Your nonprofit & nonpartisan state newsroom dedicated to explaining how government impacts our lives.

Industry

Online Audio and Video Media

Company size

51-200 employees

Headquarters

Sacramento, CA

Type

Nonprofit

Founded

2015

Specialties

journalism, statehouse, policy, politics, california, media, and nonprofit

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  Introducing the CalMatters Changemaker Salon - a special gathering that brings together prominent thought leaders for an unscripted, off-the-record conversation about the issues shaping California's future. We launched the series in Los Angeles with our inaugural salon on early childhood education, where we gathered ECE leaders, funders and civic voices committed to this work. We were also proud to have PNC Bank join us (Daniel Timmons and Debbie Marshall) as a founding partner of the Salon, whose generous support helped make the convening possible. We dug into what it will actually take to move the needle on early childhood education across California, and the energy in the room made one thing clear: this is exactly the kind of dialogue our communities need. We're planning to bring the same intimate, off-the-record format to more of the issues shaping California, alongside our tentpole Ideas Festival, which got its start in Sacramento and is expanding to Los Angeles and San Francisco in 2027. Stay tuned as we're just getting started. 📸 Jules Hotz

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  CalMatters seeks a visionary and entrepreneurial Director of Editorial Events to build and lead a strategy that expands our audience, elevates California’s most important conversations, and strengthens our organization. The ideal candidate is equal parts creative producer, journalist, audience strategist and general manager. If that’s you, you’ll create compelling, journalism-driven experiences that bring our reporting to life, convene influential newsmakers and community leaders, and engage Californians in meaningful dialogue about the issues shaping the state. This full-time position with benefits is based in California. There is a preference for candidates located in the greater Sacramento area but it is not required. The salary range for this position is $105,000 to $125,000 per year. Please share this post with your networks. How to apply: https://lnkd.in/euRFinAW

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  We're hiring! CalMatters seeks someone who will put our journalism into the hands of the Californians who need it, by building relationships with organizations people trust. That means nonprofits, schools, advocacy groups, political clubs, libraries, churches, community centers, even restaurants. The places where people come together and talk about their lives, and where they get information from trusted sources. The salary range for this position is $85,000 to $100,000 per year. For more details about the job and how to apply, check out https://lnkd.in/e_QkbJQW Please share this post with your networks.

  Director of Civic Partnerships https://calmatters.org

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  Today, CalMatters and Evident debuted The Cut, a documentary that traces the human toll of health care cuts through the eyes of doctors and patients at St. John's Community Health in Los Angeles. In the 21-minute film, reporter Kristen Hwang takes you inside a safety net clinic as it wrestles with the largest Medicaid cuts in history. Watch it now: https://lnkd.in/eJJ8Jirh And read how Hwang spent months gaining the trust of patients and providers at St. John’s. “Reporting on healthcare last year felt like tumbling through a hurricane,” she writes. “The changes were immediate and relentless.” https://lnkd.in/ezgpc_g2

  Inside California's Fight to Fund Health Care

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  We're hiring! CalMatters/The Markup seeks someone experienced in transcription who believes in the power of journalism and civic engagement to strengthen democracy and wants to use their skills to make a real difference in people’s lives. This role is remote and requires occasional travel to our Sacramento office and to San Luis Obispo, where Digital Democracy was developed and where some on the team are based. Our preference is for you to live in California, but we will consider other U.S.-based candidates. Please share this post with your networks. More information: https://lnkd.in/ei39Hq9d 📸 Fred Greaves

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  We are grateful for CalMatters members, like Valerie, whose donation powers our nonpartisan and independent voter guide and journalism. Please consider an extra gift today when donations can be matched dollar-for-dollar. https://cal.news/4yh8bw6

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  The number of people held in privately-run immigration detention centers in California has more than doubled since last year, leading to widespread reports of unsafe and overcrowded conditions. Since September, six people have died at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center and the Imperial Regional Detention Facility, both in Southern California. Given the stakes, Californians have a vital interest in knowing what is happening in these facilities, which are run by private, for-profit companies. Instead, the centers are shrouded in secrecy, leading detainees to stage hunger strikes and sit-ins and to throw notes over barbed-wire fences to draw attention to their treatment. It’s unlikely the federal government will increase transparency at the centers anytime soon. But California could shed light on what is happening inside by making a targeted change to its open records law to require local agencies to disclose any 911 calls and related records about the detention centers. Earlier this year, @CalMatters reported that in 2025 the San Diego County sheriff received reports of several alleged sexual assaults at the Otay Mesa immigration detention center. The sheriff’s department didn’t investigate the allegations. Rather, it has an agreement with the center that gives the warden the power to decide if an investigation should be conducted. When reporters asked for records about the cases, citing the California Public Records Act, the sheriff’s department denied their request. It said it did not have to disclose the records because they fall under a carveout in the public records law that protects investigative records — even though the sheriff was not investigating the cases. Important commentary by Paloma Esquivel https://lnkd.in/gzjYE-hq

  Opinion | Californians have a right to know about 911 calls from ICE detention centers https://calmatters.org

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  We are grateful for CalMatters members, like Petra, whose donation powers our nonpartisan and independent voter guide and journalism. Please consider an extra gift today when donations can be matched dollar-for-dollar. https://cal.news/4yh8bw6

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  Today is CalMatters’ 11th anniversary. Give today to back independent reporting that Californians use to vote with confidence, follow the facts and hold the powerful accountable. Please give today. https://cal.news/4yh8bw6