The Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal, two of the city’s most trusted news sources, are joining The LA Local, expanding our network of neighborhood-led newsrooms into L.A. County’s second-largest city.
For nearly two decades, the Post and Business Journal have helped residents understand what’s happening in their city and hold power accountable. When they reported onLong Beach’s failure to reduce traffic deaths, residents showed up to City Council meetings citing the coverage and the Council voted to expedite safety improvements. When they spotlighted a beloved local bookstore at risk of closing, the story spread and the bookstore found a new home.
But like so many local outlets across the country, the Post faced real financial instability as the old funding model for local news continued to collapse. Not because Long Beach readers stopped caring but because the economics stopped working…