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Patrick Range McDonald Wins ‘Best Activism Journalism’ Award

September 24, 2020 By Staff

Patrick Range McDonald Garcetti-fication

Patrick Range McDonald is the winner of the “Best Activism Journalism” award from the Los Angeles Press Club. In previous years, he’s received the “Journalist of the Year” award from the L.A. Press Club and the national “Public Service” award from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, among other honors. McDonald is the advocacy journalist for Housing Is A Human Right, one of the leading housing justice organizations in the United States.

McDonald earned the “Best Activism Journalism” award for his 2019 investigative report on Los Angeles’ gentrification crisis, titled “The Garcetti-fication of Los Angeles: A Gentrification Cautionary Tale.”

In the report, he wrote: “At the end of his inauguration speech, as the sky grew dark, Mayor Eric Garcetti boasted that Los Angeles is a ‘paradise.’ In truth, the nation’s second largest city had become a high-profile cautionary tale about modern-day gentrification in California and throughout the United States—and how politicians vigorously push it through. It’s a story that took place over years and often behind closed doors, but can no longer be ignored. Too many lives—in L.A. and across the country—hang in the balance.”

Unfortunately, L.A.’s gentrification crisis has only worsened, which has fueled the housing affordability and homelessness crises. But Housing Is A Human Right continues to push for urgent solutions.

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: California, Fordham University, gentrification, Housing Is A Human Right, Journalism, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Press Club, Patrick Range McDonald, Proposition 21

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