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Author Archives: Felicia Mello

Felicia Mello covers the state's economic divide. Prior to this role, she was editor for CalMatters' College Journalism Network, a collaboration with student journalists across California to cover higher education from the ground up. Her reporting on affordability, equity and innovation at California colleges and universities has earned awards from the California News Publishers Association and the Society for Professional Journalists Northern California chapter. She was a finalist for the Education Writers Association’s beat reporting prize in 2018. Felicia came to CalMatters from Las Vegas, where she built the digital team at Vegas Seven magazine and served as the Nevada reporter for the Center for Public Integrity’s nationwide investigation of transparency in state governments. She has also contributed stories to The Washington Post, The Nation, NPR and CNN’s Parts Unknown, among others. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley.

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Ahmad Mahmuod at Officer Christopher Wilson Memorial Park, near his childhood home in San Diego. Photo by Arlene Banuelos for CalMatters
Posted inEducation

Students push UC to abolish police departments

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Felicia Mello and Vanessa Arredondo June 19, 2020June 26, 2020
Posted inHigher Education

Meet seven college students risking their health to keep California’s economy running

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Vanessa Arredondo, Felicia Mello, Bella Ross and Adria Watson June 1, 2020June 1, 2020
Students sit on the terraced lawn outside of Kennedy Library at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on September 24, 2018. Photo by Hannah Travis via Flickr
Posted inHigher Education

State auditor: Cal State should let students vote down fee increases

Avatar photoStephanie Zappelli by Felicia Mello, Kimberly Morales and Stephanie Zappelli May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Posted inInside the Newsroom

Introducing the CalMatters College Journalism Network

Avatar photo by Felicia Mello May 7, 2020May 13, 2020
Butte College students walk onto campus as classes resume while a hillside behind the school shows just how close the wildfire got in Oroville, Calif., on Nov. 26, 2018. The community college had 431 students and 116 faculty and staff impacted by the Camp Fire. Photo by Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group
Posted inHigher Education

Disasters have shut down California colleges in the past: Here’s how they fared

Avatar photo by Felicia Mello May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
Painting major Niko Schumann picks up a canvas from the closed Chestnut st campus of San Francisco Art Institute where he is a junior. Schumann says he will likely transfer to California College of the Arts next year to finish his degree. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEducation

Private colleges brace for downturn amid pandemic fallout

Avatar photo by Felicia Mello April 22, 2020April 26, 2020
Posted inHigher Education

Corona on Campus

Avatar photo by Felicia Mello March 27, 2020July 14, 2020
Students walk near Meiklejohn Hall at California State University East Bay. Al Cal State campuses will begin requiring and ethnic studies course for graduation under a new law. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHigher Education

College Beat

Avatar photo by Felicia Mello March 26, 2020July 12, 2023
Laney College has cancelled all classes through April 6 in the wake of coronavirus concerns, while faculty train to teach online. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHigher Education

California colleges are going online. How ready are they?

Avatar photo by Vanessa Arredondo, Felicia Mello and Janelle Salanga March 17, 2020May 6, 2020
Students walk near Meiklejohn Hall at California State University East Bay. Al Cal State campuses will begin requiring and ethnic studies course for graduation under a new law. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

California schools brace for a coronavirus disruption

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Ricardo Cano, Felicia Mello and Elizabeth Aguilera February 29, 2020March 16, 2020

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