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Blueprint is journalism with purpose. It’s a magazine about ideas for improving LA & California - and about the people and institutions charged with doing that.
Introducing Blueprint Issue 21: Children and Fire. This issue traces two overlapping emergencies in Los Angeles: The foster care system and the recent fires. It’s a story of trauma, resilience, and those fighting to transform the fire into light. blueprint.ucla.edu
Childhood trauma leaves lasting marks. @iragorawara follows Dr. Shannon Thyne’s mission to make trauma-informed care a pillar of pediatrics through @UCACEsAware – treating adversity as a health risk, hoping to prevent it from haunting a life. Read more below.
Introducing Blueprint Issue 21: Children and Fire. This issue traces two overlapping emergencies in Los Angeles: The foster care system and the recent fires. It’s a story of trauma, resilience, and those fighting to transform the fire into light. blueprint.ucla.edu
Blueprint’s senior editor Rick Meyer returns with a satirical twist – this time from the perspective of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s infamous brain worm. In Issue 21’s “A Lighter Look,” the worm sets the record straight (sort of). Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/sketch/a-light…
Everyone makes mistakes. But journalists must own them. @JonRegardie reflects on a decades-old misstep, the lessons it taught, and why transparency and apology matter more than ego when the facts go wrong. Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/sketch/ugh/
Robert Greene had just moved to Altadena when the January fires struck. In a reflective personal essay, he recounts loss, guilt, and the quiet devastation of a community reduced to ash before he could fully call it home. Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/sketch/welcome…
In Issue 21’s Special Report, Robert Greene profiles Charity Chandler-Cole – once in foster care, and now the first Black person to lead @CASAofLA. She confronts race, bureaucracy, and the urgent needs of a strained child welfare system. Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/specia…
Photographer @schneidereye captures images of Southern California as it builds back from the January fires. Her images in “The Burn. The Long Way Back” documents the destruction and the resilience of communities rebuilding from the ashes. More below. blueprint.ucla.edu/infographic/th…
LA County Supervisor @LindseyPHorvath stepped into office with bold ambitions. Editor-in-chief @newton_jim sat down with her – discussing fire recovery, foster care reform, and the balancing act of principled leadership amid crises. Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/superv…
Proposition 28 vowed $1 billion for arts education. Is it delivering? @JonRegardie investigates how California schools are spending the funds, and why strong leadership, space, and staffing shape whether students see the benefits. Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/follow…
For children, cultivating purpose fosters connection, well-being – and even better sleep. @lfung explores how researchers are coming to appreciate the benefits to children who learn to care for others. Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/a-sens…
What happens when fire compounds foster care trauma? @JonRegardie reports on a new UCLA study probing how January’s wildfires disrupted education and stability for vulnerable youth – and what recovery should look like. Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/first-…
Assemblymember @isaacgbryan was adopted out of foster care as a baby – and is now using his seat in the State Legislature to improve life for kids navigating the same system. Molly Selvin traces his fight to reform the institutions that shaped him. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/from-f…
Pediatrician @Liz_Barnert merges medicine and advocacy to aid youth in the justice system. @jeanmerl details how Barnert’s research, care and policy work seek to heal wounds. Read more below. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/healin…
The Spring 2025 issue of @UCLABlueprint is out now, featuring a powerful look at foster care and the impact of the January wildfires on children and families in L.A. County. We’re honored that we and a few of our incredible partners were part of this important conversation.
In the Spring issue of @UCLABlueprint, we're honored to share about our Eaton Fire project in the article, "First, Foster Care. Next, Fires" featuring our co-director, Dr. @TyroneCHoward, and our executive director, Taylor Dudley. Read the full article at the link in our bio.
Blueprint Issue 20: The Future of Mobility. This issue explores the future of transportation, bridging the gap between technological possibilities and real-world challenges. It offers research to aid policymakers in creating healthier systems. blueprint.ucla.edu
Join our campus colleagues at @uclaadvocacy to discuss the challenges and potential solutions of homelessness in LA, and potential solutions with @MayorOfLA Karen Bass and @uclablueprint Editor, Jim Newton! Register here: bit.ly/3YPZER4
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, interim dean of @UCLALuskin, spoke with @UCLABlueprint about her research into strategies that address the rising number of #unhoused people seeking shelter within #publictransit systems. Read the article... #uclaluskin @UCLA luskin.ucla.edu/protecting-tra…
Local media is prioritizing LA’s homelessness crisis – evolving from sparse coverage to in-depth stories. Despite increased awareness and funding, complex challenges of the resolution persist, writes @JonRegardie. blueprint.ucla.edu/sketch/coverin…