Awards and Announcements

At a time when the media is struggling to regain public trust, a nonpartisan voter guide could help.

First thing on a Wednesday morning, Dave Lesher is putting out journalistic fires – tweaking headlines, prioritizing stories, worrying about a newsletter.

CALmatters is pleased to announce that Janet Clayton, senior vice president of corporate communications for Southern California Edison and its parent company Edison International, has joined the nonprofit news organization’s Board of Directors. “I have known Janet for many years at the LA Times, where she was a highly respected editorial page editor and Assistant […]

Veteran Editorial Editor and Writer, Political Affairs Columnist  Joins Nonprofit Nonpartisan Public Interest Journalism Venture Dan Morain, editorial page editor and political affairs columnist at The Sacramento Bee, is bringing his decades of experience and institutional knowledge to CALmatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it […]

CALmatters is pleased to announce three new additions to our Sacramento-based team, starting in January. Since our launch in 2015, the new positions will grow CALmatters’ total staff to 18 full time members. The jobs — for social media, videography and higher education coverage — will expand CALmatters’ coverage and improve our ability to explain […]

Marcia Parker, the publisher and COO of CALmatters, was honored this month at the 140th Annual Winter Meeting of the California Press Foundation with the Jack Bates award.

The California nonprofit CalMatters is out to make that case—that wealthy individuals in particular are willing to help fill the growing gaps in news coverage.

Dear Friends, CALmatters. It’s not just our name. It’s what drives our team to produce compelling coverage on how Sacramento works and why it matters. CALmatters was launched two years ago because we saw a pressing need for statewide explanatory journalism, analysis and commentary about policy and politics to fill an alarming void in coverage […]

Today, CALmatters has more than 110 news partners around the state, a staff of 17, a $2.2 million budget, and we’re the biggest statehouse bureau in the political heart of the U.S.’s largest state, as measured by staff size or audience reach.

Sacramento, CA (June 14, 2017) — Dan Walters, the influential newspaper columnist who for more than 40 years has chronicled the people and politics of California’s state Capitol, is bringing his decades of experience and institutional knowledge to CALmatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it […]