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Patrick Range McDonald
Author and journalist
ABOUT
Patrick Range McDonald is an author and journalist based in Los Angeles, California. He writes about a wide array of subjects, and he has dedicated his career to holding the powerful accountable and giving voice to the voiceless.
McDonald was a longtime staff writer at L.A. Weekly. His investigative reporting earned him numerous honors, including “Journalist of the Year” from the Los Angeles Press Club and the national “Public Service” award from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.
Currently, he is the advocacy journalist for Housing Is A Human Right, one of the leading housing justice organizations in the United States. For his work, McDonald received the "Best Activism Journalism" award from the Los Angeles Press Club. In 2023, he founded Letters From Over Here, a literary magazine.
BOOKS
McDonald is the author of Righteous Rebels: AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Crusade to Change the World and co-writer of Richard J. Riordan's memoir The Mayor: How I Turned Around Los Angeles After Riots, an Earthquake and the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial.
