Which South LA do you see?

“Barefoot woman arrested after taking stolen tow truck on high-speed chase”

“Second gunman convicted in 49th Street Massacre in South Los Angeles”

“New boxing gym works to keep kids off the street”

“South LA's hidden marketplace: Mercado La Paloma”

Flickr: valli_markLATimes

“I can’t go to there without learning something new about the community I

grew up in” – Lifelong resident

Why OnCentral and South LA?OnCentral reaches community leaders and residents who care

about building the future of South Los Angeles— a changing population that’s growing, diverse, younger. This community is demanding better coverage.

 

Source: Pew Research Center Our coverage area

Telling stories..

…with the community

We believe the community knows their story better than we do.

Every story can be changed and edited. Every change is checked by an editor.

Think Wikipedia – but moderated and edited.

Full, stories, too.Some community members have the time to write full stories and columns for us.

We allow them to do that, and we offer training to groups, classes and anyone else who wants to learn how to participate in journalism.

What’s happening near youOne of the first things we heard from the community is that they don’t know what’s going on three blocks away.

So we made a map of all of our stories, so they can see where stories take place.

What next?

Events

Mobile

Data and directories

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