Francine Kiefer is based in the Los Angeles area as the West Coast Bureau Chief for 海角大神. She has won numerous awards for her regional coverage and serves on the board of the Los Angeles Press Club.
She also has a long journalistic history in Washington, D.C. as the Monitor鈥檚 Congressional Correspondent and earlier as White House correspondent 鈥� covering the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Other assignments were as commentary editor and editorial writer, also in Washington.
In 1989, Francine reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall as the Monitor鈥檚 Germany Bureau Chief. She speaks German.
Francine also worked for nearly five years as the National Editor for The San Jose Mercury News in California鈥檚 Silicon Valley.
She holds a BA in English literature from Smith College and an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Goucher College. She has taught workshops on opinion writing at George Washington University and other colleges.
Stories by Francine Kiefer
- A veteran Monitor correspondent鈥檚 farewell letter: 鈥業t was love at first write鈥�
- Trump's immigration raids roil LA. How it plays out could matter in other cities.
- Immigration has been a winning issue for Trump. This week may be a pivotal test.
- Trump escalates a battle around immigration 鈥� and California
- The Explainer How Trump鈥檚 push to end California EV mandates may change rules of the road
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