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Patrick Range McDonald
Author and journalist
ABOUT
Patrick Range McDonald is an author, journalist, and activist. Throughout his award-winning, influential career, he's held the powerful to account and given voice to the voiceless.
As a staff writer at L.A. Weekly, McDonald's 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.
He is currently 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.
He also founded Letters From Over Here on Substack, a global comunity that offers righteous journalism and unique ideas and writing.
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.
