USC student tackles Kern River for media project

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March 26, 2021

A compilation of Kern River photos in USC student’s article. CREDIT: Jonathan Horwitz

It may surprise you (it surprises me all the time) but a lot of young people are deeply interested in how our world runs.

Especially young people who also have a passion for journalism.

One of those young people, Jonathan Horwitz, a graduate fellow at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, contacted me some months ago asking about water.

He wanted to do a multimedia project on the subject and eventually settled on the complexities of the Kern River.

Below is a link to his finished product, which I think deserves an A+.

CLICK HERE FOR KERN RIVER ARTICLE

Author

Lois Henry

CEO and editor Lois Henry has spent 30 years covering the San Joaquin Valley.

She was raised on a ranch east of Fresno and attended Fresno State where she majored in Journalism.

In Bakersfield she covered a variety of beats including the military, social services, the oil industry, city and county government and did a stint in Sacramento at The Californian’s capitol bureau.

Henry spent 10 years as a manager and was the lead editor for the paper’s many award-winning projects.

In 2007, she began a twice weekly, investigative column and was able to focus on one of her passions – water.

Valley residents innately understand the importance of water. Henry has helped develop that understanding by untangling the complicated knots of rights, lawsuits, contracts and deals by which water is moved and consumed.

She plans to continue that mission through SJV Water.

Henry lives with her husband, one dog and two very spoiled cats in Bakersfield.