Inside the Newsroom

CalMatters was founded in 2015 to fill a critical gap in covering state government.

CalMatters and Catchlight collaborate to tell human stories of people’s experiences in California.

The award is given by the American Journalism Online program at New York University, the university’s first fully online master’s program.

CalMatters’ newest hires improve our coverage of education and homelessness and boost engagement and fundraising.

CalMatters internships provide valuable training and make our work better.

This is just the latest evidence of the value provided by CalMatters’ partnerships that bring the newsroom’s high quality journalism to people across TV news programs, radio stations and newspapers.

CalMatters launched the Youth Journalism Initiative in 2022 to help programs bring more high school students into journalism.

Judges in this year’s California Journalism Awards called out CalMatters’ work as “insightful,” “impressive” and “comprehensive.”

Kristen Hwang reports on health care and policy for CalMatters. She is passionate about humanizing data-driven stories and examining the intersection of public health and social justice.

New honors for CalMatters highlight efforts to serve the millions of people who rely on television for their news coverage.