Megan Jamerson

Megan Jamerson

Reporter

Contact: megan.jamerson@kcrw.org

Megan Jamerson is a reporter from Southern California covering small business and entrepreneurship for KCRW. She's reported on environmental justice, elections and wildfires for NPR, the warehouse and logistics industry for KVCR in San Bernardino, and science and technology for WUOT in Knoxville, TN. She also has written about the environment for Southern California News Group and Southerly magazine. When she’s not reporting she’s hiking and eating her way through greater LA.

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Sidewalk vendors in LA are suing the city for access to no-vending zones as part of a broader push to make vending a viable legal business opportunity.

Sidewalk vendors sue City of LA for access to busiest areas

Sidewalk vendors in LA are suing the city for access to no-vending zones as part of a broader push to make vending a viable legal business opportunity.

from Greater LA

Students at Dorsey High School learn real-life business skills by creating and marketing an avocado-based sauce. Sales are strong. Maybe it’s the avocado-pit alien logo?

Avocado sauce fuels business experience for South LA students

Students at Dorsey High School learn real-life business skills by creating and marketing an avocado-based sauce. Sales are strong. Maybe it’s the avocado-pit alien logo?

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Realistic meat and seafood substitutions have changed what it means to be vegan, and cooks at this weekly Valley market are the cutting edge of innovation.

Vendors at this Valley pop-up are redefining veganism in LA

Realistic meat and seafood substitutions have changed what it means to be vegan, and cooks at this weekly Valley market are the cutting edge of innovation.

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