Lily Jamali is a co-host of the California Report at KQED. The radio show covers a variety of topics about California, including the economy, immigration and education. While at KQED, Lily has covered the utility company PG&E, which announced bankruptcy at the beginning of 2019 after being found responsible for causing wildfires in the state. In May, Lily released an investigation about PG&E’s Fire Victim Trust, which was set up to help those affected by fires over the years. Lily found that much of the money was going to overhead costs like paying lawyers, and a very small amount was going to victims. (Lawmakers are now seeking a probe into the trust.)
Before joining KQED, Lily was an anchor for Bloomberg Markets in Canada and a reporter and producer for Reuters TV. She’s also worked for TV stations in New York and Northern California. Lily is a graduate of UCLA, and she eventually went on to obtain her master’s degree in journalism at Colombia, as well as an M.B.A. in finance from NYU.
Lily gave shoutouts to Robin Epley, who came onto the podcast in May, Adriene Hill from NPR’s California Newsroom and Aaron Glantz, also from NPR.
Note: Lily was gracious enough to record her voice while she was in a car during a heatwave! About 20 minutes into the episode, she had to switch recording devices, so you’ll hear a noticeable difference in the sound at that point.
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