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How the Uptown 11 team develops stories: Part 2

Naja Thomas September 10, 2025 24 Comments

One of the voices shaping Uptown 11’s storytelling is Megan Moore, a storyteller who brings empathy, curiosity, and lived experience into her work. Through her collaboration with the Children First…

How the Uptown 11 team develops stories

Naja Thomas September 9, 2025 21 Comments

We believe the best stories don’t just appear – they’re built with care, curiosity and connection. Behind every piece we publish is a process that blends research, interviews and reflection…

Empowering Student Voices: Behind the Mesa Impactship Video

Naja Thomas August 5, 2025 21 Comments

We recently partnered with Mesa College to document their Impactship Program – an innovative, people-first approach to paid work experience for students. At its core, the program helps break down…

Behind the scenes with the “Doers of Downtown”

Sam Hodgson March 26, 2025 18 Comments

Charles Barrett’s shift at the Downtown San Diego Partnership’s safe sleeping site starts after most of us are tucked in for the night. As an operations manager at “O Lot,”…

10 photos that will always remind me of Summer 2024 in San Diego

Sam Hodgson August 26, 2024 No Comments

Summer in San Diego never really ends, but it is technically coming to a close. A lot of us locals would argue that this is when the real fun begins…

Happiness is … Art on fire

Sam Hodgson May 14, 2024 25 Comments

What is Happiness to you? That’s the question my friend Sydney Valiente posed on Instagram a few months ago. She took the responses and turned them into an exhibit, working…

Representing “a Metamorphosis,” a stunning new butterfly mosaic just Landed on Adams Avenue

Sam Hodgson March 14, 2024 No Comments

Artist Kim Emerson’s piece “Kaleidoscope of Butterflies” debuts on Adams Avenue after seven years of planning and work.

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