Justin Ewers

Staff Reporter

Justin Ewers is a policy and communications specialist at California Forward and a regular contributor to the California Economic Summit, an effort to create jobs and encourage sustainable communities across California. Justin is leading the team of writers producing a series of online stories and videos about updating CEQA, one of the seven signature initiatives identified as priorities for the state at the 2012 Summit.

At California Forward, Justin works at the nexus of policy development, coalition-building, and communications that drives the organization’s efforts to build a more accountable government. He helped coordinate the communications strategy for Speak Up California, a statewide conversation about the importance of governance reform. He also led the writing team responsible for creating the Smart Government Framework, a strategic action plan for reforming the state’s governance system.

Prior to his work for California Forward, Justin spent a decade in journalism, most recently as California correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, where he covered state politics and Silicon Valley.

Justin holds a master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in history from Stanford University.