Uptown parking ticket scam, Prescott Market's new vendors, East Oakland improvements: on the podcast

"This week on Oaklandside 510, we're covering a parking ticket scam targeting Uptown drivers, earthquake prep for Oakland residents, OPD pursuit policy changes, major infrastructure investments in East Oakland, and more. We're doing things differently this episode, because we're in fundraising mode! As always, host Tasneem Raja will catch you up on recent reporting from The Oaklandside. But she's flying solo this week and pulling back the curtain on how we reported these stories and what it takes to run this newsroom."

"Tasneem Raja is the Editor-in-Chief of The Oaklandside. A pioneer in data journalism and local nonprofit news startups, she co-founded The Tyler Loop, a nationally recognized community news platform in East Texas. She was a senior editor at NPR's Code Switch and at Mother Jones, where the team she led helped build the first-ever database of mass shootings in America. She started her career as features reporter at The Chicago Reader and The Philadelphia Weekly, and lives in Oakland with her husband and daughter."

Coverage includes a parking ticket scam targeting Uptown drivers, earthquake preparedness guidance for Oakland residents, changes to Oakland Police Department pursuit policies, and major infrastructure investments in East Oakland. Reporting details pull back the curtain on newsroom workflows, data methods, and what it takes to produce local investigative journalism. Fundraising is underway to sustain the 510 podcast, with a stated goal to raise the final $5,000 of a $15,000 target to fund six more months of production. Biographical background highlights leadership experience in data journalism and local nonprofit news startups.

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