Alexandra Applegate is a reporter and producer living in Los Angeles. She primarily produces and writes for KCRW’s daily morning news show, Morning Edition, with host Chery Glaser. A graduate of USC’s Graduate Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, she has reported on climate change, housing, health, the environment, inequality and local politics. Before joining KCRW in 2022, she wrote for BuzzFeed News, Next City, the Daily Journal and also worked in local government communications.
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