Jacob Margolis
What I cover
I cover science, with a focus on environmental stories and disasters, as well as investigations and accountability.
My background
I created, wrote and hosted the LAist Studios podcasts, The Big One: Your Survival Guide and The Big Burn: How To Survive In The Age of Wildfires. I was part of the team that won the 2021 Investigative Reporters and Editors Audio Journalism Award for the series "Hot Days: Heat’s Mounting Death Toll On Workers In The U.S. "Most recently, I’ve published investigations into large scale illegal dumping in L.A. County and previously unreported heavy metal concentrations in fire retardants.
My goals
To uncover how science, policy, and power intersect — so people have the information they need to hold decision-makers accountable and protect their communities.
Best way to reach me
You can reach me by email: jmargolis@laist.com. Or for encrypted communications, I'm on Signal: jacobmargolis.1.
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I don't know about you, but I'm tired of shuffling my warm weather plants in and out of the house because it's so cold. -
It’s also the most populated county, by about 5 million people. -
Pockets of heavy rain and snow could make driving dangerous. -
Pockets of heavy rain and snow could make driving dangerous. -
They just begun refilling it for the first time since 2019. -
The move comes more than two years after the controversial clearing of hundreds of unhoused people. -
We have the latest on damage and clean up from the heavy rains, winds and tornadoes that hit the region this week. -
The National Weather Service confirmed the extraordinarily rare weather events. -
Southern California's latest winter storm is on its way out. -
It’s scary and tragic when collapses happen, but we’ve built a whole lot of homes on hills that are being slowly eroded by the sea.
