Our news team at the Springfield Daily Citizen pioneered a reporting partnership with KY3 News to shed light on the region’s child care crisis — a problem plaguing both families and employers in Greene County. As editor of this team and project, I was deeply involved in idea generation, story planning, execution, final presentation and…

Lede: Fabric stores that sell threads, buttons and materials for making clothes are dwindling in San Diego, with owners shuttering their shops citing waning interest from customers. The disappearance of fabric stores is probably not a shock to outsiders — in the age of fast fashion, who still makes their own clothes?But sewing garments at…

Lede: Chase Fisher looks like your typical Pacific Beach bro. The 31-year-old surfer is tanned and freckled, his hair gelled back to give that permanent ocean-wet vibe. With bright-colored shades slung around his neck, he looks more like a DJ than a retail entrepreneur. But Fisher is the sole owner of Blenders, a rapidly growing…

Lede: Its diet pill was a commercial flop that almost sent Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. to the grave. But now, following a major makeover, the company’s new experimental medicines could bring renewed life to the San Diego biotech. One medicine in particular has biotech investors buzzing, a drug that proved more effective in mid-stage human trials than…

Lede: “Local biotechs are increasingly teaming up with deep pockets in China, tapping flush investor groups that only recently became safe bets for companies guarding trade secrets. In the past 18 months, deal after deal has been announced with involvement from Chinese investors — a new trend for local life science companies that historically received very…

I’ve become the newsroom’s resident expert on financial statements and stock performance, as nearly all of San Diego’s public companies are biotechs. My quarterly report, “Bio Stocks,” launched this year, summing up the stock performance of local companies and providing analysis of that quarter’s “winners and losers.” This localized insight into public companies helps our readers…