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Nigel Duara’s Biography

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Nigel Duara covers the border for the Los Angeles Times, based in Tempe, Ariz. A Miami native, Duara was previously a reporter for the Associated Press in Portland, Ore., the greatest city in the world. He is also a veteran of the American Middle West, with stints in Iowa City and Des Moines, Iowa, where he met his wife, who insisted on being in his bio, along with their yellow lab, Churchill. He graduated, barely, from the Missouri School of Journalism.

Nigel Duara’s Journalist Portfolio

"Perversion files" show locals helped cover up

"Perversion files" show locals helped cover up

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities - police chiefs, prosecut…

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On Idaho border, Ore. marijuana finds its way out

On Idaho border, Ore. marijuana finds its way out

This was a package I produced on the Oregon-Idaho border on medical marijuana. In Oregon, marijuana is a medi…

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Vatican win: Judge says priests aren't employees

Vatican win: Judge says priests aren't employees

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Vatican won a major victory Monday in an Oregon federal courtroom, where a judge ru…

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For Portland's dope king, love and mistrust

For Portland's dope king, love and mistrust

PORTLAND, Ore.-Paul Stanford had lived a life of error, missteps and regrets, one laden with betrayals and fa…

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Nation in Focus

Nation in Focus

A photo from June of the aquarium of the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas. If you click the link, it's the s…

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'Simpsons' creator: Real Springfield is in Oregon

'Simpsons' creator: Real Springfield is in Oregon

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American every…

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Articles

Las ciudades penitenciarias de California buscan nuevos empleos tras los cierres: ‘No vendrá nadie a rescatarnos’

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By Nigel Duara Verified
| Times of San Diego Verified
Foto de archivo: Celda de prisión. (Foto de archivo cortesía de WPR.org) Esta historia fue publicada originalmente por CalMatters. Suscríbete a sus boletines. Las ciudades de California que albergan prisiones hicieron una apuesta difícil hace décadas. Construyeron sus economías alrededor de una industria que dependía de una población carcelaria en constante crecimiento, compuesta principalmente por personas provenientes de las grandes áreas metropolitanas del estado.
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California prison towns grasp for new jobs after closures: ‘No one is coming to save us’

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By Nigel Duara Verified
| Inland Empire Law Weekly
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California prison towns made a grim bargain decades ago. They built their economies around an industry that relied on an ever-growing prison population, mostly from California’s major metropolitan areas. Then, about 15 years ago, legislators changed sentencing laws in ways that caused the prison population to drop, and the prisons started going away. Gov.
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ICE gives detention centers high marks for health under Trump even as deaths climb, report finds

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By Nigel Duara Verified
| Inland Empire Law Weekly
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Regular reports out of immigrant detention facilities, some as recent as last month, indicate a pattern of complaints: Bad water, untrained staff and slow response times to acute and chronic medical conditions.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Day cops -- and night cops and health and city and county government -- at the Montgomery Advertiser. Hey man, shrinking newsrooms.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, my grandmother's when I was about 4. The CLANG! every time you finished a line has no equal in terms of satisfaction for a writer.

How is social media changing news?

Ask @RayJosen_nyu