Kelly Davis (reporter)

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Kelly Davis
OccupationInvestigative reporter
Known forLaunching of San Diego CityBeat

Kelly Lynn Davis is a journalist and investigative reporter from San Diego, California. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Davis helped launch San Diego CityBeat in 2002 with David Rolland and was one of the main editors. In March 2015, Davis left Southland Publishing, Inc, the publisher of San Diego CityBeat . After leaving CityBeat, Davis became a freelance writer. [5] In May 2020, Davis joined The Appeal as a senior editor. [6] Davis has covered California laws about sex offenders, [7] [8] and has investigated San Diego's homeless situation. [9] [8]

Inmate deaths

Davis and Dave Maass released a 5-part investigative series starting in 2013 in San Diego CityBeat about inmates dying in San Diego jails at the highest rates in the state, many of which were preventable deaths. [2] [10] This series won investigative awards and resulted in new policies and training to reduce suicides. [2] [11] In 2014, after the series had received widespread media attention, an inmate hanged himself while imprisoned and his widow sued San Diego county for negligence. In 2017, San Diego county claimed they didn't know about any problems with inmate deaths despite the widespread media coverage, and demanded that Davis provide her private investigative "notes, interviews and recordings" to help in San Diego's case against the widow. [2] Davis refused. Many media outlets decried the request as inappropriate and a judge ordered a stay. [2] [12] [4] It's been insinuated that San Diego county is trying to target or punish Davis for bringing negative media attention regarding the inmate deaths. [13] [14]

California right-to-die law

Davis received national attention in 2016 for an essay she wrote about her sister Betsy, who suffered from late-stage ALS and legally ended her life under California's right-to-die law. [15] [16]

Personal life

Davis is a breast cancer survivor. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kelly Davis, Health Journalism Fellow". center for health journalism.org. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The County's Outrageous Targeting of Reporter Who Exposed Jail Deaths - Voice of San Diego". Voice of San Diego. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  3. ↑ "San Diego CityBeat Honored for Prison Reporting | Honors & Achievements | AltWeeklies.com". archive.altweeklies.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  4. 1 2 "County Lawyers Demand Research, Notes From Local Journalist". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  5. ↑ "Top two editors leaving San Diego CityBeat". SDNews.com. 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  6. ↑ "Kelly Davis". The Appeal. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "California Supreme Court Rules Against Sex Offender Law Restrictions". KPBS Public Media. Associated Press. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  8. 1 2 "It takes longer than a few minutes to explain why some sex offenders need defending" . Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  9. ↑ "Kelly Davis, Mighty Pen Honoree". Flip The Script. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  10. ↑ "County Jail Deaths Don't Matter in San Diego". obrag.org. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  11. ↑ "When Jail Becomes a Death Sentence". KQED News. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  12. ↑ "Statement on Kelly Davis Case: Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Chapter". San Diego Free Press. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  13. ↑ Hamblin, Abby. "Dozens of San Diego inmates dead, a journalist subpoenaed after reporting on it". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  14. ↑ "Morning Report: Duncan Hunter's Undoing - Voice of San Diego". Voice of San Diego. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  15. ↑ "What I Learned Helping My Sister Use California's New Law To End Her Life". August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  16. ↑ Lipkin, Maureen Cavanaugh, Michael. "San Diego Writer Shares Terminally Ill Sister's 'Rebirth Party'". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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