Katherine Blunt, Wall Street Journal Reporter and Author of California Burning

September 01, 2023 00:31:49
Katherine Blunt, Wall Street Journal Reporter and Author of California Burning
Fresno's Best
Katherine Blunt, Wall Street Journal Reporter and Author of California Burning

Sep 01 2023 | 00:31:49

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Show Notes

Today's episode is a repost from my other podcast, History of California Podcast, with Katherine Blunt. Katherine Blunt is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and author of California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric and What it Means for America’s Power Grid. The book, a national bestseller, won the 2022 Golden Poppy award for nonfiction. Her coverage of PG&E, a collaboration with two colleagues, was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and earned a Gerald Loeb award, the highest honor in business journalism.

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