About the LBMC

The Long Beach Media Collaborative is a team of reporters and editors from four newsrooms across the city: the Press-Telegram, Long Beach Post, Grunion Gazette and Long Beach Business Journal.

Convened by the Long Beach Community Foundation with funding from the Knight Foundation, LBMC supports a new model for producing in-depth, local journalism.

Our first series—Strengthening the Signal—examined an unsettling shortage of Internet access within the city and considers ways to bridge the gap.

In the next phase of its partnership, the collaborative will tackle another divide: the disparities that have created a housing crisis in Long Beach.

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ASK LBMC

Help guide our journalism. Send us your questions about Long Beach’s Digital Divide​ and we​’ll​ let you vote on which questions you want answered. The winning questions will be answered by the Long Beach Collaborative.

Who is working to put computers into the hands of low-income students?

In ASK LBMC, a part of the Long Beach Media Collaborative’s series Strengthening the Signal, our reporters answer your questions about the digital divide in Long Beach. To…

LBMC Video Glossary

What is the internet, anyway? What is a megabyte? A gigabyte? Leon Wood, CSULB Information Technology Consultant, answers your questions about how we get online. #AskLBMC: What is…

Is internet access regulated like public utilities?

In ASK LBMC, a part of the Long Beach Media Collaborative’s series Strengthening the Signal, our reporters answer your questions about the digital divide in Long Beach. To…

Where Can You Access Free Community Wi-fi?

In ASK LBMC, a part of the Long Beach Media Collaborative’s Strengthening the Signal series, our reporters answer your questions about the digital divide in Long Beach. To…

How Would Net Neutrality Affect Those With Difficulty Accessing The Internet?

In ASK LBMC, a part of the Long Beach Media Collaborative’s Strengthening the Signal series, our reporters answer your questions about the digital divide in Long Beach. To…