A partnership between AAJA and / CalMatters
JCal is a partnership between AAJA and CalMatters
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California's Next Workforce
More than 400 businesses have used Cultural Competency Training.
Digitization isn’t eliminating librarians’ jobs — it’s just changing how libraries work.
For nearly a decade, a Central Valley high school’s career training program has allowed incoming freshmen to pick a career […]
This article has been updated to correctly identify the highest level of education Latinos in California have obtained, per Latino […]
JCal empowers California students to tell the stories of their communities by immersing them in the state’s news ecosystem through an all-inclusive, free summer program.
This year’s theme was California's Next Workforce.
When it comes to climate change affecting job security, no one is more concerned than Generation Z, who have grown […]
Data access and transparency – how data is collected, stored and shared – are essential to innovation in the medical […]
Radiologists across California are recognizing the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The technology could analyze large amounts of data and […]
As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, more students are using it to perform better at school. But educators are still […]
Industry journalists from California’s major news sites, public radio and broadcast stations directly mentored JCal reporters for a five day camp at CalMatters’ Sacramento newsroom.
Meet the People of JCalDanngely Lorenzana was a warehouse worker loading trucks for minimum wage and spending long hours driving a forklift. With only […]
A plan to help California farms adopt climate-friendly practices with $3.6 billion in new funding won’t advance to the November […]
SLO County is working on building a safe environment for the LGBTQ+.
College students with learning disabilities cannot access the necessary programs and accommodations. Why can they not ensure they graduate and […]
Is this high school auto program outpacing Fresno’s industry? This technician thinks so. Change is bound to happen. This is […]
School may be out for the summer, but educational opportunities tailored to the needs of Oxnard locals are still available. […]
With the rise of a new generation of workers alongside the development of Artificial Intelligence, the job prospects for young […]
Higher education has seen the fall of the English and History majors by a full third over the past decade […]
The future, a spectacle to all, is advancing rapidly with help of the spread of artificial intelligence, especially in the […]
After high school, a good chunk of the student body enters the workforce – but do these students know what […]
As AI is rapidly being used within the screenwriting rooms, one question still lingers: can AI ever replicate human emotion? […]
JCal is a free program that immerses California high school students into the state’s news ecosystem. It is a collaboration between the Asian American Journalists Association and CalMatters.
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