james salanga

is a writer, editor, and on-hiatus audio producer who has hair (roughly) the color of this site title. raised by the california central valley, they're now based in chicago.🌷now: co-director of editorial for the objective
before: columnist for the reynolds journalism institute, podcast producer for the sick times, public media reporter for kazu / capradio
🎠for fun: prose reading + web editing @ sabr tooth tiger magazineðŸĶĒwork: [email protected]
personal: [email protected]
🍊selected projects
ravenous & the rise of food media co-ops
the last journalists in gaza
2026 nieman lab prediction
honoring tinu abayomi-paul
behind monterey bay's the paper
sowing seeds exhibit kazu story | father's day feature
finding ca central coast trans community
moonbelly bakery one-year anniversary
lavender library birthday & history