Brianna is a writer, photographer, runner, yogi, restaurant stalker, storyteller and wannabe poet.
She is a second-year graduate student in the M.A in journalism program and is the editor-in-chief at Annenberg’s award winning digital news site, Neon Tommy. Brianna is also an experienced education reporter who specializes in covering public education, policy, school security and the Los Angeles Unified School District. She also covers the organic food industry and California agriculture.
Most importantly she possesses a black-diamond chocolate chip cookie palate and will happily judge any cookie delivered to her with extreme thoroughness and expertise. Hint, hint.
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Hollywood hotel workers know the neighborhood isn't all glamorous
Nightshift hotel workers see all that goes on in Hollywood after dark.
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Los Angeles magnet shool shows off successful STEM and AP program
The Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) is a prestigious magnet school focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematic...
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New SAT won't close achievement gap for low-income, minority students
The SAT is getting another makeover and the College Board touts the test will be easier and more accessible to...
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California teachers defend seniority in landmark Vergara v. California education case
How do you create a system that protects teachers' rights and also students' right to a quality education?
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Sign spinners: the everyday extreme sport
You would never guess that many of these workers are part of a burgeoning sub culture that is not on...
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Los Angeles activists join national immigration reform hunger strike
Hunger strikers in Washington DC have not eaten in 23 days in support of immigration rights. Now some LA strikers...
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Leimert Park's World Stage fights eviction
Changes are threatening Leimert Park, an African American cultural hub. The World Stage is the arts and culture corner stone...
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LA Sheriff Department needs multiple layers of oversight, critics say
The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors is evaluating calls for a civilian oversight committee and an inspector general to oversee...
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L.A. Unified Superintendent Deasy to stay through 2016
After days of tense rumors that he would resign, L.A. Unified Superintendent John Deasy will remain at the helm of...
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Booming U.S. organic industry has California farmers increasing acreage
California's sales of organic products have grown more than 50 percent in just three years, with the state leading the...
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Leimert Park targeted by investors because of new Metro stop
Some fear Metro's new light rail stop in Leimert Park could bring an end to L.A.'s historic African American cultural...
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LA's Indigenous communities advocate for vital interpretation services
Los Angeles is home to almost 10 percent of the nation's Latino population, but many of these residents hail from...
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South LA charter school gets first all-girls running group
A group of fifth-grade girls are learning about teamwork, body image, nutrition and how to run 3.2 miles.
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Metro employment initiative leaves South LA construction workers skeptical
The new Crenshaw/LAX corridor project, phase two of L.A.'s light rail line, promises thousands of middle-class jobs to workers in...
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