Poetry, Spoken Word, Prose and Print Program

THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS FOR A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY

Host Susan Taylor and guest Miriam Raftery are in conversation about writing novels and short stories but concentrate on news writing for print media. Miriam is the editor and investigative journalist for East County Magazine.

Miriam Raftery is also the producer of news show East County Magazine, one of the first local programs carried on KNSJ reporting on news and events in East County.  Today Sue and Miriam talk at length about writing news articles and the very important job of being an investigative journalist.  Miriam talks about how she became an investigative journalist, the need for tenacity and curiosity to go in-depth to keep the public informed on what is happening—information that might not be covered by other news outlets. 

About East County Magazine

Our mission is to provide in-depth news, views and events coverage for the inland areas in San Diego County, reflecting the broad diversity of people and issues in our region, particularly those under-represented in other media. As nonprofit media, we reflect the public interest—not special interests, with a strong commitment to covering social justice issues,  diverse and mulicultural voices,community concerns, environmental/land use issues, and nonpartisan political  stories in our region’s urban, rural, mountain and desert communities. We also celebrate our region’s attractions and rich cultural heritage, with special sites such as Best of East County, Tribal Beat, People Power, Refugee Voices, Arts and Music, and more.  We reflect your interest–the public interest–not special interests

East County Magazine also founded and operates East County Wildfire & Emergency Alerts, keeping people safe and informed throughout San Diego County via e-mail and Twitter alerts. In addition we produce the East County Magazine radio show on KNSJ 89.1 FM. 

Subscriptions to our weekly e-newsletter and our wildfire/emergency alerts are free public services.

East County Magazine (www.EastCountyMagazine.org)  is an award-winning nonpartisan community news organization most recently in 2024, receiving three awards from  SPJ San Diego: second place, investigative/enterprise story.  East County Magazine has won a multitude of awards–146 major journalism awards. San Diego Press Club named our site the best general interest website and second best news site in San Diego County for 2009. We’ve racked up awards each year since then, including many special awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. Our team of writers has won major prizes for investigative reporting, news, features, multi-cultural coverage, environmental reporting and more.