worked at the Oakland Tribune and Hayward Daily Review.

Grace covers California’s economy for CalMatters. Previously, she was an editor at the Washington Monthly. She is a graduate of Pomona College.