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Leslie Berestein Rojas

@lberesteinrojas

Journalism profesora at @USC, Fall 2024. Alumna of @KPCC/@LAist , @sdut, @TimeInc, @ocregister and @latimes, long ago. L.A. Cubana, likes coffee.

 Los Angeles, Calif.
Joined July 2010
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The @USCAnnenberg Media Center open house is underway!
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Setting up for this afternoon’s Media Center open house @USCAnnenberg. The Annenberg Radio News table is ready!
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Ta-da! Today's my first official day on campus as Director of Audio News and full-time professor of journalism at @USCAnnenberg. Can't wait for the semester to begin!
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Thanks to all who attended our #NAHJ2024 Taping the Sound of L.A. field audio workshop on Hollywood Boulevard! We had a blast. Special thanks to my stellar @LAist co-presenters @mariana_dale @monicabushman and @vic_alejandro_. A pic from the field.
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After latest homeless count, officials cheered progress. But for many unhoused Latinos little has changed laist.com/news/housing-homel…
After latest homeless count, officials cheered progress. But for many unhoused Latinos little has...

After latest homeless count, officials cheered progress. But for many unhoused Latinos little has...

The results of the recent homeless count showed fewer unhoused people sleeping outdoors in L.A. But for unhoused Latinos, the region's largest unhoused…

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So glad this is out! Listen to Part 3 of Return to Mexico from @LAistStudios laist.com/brief/news/shows/i…
Life after deportation

Life after deportation

Challenges include stigma, denied visas

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Episode 2 of 'Return to Mexico' is out: Very proud to have worked with the talented @LAistStudios team on this moving and timely story of one man's life after deportation. laist.com/brief/news/shows/i…
'Return to Mexico'

'Return to Mexico'

After deportation, call center job maintains ties

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Very proud to have worked as the consulting newsroom editor for this heartfelt, deeply reported @LAist podcast, in which reporter Lorena Rios @riostlorena explores complicated emotional nuances of life after deportation. Stellar work by @LAistStudios team laist.com/news/shows/imperfe…
Why I wanted to tell the story of what happens after deportation from the US to Mexico

Why I wanted to tell the story of what happens after deportation from the US to Mexico

Lorena Ríos reflects on reporting “Return to Mexico,” a four-part series of LAist Studios podcast Imperfect Paradise.

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Biden's plan will shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation npr.org/2024/06/18/g-s1-4918…
Biden's plan will shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation

Biden's plan will shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation

Executive actions from the White House will offer parole to up to half a million immigrants.

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A Cuban With A Mexican Soul: How An LA Cubana Became A Mariachi Godmother laist.com/news/arts-and-ente…

A Cuban With A Mexican Soul: How An LA Cubana Became A Mariachi Godmother

Mariachi USA festival founder and producer Rodri Rodriguez was born in Cuba and settled in Los Angeles in her teens. Amid the city’s vibrant Mexicanidad,…

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A Less-Visible Side Of The Latino Homelessness Crisis laist.com/news/housing-homel…
A Less-Visible Side Of The Latino Homelessness Crisis

A Less-Visible Side Of The Latino Homelessness Crisis

Latinos make up a disproportionate share of Angelenos experiencing “doubled up” homelessness — staying with family or friends to remain housed.

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Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years apnews.com/article/separated…
Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years

A proposed court settlement prevents the government from policies to separate migrant parents from their children at the border for eight years.

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Many of us living nearby thought it was just the Farmer John slaughterhouse -- turns out there was more to it.
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“Smells like death” Excellent reporting work by my colleague @julia_p_barajas on rendering plants in southwest LA and their effects on community health. laist.com/news/climate-envir…
Years of putrid odors, scores of complaints. The fight over a facility that recycles dead animals...

Years of putrid odors, scores of complaints. The fight over a facility that recycles dead animals...

Baker Commodities Inc. in the city of Vernon is suing the government agency that oversees it for $200 million in damages. Neighbors had celebrated its…

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This past weekend, I sat down with @LAist and @NPR to discuss my new film "American Homeboy." Read the full story, written by @Multi_American, at the link below! laist.com/news/arts-and-ente…
A Love Letter To The Pachuco And Cholo Culture Close To LA’s Heart

A Love Letter To The Pachuco And Cholo Culture Close To LA’s Heart

The documentary "American Homeboy" from film newcomer Brandon Loran Maxwell offers deep insider perspectives on pachuco and cholo culture, whose history…

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A Love Letter To The Pachuco And Cholo Culture Close To LA’s Heart laist.com/news/arts-and-ente…
A Love Letter To The Pachuco And Cholo Culture Close To LA’s Heart

A Love Letter To The Pachuco And Cholo Culture Close To LA’s Heart

The documentary "American Homeboy" from film newcomer Brandon Loran Maxwell offers deep insider perspectives on pachuco and cholo culture, whose history…

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Federal judge again declares Obama-era DACA program unlawful | CNN Politics

Federal judge again declares Obama-era DACA program unlawful | CNN Politics

A federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that a regulation intended to preserve the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful, delivering a major blow to the Biden admini...

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Many were older, longtime employees, with limited English and specialized jobs skills that are difficult to transfer. Months after they were let go, these workers are struggling to start over. laist.com/news/months-after-…

Months After Farmer John Slaughterhouse Shutdown, Workers Struggle To Start Over

The Vernon plant had a staff the size of a village — more than 2,000 people, most of them immigrants, many of them longtime workers. Some had been there…

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What a great run! After 8 months we're finally winding down our crowdsourced Being American essay series. laist.com/being-american We close w/this lovely piece from Arnie Puentes. It's been wonderful working with all our community contributors, thank you! laist.com/news/learning-on-t…
Being American

Being American

These are your stories about how “American” is defined in L.A.

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US Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action. What That Means For California's Future College Students laist.com/news/education/us-…
US Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action. What That Means For California's Future College...

US Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action. What That Means For California's Future College...

The ruling is expected to impact California even though the state banned affirmative action nearly three decades ago.

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