Brian Frank
Web Editor for SoCal Connected, KCET's award-winning television newsmagazine. He has worked in just about every medium, with stories appearing on TV, radio, Web, and print. He is also the editor of the Online Journalism Review at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, where he received his master's degree in online journalism. Prior to that he was an educator specializing in literacy development, a gig that carried him from one tiny seaside town in Japan to another in Alaska.
Employers shortchange their workers more than you might think. Here are the numbers, based on a study covering low-wage workers in three major cities.
Girls boxing? Must be some newfangled "thang." But no. "Bruising Peg" and other "heroic females" had today's prizefighters beat—by more than a century.
TIMELINE: Where do America's wild horses come from? We take you back to prehistory to find out.
Since 2002 the number of states offering film production incentives has exploded. Just look at the map.
New websites from government and non-profit sectors put the attention back on driving.
Following SoCal's coverage, hundreds more homes the agency at first put in high-risk flood zones are suddenly safe.
Look up any home's estimated value using one of our widgets from Zillow.com, a popular (and free) real estate listing service.
Check out this interactive map, and then visit Floodsmart.gov to get your flood risk profile.
Two weeks after SoCal Connected's investigation, FEMA announced it would revise its flood insurance rate maps, granting certain Ventura County homeowners at least a temporary reprieve from paying new premiums.
If you like being a nosy reporter yourself, do the legwork. Check out these primary sources used to produce our segment "Hung Out To Dry?"
They can be garish or discreet, spooky converted motels or friendly neighborhood stores. We went behind the one-way glass and got a taste of the underground.