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The Fresno Bee is helping launch a bilingual reporting collaborative in Fresno to report on how communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

Meet journalists from The Fresno Bee, Vida en el Valle, Valley Public Radio and Radio Bilingüe and find out how you can get involved in the project.

The Fresno Bee and the Central Valley News Collaborative held a virtual Q&A to discuss the new local journalism project.

The panel:

• Nadia Lopez, reporter for The Fresno Bee

• Madi Bolaños, reporter at Valley Public Radio

• Samuel Orozco, national news and information director for Radio Bilingüe

• Juan Esparza Loera, editor of Vida en el Valle

Central Valley News Collaborative Project Editor Rebecca Plevin moderated the virtual live Q&A.

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Rebecca Plevin is the project editor for the Central Valley News Collaborative. She has reported for newspapers and public radio stations in California for more than a decade.

Nadia Lopez is the Latino Communities reporter at The Fresno Bee for the Central Valley News Collaborative. Before that, she worked as a city hall reporter for San José Spotlight. She was born and raised in Chula Vista, California, a border town.

Madi Bolaños is the immigration and underserved communities reporter for Valley Public Radio. She has reported on covid-19 equity issues in the San Joaquin Valley since the start of the pandemic. She is from Fresno.

Juan Esparza Loera has been editor of Vida en el Valle since it first published in August 1990. He has previously worked at The Modesto Bee and The Bakersfield Californian.

Samuel Orozco is Radio Bilingüe’s News and Information Director. He has held the position for nearly 40 years.

This story was originally published April 8, 2021 at 7:28 AM.