Robin Estrin

Reporter & producer @KCRW |

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

@TheYiddishVoice @kcrw @DerNister2 Thanks for sharing!

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

@sydneyy032 Glad you're safe, Sydney. I'm a producer at KCRW reaching out to see if you're up for an interview about your evacuation experience. Email me if you are: [email protected].

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

King George of HBO’s “Ren Faire” loves reading vintage copies of The New Yorker, and other things I learned from this perfect conversation between KCRW’s @kimmasters and filmmaker @lanceopp

https://t.co/Jic7tobuHE

[Kim Masters @kimmasters]

Lance Oppenheim started pitching short documentaries to the New York Times when he was in high school. He cold-emailed Darren Aronofsky for help with his first feature. His latest is‘Ren Faire’ on Max.
Plus ⁦@MattBelloni and I = banter. https://t.co/5TBXOtmhr3

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

When you go to the hospital in CA, law requires a minimum nurse-to-patient ratio to ensure proper care.

Advocates for similar staffing laws in other states are getting blocked by the hospital industry.

Moving and informative report by @KateLouiseWells

https://t.co/DO6gdH3Wz4

[Alberto M. Carvalho @LAUSDSup]

Los Angeles Unified is implementing and instituting the science of reading as the right and rightful approach to reading instruction.

CA kids learning to read may finally get hooked on phonics
https://t.co/8k01JcachI

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

You can hear the sound of reading instruction aligned with decades of neuroscience and cognitive research in my latest story for KCRW. It's musical and quite lovely.

https://t.co/2irW1b3gjH

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

In the '90s, a reading strategy called “balanced literacy” took over CA public schools. It wasn't based in the science behind how kids learn to read, and the results have been dreadful.

Last year, more than half of 3rd graders—57%—couldn't read at grade-level on the state test.

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

Now, the state legislature is considering a bill that would mandate reading instruction rooted in phonics, called "the science of reading," in every early grade public school classroom.

The school districts of Los Angeles and Lancaster have zoomed ahead of that mandate.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

LATimes confirms 115 journalists laid off, or about 23 percent; newsroom will be at approx 385.

NOTE: Taken in combination with last year's layoffs, the Los Angeles Times has laid off about one third of its newsroom in less than a year.

[Mary Louise Kelly @NPRKelly]

This represents more than 20% of the newsroom.

If you care about journalism -- local news, national news, international news -- every warning light should be blinking red.

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

My reporting will now air on KCRW’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered. I’ll catch you wherever you find us, and thanks for the kind words about our show. ❤️

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

I’ll miss Greater LA deeply. Steve Chiotakis is as kind, warm, and curious as his listeners know him to be, and his producers were champions. Together, their stories made our big, beautiful, and complicated city feel more human. They invited you in. As for me,

[Steve Chiotakis 🫐 @RadioChio]

Dear LA,

Thank you so much for all the love and kind words about our ‘little show that could.’ I’m … speechless. Well, at least I will be for a couple of weeks.

Talk to you soon, I promise, with the same commitment to this crazy and wonderful place, as always.

-Chio

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

Thank you, @NWSLosAngeles!

[Nick Halter @nickhaltermpls]

That National Weather Service is the only government agency I know of in which a reporter can call the office and someone will pick up and speak on the record, every time.

[Steve Chiotakis 🫐 @RadioChio]

Some news: Tomorrow is our last show of Greater LA. KCRW management is ending it after nearly 5 years. I am so grateful for the time we had, the wonderful people who helped put it together, and all the ears that listened. Thank you for everything!

[Louis Keene @thislouis]

Diamond Bakery, an emblem of Jewish pride on Fairfax for 76 years, closed earlier this month. Considering all the foot traffic there it's depressing more people didn't support it.

@robin_estrin has a bittersweet story from its final day in business:
https://t.co/6IPYT2uN1b

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

If you've recently read or listened to a story that's moved you, or made you laugh or think, and now you're reading about layoffs & buyouts & it feels bad, I encourage you to drop a note to that reporter/storyteller, maybe cc their boss, & say thanks. Small gesture, means a lot.

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

Another dark day for journalism and public media. If you love what we do at KCRW, please consider supporting our station.

[We Make KCRW @wemakeKCRW]

On December 5, @KCRW management announced the station faces a $3 million deficit and has offered a voluntary separation package to qualifying staff members. We’re extremely saddened and disappointed to be in this predicament. Please read our full #WeMakeKCRW statement below.

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

"It really does open up a different part of your brain when you're walking around and being forced to smell what's around you.”

Perfumers Jack Kelly and Natalie Coffen took me on a 'scent saunter' thru Griffith Park. Listen in and come along!

https://t.co/f4K70URx0U

[Robin Estrin @robin_estrin]

Breaking: LAUSD schools will be closed tomorrow, Monday, due to the storm. All educational services expected to resume by Tuesday morning, says Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.