Jim Benning

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A Delicate Balance

February 12, 2022 by Jim Benning in Travel Stories, Reporting

(Westways, AAA Explorer) Arches National Park epitomizes the tension between wilderness preservation and public access

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February 12, 2022 /Jim Benning
Travel Stories, Reporting

Tour de Force: The Making of Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge

March 01, 2019 by Jim Benning in Reporting

(Westways) Behind the scenes of the epic mission to create Disney’s new Star Wars Land

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March 01, 2019 /Jim Benning
Reporting

Uncharted Territory: Mapping Indian Country

January 05, 2019 by Jim Benning in Travel Stories, Reporting

(Westways) Mapping Indian Country with a veteran AAA field cartographer

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January 05, 2019 /Jim Benning
Travel Stories, Reporting

La Vida Mariachi

May 28, 2018 by Jim Benning in Travel Stories, Reporting

(Westways) A (very busy) day in the life of a SoCal band

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May 28, 2018 /Jim Benning
Travel Stories, Reporting

Hide and Seek on the U.S.-Mexico Line

May 15, 2017 by Jim Benning in Reporting

(BBC) A day with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the world's busiest border crossing

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May 15, 2017 /Jim Benning
Reporting

The Steward of Stoke

February 02, 2016 by Jim Benning in Reporting

(Los Angeles Times Magazine) The Surfrider Foundation’s Pierce Flynn Wants Everyone to Understand Why Waves Matter

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February 02, 2016 /Jim Benning
Reporting

This Devil's Not the Deep Blue Sea

February 01, 2016 by Jim Benning in Reporting

(Los Angeles Times) As I studied the 5-foot-tall artificial wave known as the FlowRider outside San Diego’s Wave House Athletic Club, I thought: Riding this will be too easy.

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February 01, 2016 /Jim Benning
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Why Journalists Eat Up the Onion

December 31, 2015 by Jim Benning in Reporting

(Online Journalism Review) As editor of the Onion weekly humor newspaper, Robert Siegel has never won a Pulitzer Prize or accomplished any of the feats that traditionally have inspired jaded journalists.

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December 31, 2015 /Jim Benning
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A Street Poet's Saddest Task

December 30, 2015 by Jim Benning in Reporting

(Los Angeles Times) Bus driver Vicky Lindsey writes poetry about life and death on the harsh streets of South-Central Los Angeles

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December 30, 2015 /Jim Benning
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The Man and the Empire

December 29, 2015 by Jim Benning in Reporting

(San Diego CityBeat, Los Angeles CityBeat, Alternet) Chalmers Johnson predicted attacks like those on Sept. 11. Now he’s suggesting that U.S. foreign policy may lead to something even worse.

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December 29, 2015 /Jim Benning
Reporting