By Catherine L. Benamou, Ph.D. | Edited by Patricia Guadalupe

Local news coverage is vital in these times. Launched in 2010, the bilingual community newsroom Boyle Heights Beat/Pulso de Boyle Heights is celebrating its quinceañero! The nonprofit newsroom, which began as a youth-powered project supported by the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism and the Spanish-language daily La Opinión in Los Angeles, appears quarterly in print, daily online, and has grown into a dynamic collaboration between 28 youth reporters (all of them high schoolers), three professional reporters, one social media producer, and two editors reporting on stories such as local school closures during the January wildfires and the activities of newly elected Los Angeles City Council member Ysabel Jurado.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/palabra/2025/08/community-newsroom-with-a-strong-pulse.html