NPR reporters discuss covering the LA wildfires

By Noah Caldwell,

Scott Detrow, Kirk Siegler, Liz Baker

Published February 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM EST

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, correspondent Kirk Siegler and producer Liz Baker share how they reported on disastrous wildfires in Southern California for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

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Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is the weekend host of All Things Considered, and a co-host of the Consider This podcast. In this role Detrow also contributes to the weekday All Things Considered broadcasts, and regularly hosts NPR's live special coverage of major news stories.

Kirk Siegler

As a correspondent on NPR's national desk, Kirk Siegler covers rural life, culture and politics from his base in Boise, Idaho.

Liz Baker

Liz Baker is a producer on NPR's National Desk based in Los Angeles, and is often on the road producing coverage of domestic breaking news stories.