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Eric Bailey

Gardena, Los Angeles
Covers:  My most covered topic tends to be hard news, but I'm just as polished with sports, arts, and op-eds.
Doesn't Cover: There haven't been any topics that have deterred me from writing about them.
I’m a published journalist and photographer. I’m a husband and a father. I’m a proud Black man who realizes the importance of Black lives and how they matter.

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I decided to return to college after a sizable gap. The catalyst was the birth of my son in 2017. I wanted to build a better life not only for him, but myself as well.

I spent nearly a decade working in civil service before I made the decision to pursue my passion for writing.

I enrolled at Long Beach State and became an active writer for the Daily Forty-Niner, the school newspaper, as well as interned at the Beachcomber, a small, biweekly newspaper based in Long Beach, Calif.
I recently took…

What was your first job as a journalist?

I interned for the Beachcomber.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Actually, yes.

How is social media changing news?

It allows news to get out faster, but at the expense of accuracy.