Journalists Examine the Free Press and Power at All Saints Church Panel

Three journalists who all worked at the Los Angeles Times will take up the challenges facing journalism today, the responsibility of the Fourth Estate to hold power accountable and the role of a free press in a functioning democracy at All Saints Church in Pasadena on Tuesday.

The Press & Power: Why a Free Press Matters to a Healthy Democracy is convened and moderated by Joel Rubin, POLITICO’s senior policy editor for California. Rubin is POLITICO’s first California senior policy editor. Before joining POLITICO in 2025, he spent more than 21 years at the Los Angeles Times, covering subjects ranging from federal courts and policing to education and business.

Melanie Mason is POLITICO’s California bureau chief and co-author of California Playbook. She previously covered national and state politics for the Los Angeles Times.

Mariel Garza is co-founder and executive editor of Golden State, an independent, nonprofit publication focused on the ideas, people and policies shaping Los Angeles and California. She has spent three decades in journalism, including serving as editorials editor at the Los Angeles Times.

All Saints was founded in 1883 as the first Episcopal parish in Pasadena. In 1885, members who had been meeting in a private home bought a site at the corner of Garfield Avenue and Colorado Boulevard and built a small wooden church. The first church at the Euclid Avenue site was built in 1889, and the current church building was completed in December 1924.

A live stream is available for those who cannot attend in person.

The Press & Power: Why a Free Press Matters to a Healthy Democracy will run on Tuesday, October 27 at 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena. For more information, call (626) 796-1172 or visit https://allsaints-pas.org/calendarevent/press-and-power/.