OLD Media Moves

Santa Barbara newspaper loses biz reporter

August 24, 2006

The Santa Barbara Independent is reporting that another staff member has left the business desk of the Santa Barbara News-Press, the newspaper owned by millionaire Wendy McCaw that has faced accusations of catering to some of its high net worth readers and not practicing ethical journalism.

Nick Welsh reported, “Business reporter Hildy Medina concluded she could take no more and checked out last Friday. She’ll be talking a job with the same Hispanic Business publication now employing former News-Press [business] editor Michael Todd, who was among the first wave of editors and reporters to resign five weeks ago.”

Medina previously worked at the Los Angeles Business Journal.

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