Caly Plowman
Caly Luna Plowman is a journalist who was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She moved to Santa Cruz in 2021, and has been doing reporting across the Bay Area since 2023.
Topics she has covered in the last few years include the 2023 No to APEC march in San Francisco, the 2024 Pajaro River Levee houseless encampment sweep and the 2024 UC Santa Cruz Gaza Solidarity Encampment and subsequent police raid.
Plowman is currently a student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism pursuing the Narrative track, and is reporting on Oakland education.
EDUCATION
M.J., Journalism, University of California, Berkeley ('27)
B.A., Politics and Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
EMPLOYERS
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Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (Present)
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City on a Hill Press (2022-2025)
PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK
2025 - City on a Hill Press - UCSC Begins A Quiet Enforcement of DEI Regulations
2025 - City on a Hill Press - When the Santa Ana Winds Come Pounding on Your Door
2024 - City on a Hill Press - 2024 Campus Security and Safety Report Reveals Misreported Crime Statistics
2024 - City on a Hill Press - New Loop Buses Unveiled, Community Concerns Remain
2024 - City on a Hill Press - A Look Inside Santa Cruz County Main Jail
2023 - City on a Hill Press - The Chancellor’s House: On Campus for Decades, Now Off Campus Indefinitely
REPORTING INTERESTS
AI and Technology, Courts and Public Safety, Education, Housing and Homelessness, Human Rights, Politics