Authors
The people behind our reporting
Erin Rode
Erin Rode is a freelance journalist based in and from Southern California, where she covers housing, homelessness, the environment and climate change.
Kendall Balchan
Kendall is editor and co-founder of The Palm Desert Post, a lifelong Coachella Valley resident, and former producer at NBC Palm Springs. In 2024, she was honored as one of the rising stars of local news by the Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation.
Maggie Miles
Maggie Miles has been a contributor to The New York Times, BBC, MSN, and many other media outlets. She has focused on topics ranging from workplace corruption and gun violence to travel features and in-depth profiles of notable people and businesses.
Mark Talkington
Mark has been in the news business for 45+ years, including stints at daily newspapers and major news digital websites such as ESPN and MSN. After retiring from Microsoft, he became an entrepreneur in the community news and AI space.
Post Staff
Stories with a staff byline are written or edited by a member of the Palm Desert Post staff and are generally shorter or less complex than our more thorough stories.