Brian Frank
Web Editor for SoCal Connected, KCET's award-winning television newsmagazine. He has worked in just about every medium, with stories appearing on TV, radio, Web, and print. He is also the editor of the Online Journalism Review at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, where he received his master's degree in online journalism. Prior to that he was an educator specializing in literacy development, a gig that carried him from one tiny seaside town in Japan to another in Alaska.
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Asian Americans are expected to play a much bigger role in the 2012 elections than ever before. Those who don't speak English can get help through services offered in their own language.
The Secretary of State has created a first-of-its-kind survey to find out if elections officials need more training and whether modified services or outreach programs are needed for voters with disabilities.
Understand the common tactics -- and the arcane way political committees get named -- and you can get a lot more out of those ballot measure ads.
Gov. Brown removed her from a state board that identifies chemicals that cause cancer after she publicly opposed a cigarette tax that would raise revenues for cancer research.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will appear with cycling superstar and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong at Children's Hospital Los Angeles Friday.
Former Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly has so far contributed more than $1.6 million to the campaign, the bulk of its funding.
A "not qualified" rating means that a candidate does not adequately possess certain attributes deemed necessary to perform the job of judge, according to a report by the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Watch the new TV spot for the Yes on 29 campaign and see the Big Tobacco ad it's responding to.
Voting by mail is increasingly popular, with a record of more than 60 percent of voters doing so in a statewide election in 2009.
Two tax initiatives aiming for the November ballot hit key milestones this week, and they're not exactly complementary.
Gone are the days of party nominees, at least for state and Congressional reps. Now all voters decide who goes to the general election.
It's not too late to sign up for paperless sample ballots, if you so choose.