"Kevin Fagan walked into Mary Collies' 12th-grade classroom at Marin Academy in San Rafael on a recent Friday to lead a class discussion on his book, "The Lost & the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family and Second Chances." He held a guitar, its case covered in stickers like 'DEMOCRACY depends on JOURNALISM,' a blending of his careers as a journalist and musician."
"Kicked out of the house at 16, Fagan's book draws on his personal experience of homelessness and decades of experience reporting on it for the San Francisco Chronicle. In it, Fagan unearths his personal history and intertwines extensive research on housing and inequality with the stories of Rita and Tyson, two homeless San Franciscans he met on the streets. Following his class discussion, Fagan joined Mission Local for a Q&A on his career and the shaping of his book."
Kevin Fagan draws on being kicked out at 16 and decades reporting on homelessness to blend personal history with investigative research. He recounts youth in New Zealand, low-paid United Press International reporting, and busking to earn money. He lived with and reported alongside photographer Brant Ward on San Francisco streets in 2003 to document the scale of homelessness and to propose solutions. He interweaves research on housing and inequality with the life stories of Rita and Tyson, two homeless San Franciscans he met, to illuminate systemic factors and personal resilience.
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