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Joe Rihn

(He/Him)
Los Angeles
As seen in: dublab, Newsweek, Fast Company, Resident Advisor (RA), The American Prospect, LA Progressive, Capital & Main, L.A. Record
Covers:  Music, Arts & Culture, Los Angeles, Politics, Housing, Labor
Writer, journalist, music obsessive. Host of Audio Days on @dublab. Making tunes as Motorist.

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Freelance writer specializing in independent music, subcultures and politics.

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Beatport's Definitive History of Drum & Bass

Beatport's Definitive History of Drum & Bass

Beatport explores the past, present, and future of the global D&B scene in Beatport's Definitive History of D…

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L.A.'s Effort to Fight COVID Through Community Partnerships Shows Promise

L.A.'s Effort to Fight COVID Through Community Partnerships Shows Promise

There is movement again at Vanessa's Positive Energy, a dance and fitness studio near the busy corner of Norm…

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Cover Story: Tim Reaper Believes Jungle "Can do Almost Anything it Wants to"

Cover Story: Tim Reaper Believes Jungle "Can do Almost Anything it Wants to"

London's junglist kingpin Tim Reaper discusses his craft, his music label, the pitfalls of social media, and …

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Meet The Artists Defining Jungle's New Era

Meet The Artists Defining Jungle's New Era

We speak to acts like AceMo, DJ Noir, Coco Bryce, Tim Reaper, and more about the new era of jungle that is ta…

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McDonald's Stores Collect COVID Relief Funds - And Employee Safety Complaints

McDonald's Stores Collect COVID Relief Funds - And Employee Safety Complaints

While many industries made rapid changes to keep employees safe and slow the spread of COVID-19, fast food wo…

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Eviction Moratoriums Can't Protect the Most Vulnerable Tenants

Eviction Moratoriums Can't Protect the Most Vulnerable Tenants

Claudia Ruiz says she is lucky to have a place to live after an eviction order threatened the young mother wi…

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Community Equity Fund an Effort to Make Real Change Community Equity Fund an Effort to Make Real Change

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By Joe Rihn
| LA Progressive Verified
A nurse carries and prepares a batch of COVID Vaccines while patients wait in the background. Photo by FRANK MERIÑO from Pexels There is movement again at Vanessa’s Positive Energy, a dance and fitness studio near the busy corner of Normandie and Manchester in South Los Angeles. But things still aren’t how they used to be.
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L.A.'s Effort to Fight COVID Through Community Partnerships Shows Promise

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By Joe Rihn
| Capital & Main Verified
There is movement again at Vanessa’s Positive Energy, a dance and fitness studio near the busy corner of Normandie and Manchester in South Los Angeles. But things still aren’t how they used to be. “We shut down in March of 2020,” says owner Vanessa Bailey, “and to some degree we are still shut down.” Although patrons are returning to the green and white building, where a picture of Bailey welcomes them from a sign above the awning, capacity remains limited.
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Shuttering of Good Samaritan Hospital's Day Care 'Devastating' for L.A. Families

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By Joe Rihn
| Capital & Main Verified
When Betzabel Estudillo got word last month that the Good Samaritan Hospital Child Care Center in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood was closing for good, the news “devastated” her. She enrolled her 2-year-old son in May and says she put his name on the waitlist before he was even born. She hoped to enroll her infant daughter in the fall and return to work.
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Awards

Los Angeles Press Club Award

2020 - Online News – Culture

2nd Place for “Expiring Affordability Covenant Threatens Chinatown Tenants” (Capital & Main)

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California News Publishers Association - California Journalism Awards Digital Contest

2020 - Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic-Fallout

3rd Place for contributions to "Is the Golden State Reopening Too Soon?" series (Capital & Main)

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