About

Coachella Valley Independent

Mailing address: 31855 Date Palm Drive, No. 3-263

Cathedral City, CA 92234

760-904-4208

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Mission Statement

The Coachella Valley Independent is the valley's source of independent news, arts coverage, commentary and culture. 

We believe in true, honest journalism: We want to afflict the comfortable, and comfort the afflicted. We want to be a mirror for the entire Coachella Valley. We want to inform, enlighten and entertain.

We will never let advertisers determine what we cover, and how we cover things. In other words, we will always tell it how we see it. For example: Some other publications in this valley do puff-piece reviews or feature stories on advertisers to make said advertisers happy. We will never, ever do that. If we lose an advertiser due to an unflattering story, a negative review or something else, so be it.

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Editor/publisher: Jimmy Boegle

Staff writer: Kevin Fitzgerald

Contributors: Beth Allen, Max Cannon, Kevin Carlow, Katie Finn, Bill Frost, Bonnie Gilgallon, Bob Grimm, Michael Grimm, Valerie-Jean (VJ) Hume, Matt Jones, Matt King, Keith Knight, Carlynne McDonnell, Brett Newton, Dan Perkins, Guillermo Prieto, Anita Rufus, Dan Savage, Andrew Smith, Jen Sorenson, Robert Victor

The Coachella Valley Independent is a proud member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, CalMatters, the Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION), the Desert Business Association, The Center Palm Springs, the Desert Ad Fed and Get Tested Coachella Valley. Coachella Valley Independent, LLC, is a certified LGBT Business Enterprise® (LGBTBE) through the NGLCC Supplier Diversity Initiative. Our print circulation is audited by the Circulation Verification Council.

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