Josie Huang
What I cover
I report on how culture and community shape life across Southern California with a focus on underrepresented voices.
My background
I began in newspapers out of college, covering everything from Central America’s largest dump to post-Katrina Mississippi. I moved into public radio as a host and reporter in Maine before joining LAist in 2012. For my reporting, which has spanned immigration to housing and religion, I’ve earned a regional Edward R. Murrow award and honors from the L.A. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the L.A Press Club, the Asian American Journalists Association and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
My goals
I aim to amplify stories that might otherwise go unheard and connect to the people and places that make Southern California such a dynamic home.
How to contact me
I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts about our coverage. Please reach me at jhuang@laist.com.
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Should Su win Senate confirmation, she would be the first Asian American secretary in Biden’s cabinet. -
The students from four different schools had expected to return Friday from a week at outdoor education camps in the San Bernardino Mountains. -
L.A.-based performance artist Kristina Wong's first mask-making recruits were her Asian American friends. In Sweatshop Overlord, she recounts recruiting an army of volunteers she dubbed the “Auntie Sewing Squad.” -
Hundreds to gather in Little Tokyo to remember Japanese Americans forcibly removed from homes after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. -
When Su served as California’s labor commissioner, she fought wage theft and won the support of unions.
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Newly-elected Kenneth Mejia joins Councilmember Nithya Raman as some of the city’s most visible Asian American progressives. -
After a surge in anti-Asian incidents, support is growing to build a memorial at the massacre site in downtown L.A. -
Taiwanese officials estimate thousands are flying from Southern California to Taiwan to vote in that country’s presidential election tomorrow. -
Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian population outside of Iran. The killing of top Iranian commander Qassem Suleimani is generating some strong emotions here. KPPC’s Josie Huang reports from Persian Square in Westwood. -
Voters in Westminster will decide this spring whether to recall its mayor and two city councilmembers. The Orange County Registrar of Voters has signed off on petitions for a recall election.
