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Julie Patel Liss joins California Civic Media Board
The program is jointly funded by the state and Google and will provide grants to support local newsrooms.
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Anushka Pathak - Tue, 17, Feb 2026
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Julie Patel Liss / Courtesy: J. Emilio Flores/Cal State LA
Award-winning Indian American journalist Julie Patel Liss has been appointed to the California Civic Media Program advisory board by Governor Newsom’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
Patel Liss, head of the journalism program and associate professor in the Department of Television, Film, and Media Studies at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), was one of nine industry leaders named to the board.
The board will guide a US $20 million public-private initiative aimed at strengthening local journalism and civic engagement across California.
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Responding to the appointment, Patel Liss said, “Local news amplifies community voices, engages people in issues that affect them, and is a critical public good, much like libraries and schools.” She said the Civic Media Program’s goals align with the California State University mission to serve local communities and strengthen the news ecosystem.
She added that she hopes “to be a voice on the board for journalism educators,” as well as for student journalists and alumni working in newsrooms statewide.
At Cal State LA, Patel Liss leads journalism initiatives within the College of Arts and Letters. She oversees investigative reporting projects with students for local outlets and founded the university’s community news platform covering underreported neighborhoods in East and South Los Angeles.
Before entering academia, she worked as an investigative reporter at the Center for Public Integrity, NPR’s Washington affiliate, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and the San Jose Mercury News, earning more than 15 journalism awards and a 2008 Emmy Award. She also serves on the boards of the California College Media Association and the Asian American Journalists Association-Los Angeles.
Born in India and raised in Chicago, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Gender Studies from the University of Chicago and a Master of Arts in Communications from Stanford University.
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