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L.A. TACO’s Staff Investigative Reporter Wins Second Place Anthem Award In Health Innovation Category

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Headlines: Bad Bunny Films New Music Video at Leo’s Tacos

<p>Lexis-Olivier Ray is an award-winning staff investigative reporter for L.A. TACO known for holding powerful people in Los Angeles accountable and his reporting on Los Angeles culture. As well as an artist and filmmaker. In 2022, the Society of Professional Journalists&#8217; Los Angeles chapter named Ray one of their &#8220;distinguished journalists.&#8221; In 2023, Ray won a second place Anthem Award in their Health Innovation category for a texting service geared towards the unhoused community and service providers that he launched in 2021 with L.A. TACO and Subtext. Ray was a 2020 USC Center For Health Journalism (CHJ) Data Fellow. As well as a 2022 CHJ Impact Fellow. As a freelancer, Ray has contributed to the L.A. Times, Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, KCET and SFGATE.</p>


Lexis-Olivier Ray

Fencing materials lay on the grass after in front of Echo Park Lake sign on the northwest side of the park.

Los Angeles

Activist Anger and New Councilmember’s Promises Return Echo Park’s ‘Anti-Homeless’ Fence to the Spotlight

Headlines: Fearless Cashier at a Westlake Mini Market Fights Back; Get Educated on Japanese Fermented Seasonings

Walnut Park

Headlines: Independent Autopsy Reveals More Clues In O.C. Public Defender’s Mysterious Death In Rosarito

Headlines: L.A. Landlords Now Required to Pay for Tenant Relocation Costs If They Raise Rent More Than 10%

Nearly Five Million Bottles of Fabuloso Cleaner Recalled By Colgate-Palmolive Over Bacteria Concerns

Headlines: Public Hearing Today to Decide Whether L.A. Restaurants Can Keep COVID-Era Outdoor Dining

<p>Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).</p>


Javier Cabral

Update: LAPD Suspended Officer Who Obstructed L.A. TACO Reporter’s Vision While On Duty

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