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Melody Petersen
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Melody Petersen

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Reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Former NY Times. Author of Our Daily Meds, a book about the drug industry. IA Hawkeye. Contact: melody.petersen@latimes.com

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Legal strategy used by Edison shields fire data

Documents on cause of deadly Eaton blaze are kept secret, just as with earlier disasters.

View Front PageLos Angeles Times • APR 26, 2026

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Kaiser’s dispute process draws calls for reform

HMO, patients spar over whether unusual arbitration system is fair. State may step in.

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Los Angeles Times•JUL 20, 2026
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Employers face big jump in prices for healthcare

Insurers expect costs to soar 9% in 2027, driving premiums past $30,000 for a family.

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Los Angeles Times•JUL 16, 2026
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Legal strategy used by Edison shields fire data

Documents on cause of deadly Eaton blaze are kept secret, just as with earlier disasters.

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Los Angeles Times•APR 26, 2026•Lead Story
The paper frames the utility company's legal manoeuvring as a pattern of obscuring critical information from the public and victims following deadly wildfires. It focuses on the bureaucratic mechanisms of secrecy rather than the visceral damage of the fires themselves.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Melody Petersen in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.