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NPR reporters discuss covering the LA wildfires

By Noah Caldwell,
Scott Detrow, Kirk Siegler, Liz Baker
Published February 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM EST

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, correspondent Kirk Siegler and producer Liz Baker share how they reported on disastrous wildfires in Southern California for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

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Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
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Kirk Siegler
As a correspondent on NPR's national desk, Kirk Siegler covers rural life, culture and politics from his base in Boise, Idaho.
Liz Baker
Liz Baker is a producer on NPR's National Desk based in Los Angeles, and is often on the road producing coverage of domestic breaking news stories.
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