I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.
As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.
As founder/executive editor at ML, I've been trying to figure out how to make my interest in local news sustainable. If Mission Local is a model, the answer might be that you - the readers - reward steady and smart content. As a thank you for that support we work every day to make our content even better.
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Lydia, check out the , well they are not decorations per say but a comment on where we are at this time of year in terms of the pandemic and the holidays . The installation is at 760 Shotwell St. one is titeled X-mas unplugged, emphasis on the X. The other , same address is in the window ,an homage to Time magazines recent cover,”The worst year ever” also emphasis on the X. There are none of the typical decorations , lights per say. So it is best to see during the day, but to cover your bases check it out at night as well. A large large glowing red orb, one that lends an ominous mood tied to the Time magazine cover. Enjoy it, I’m told its a hit.
Mauricio: Thanks for the tip. I will go up there.
All the best, Lydia
This is on Lexington, not San Carlos.