Santa Barbara Talks: Los Angeles Times' Jim Rainey

Los Angeles Times enterprise reporter James Rainey talks about his front page story on the Santa Barbara News-Press, his reporting and what he learned about the end of the daily print newspaper. Rainey shares his views on the media landscape and discusses the importance of journalism and why it matters to our democracy. Rainey shares his experiences covering his biggest stories, including reporting in Iraq. He also explains why the LA Times ended its coverage of box scores in the print edition and the overall changes in the media industry. Rainey has three Pulitzer Prizes as part of Los Angeles Times staff coverage. Joshua Molina is a journalist and college instructor who interviews a wide variety of people on the issues of education, housing, politics, culture and business. Molina is a former reporter at the San Jose Mercury News and teaches at Cal State University, Northridge and Santa Barbara City College. Visit SantaBarbaraPodcasts.com or SantaBarbaraTalks.com to sign up for his newsletter and make a contribution to this individually owned podcast.