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Brianna Lee
What I cover
I lead LAist's community engagement team, which builds closer relationships between our newsroom and the communities we serve. We reach out to neighborhoods across SoCal, talk to community members about what's on their minds and bring back their insights, perspectives, questions and experiences to the newsroom to guide our coverage.
My background
I joined LAist in 2016 and spent four years as the newsroom’s social media lead, then served as a community engagement producer from 2020 to 2025. Throughout this time I focused heavily on elections and civics: writing voter guides, covering results through our post-election newsletter, delivering in-person workshops on how to research the local offices on your ballot and personally answering hundreds of voter questions.
My goals
I want people to feel that their local newsroom is a welcoming, trusted part of their community that equips them to solve problems together.
Best way to reach me
Email me at blee@laist.com if you have questions about elections, feedback on our coverage or if you're interested in working with LAist out in your community!
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Plus tips for claiming credit on courses you took a long time ago.
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Turns out there are lots of people whose job it is to help you.
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Missed our live, virtual event answering your questions? We’ve put together some of the key highlights.
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There's LAPD and LASD — and 70 more(!) police departments operating in Los Angeles County.
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"If we were to draw clear boundaries around what does or doesn't constitute harmful cultural appropriation in all cases, a lot of people would be satisfied," writes Brianna Lee, part of the LAist newsroom and a Racism 101 answer panelist. But as Lee explains, she isn't interested in making the masses comfortable. She'd rather make them think, talk and learn.
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For starters, you're automatically getting a mail-in ballot.
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L.A. County has opened eight cooling centers.
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City officials released a survey for the community's input on how to safely reopen.
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We're compiling a list and keeping it updated as frequently as we can.
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In the age of COVID-19, everyone is trying to figure out what's proper social etiquette for confronting people not following public health rules.
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There's a new batch of etiquette dilemmas to navigate in the time of the coronavirus.
