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ELECTION TIME–WHAT’S HAPPENING IN EAST COUNTY with MIRIAM RAFTERY, Investigative and Award-winning Journalist and Editor of East County Magazine

Miriam Raftery is the Editor and Founder of East County Magazine, a nonprofit, public interest online news site that has won over 155 major journalism awards. She also hosts the East County Magazine Radio Show on KNSJ.

Miriam has over 35 years of experience as a journalist and editor. She has won more than 400 major journalism awards, including the American Society of Journalists & Authors’ national Arlene Award for community journalism and San Diego Press Club’s Best of Show award prior to founding East County Magazine

Her awards include dozens of top honors from Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club for articles she’s written at ECM, including first place for investigative journalism, breaking news, and multicultural reporting, as well as special awards for reporting that’s made a positive difference in our community.

She has covered major news stories including the California wildfires, Congressional and presidential elections, land use issues, local politics, health, and feature stories A former columnist and freelance writer for the San Diego Union-Tribune, she has also worked as an editor of a national nutrition journal and a literary magazine as well as senior national investigative reporter for RawStory.com. Her works have appeared in many national and regional publications, from Woman’s Day to Arizona Highways, as well as in many local community newspapers and magazines.

An East County native, she is a graduate of Helix High, Grossmont College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She takes pride in exploring East County’s back roads and byways, leaving no stone unturned in the quest for news and feature stories.

https://eastcountymagazine.org

East County Magazine is your community media. We reflect the public’s interest, not special interests.

Our nonprofit online news site has won 155 major journalism awards and is updated daily. We’ve a large community of readers, averaging 5-10 million hits and 250,000 visits each month.

We also provide wildfire and emergency alerts, keeping our readers safe and informed in real time.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to provide in-depth news 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 sections such as Visit East County, People Power, Tribal Beat, Refugee Voices, Arts and Music, and more.

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.