On the July 1st edition of Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll talk with reporters about the coverage of homelessness in the Bay Area, and how it is reported nationwide.
More than 70 media organizations banded together to bring attention to the growing homeless crisis and explore possible solutions. What did you learn from the coverage? And did it raise public awareness? Join the conversation, on the next Your Call, with Matt Martin, and you.
Guests:
Gale Holland, staff writer with the LA Times
Daniel Beekman, staff reporter with Seattle Times
Kevin Fagan, longtime reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle
Web Resources:
SF Homeless Project: Beyond Homelessness
Gale Holland, LA Times: Los Angeles may pass new ban on homeless people living in cars
Gale Holland, LA Times: Subsidized rent, but nowhere to go -- homeless vouchers go unused
Daniel Beekman, Seattle Times: Houston’s solution to the homeless crisis: Housing — and lots of it
Kevin Fagan, SF Chronicle: Solution to SF's homeless problem starts with supportive housing
Recommended on the roundtable:
Buzzfeed: Can you find a place to sleep tonight?
Kevin Fagan, SF Chronicle: SF homeless problem looks the same as it did 20 years ago
KPIX: Despite $241 million budget, SF still struggling with homelessnes