Inside the Newsroom

CalMatters won first place for general excellence and a host of reporting topics in the California News Publishers Association contest.

CalMatters continues to hire the best and brightest people to deliver more nonpartisan California news you can depend on.

Robert Lewis has earned two of five finalist spots in the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Awards for reporting.

The latest awards for CalMatters journalists from the Sacramento Press Club show the ability to trudge past a lack of access to bring the public essential information and unique human stories.

The CalMatters 2022 Voter Guide is integral to the nonprofit newsroom’s mission of giving Californians information they need to understand and engage with the government and our democracy.

CalMatters CEO Neil Chase says fellowships are part of the organization's continued development of talented staff members.

CalMatters Vice President of Product Strategy Kim Fox recently spoke about the relationship between news and product at the SXSW festival.

Today is GivingTuesday, an exciting opportunity for you to support CalMatters. I’m looking back at our most meaningful work throughout the year, and we could not have done this important nonprofit journalism without our readers, subscribers and members. Thank you for reading and supporting our journalism in 2021. When you support CalMatters today and through the […]

Six years ago, we started CalMatters with a bold mission to deliver strong public service journalism that empowers Californians to engage with their state government. I’m excited to share with you that we’re continuing this commitment with the launch of Glass House: California Legislator Tracker. Our team has been working hard to create an accessible […]

I joined CalMatters when we launched in July 2015, and back then we were a small team of just six employees jammed inside a tiny office in downtown Sacramento. With one editor and three reporters on staff, it was pretty difficult, as you can imagine, to meet the overwhelming task of covering a state government […]