<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Bakersfield Express &#187; economy</title>
	<atom:link href="http://bakersfieldexpress.org/tag/economy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org</link>
	<description>Expressing community through arts, culture and civic involvement</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:15:07 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Community speaks out for arts, libraries, 4-H and more</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/06/09/community-speaks-out-for-arts-libraries-4-h-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/06/09/community-speaks-out-for-arts-libraries-4-h-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BACpage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4-H]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-graffiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts Council of Kern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Museum of Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gang prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graffiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kern County Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libraries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=2034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Kern County Board of Supervisors enters its final round of budget hearings Wednesday, it will take into consideration all of the public comment it has received - both at the public hearing Monday night and through letters and phone calls. At stake are local arts programs, libraries, youth agriculture, anti-graffiti, and other quality of life programs.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/06/09/community-speaks-out-for-arts-libraries-4-h-and-more/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Arts supporters rally in face of county budget cuts</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/06/03/arts-supporters-rally-in-face-of-county-budget-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/06/03/arts-supporters-rally-in-face-of-county-budget-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts Council of Kern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Museum of Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kern County Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Save the Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual art]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=2012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the face of severe budget cuts to arts programs by the Kern County Board of Supervisors, a "Save the Arts" rally and meeting will be held for arts supporters to plan their response at an upcoming public hearing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/06/03/arts-supporters-rally-in-face-of-county-budget-cuts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Another brick out of the wall: Evolving journalism ethics</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/05/13/another-brick-out-of-the-wall-evolving-journalism-ethics/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/05/13/another-brick-out-of-the-wall-evolving-journalism-ethics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 22:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Site Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Express]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State University Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Meyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict of interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSUB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Baldwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kegley Institute of Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kern Press Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KGET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Jenner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Trihey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newspapers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newsrooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bakersfield Californian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[websites]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=1906</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology and the down economy have created a tumultuous time for ethical issues in the media industry. But it has also created a time of experimentation, out of which websites such as Bakersfield Express have been born. Join BE editor Jennifer Baldwin and other local news experts for a panel discussion on "The Future of Journalism Ethics" at 7 p.m., May 19, at CSUB.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/05/13/another-brick-out-of-the-wall-evolving-journalism-ethics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>From Bakersfield to South Korea: The alien has landed</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/05/04/from-bakersfield-to-south-korea-the-alien-has-landed/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/05/04/from-bakersfield-to-south-korea-the-alien-has-landed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 21:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily09</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cal State Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSUB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture shock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seoul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=1857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent college graduate Emily Shapiro decided to move to South Korea to teach English after being unable to find a job in her field. Slowly she's learning to accept her alien status and enjoy the adventure - even though she's been yelled at more than once.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/05/04/from-bakersfield-to-south-korea-the-alien-has-landed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Jobless grads come home in reverse brain drain</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/04/21/jobless-grads-come-home-in-reverse-brain-drain/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/04/21/jobless-grads-come-home-in-reverse-brain-drain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lpinson50</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain drain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college graduates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job searching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kern Economic Development Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young adults]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=1790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With unemployment numbers soaring, many college graduates are moving home to Bakersfield to save money while job searching. But jobs are scarce, so they're getting creative in their quest - and learning to live with Mommy and Daddy's rules once again.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/04/21/jobless-grads-come-home-in-reverse-brain-drain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Art feels right at home in new northwest gallery</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/04/16/art-feels-right-at-home-in-new-northwest-gallery/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/04/16/art-feels-right-at-home-in-new-northwest-gallery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BACpage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home-based business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jen Bowles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicole Browning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northwest Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening reception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paintings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Micro Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work at home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=1754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Art consultant Nicole Browning opens The Micro Gallery in her northwest Bakersfield home, featuring the artwork of Jen Bowles. An opening reception is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/04/16/art-feels-right-at-home-in-new-northwest-gallery/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>It&#8217;s time to end the health care debate roller coaster</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/19/its-time-to-end-the-health-care-debate-roller-coaster/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/19/its-time-to-end-the-health-care-debate-roller-coaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Martinez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Martinez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=1587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the House set to vote on the health care reform bill Sunday, Republicans are still using scare tactics to confuse the issues. Not that they don't want reform, they just don't want Obama's reform. It's time to get off this roller coaster ride, writes CSUB political science professor Mark Martinez.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/03/19/its-time-to-end-the-health-care-debate-roller-coaster/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Public art galleries respond to tough economy</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/01/22/public-art-galleries-respond-to-tough-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/01/22/public-art-galleries-respond-to-tough-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nonprofits and Volunteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts Council of Kern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Art Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield Museum of Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Arts District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exhibits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[museums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=1254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite decreased revenues of up to 25 percent, and one landlord's bankruptcy, Bakersfield's public art galleries are holding strong to provide art and arts education to the community.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2010/01/22/public-art-galleries-respond-to-tough-economy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Spotlight Cafe&#8217;s closure will leave hearts and stomachs empty</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2009/12/16/spotlight-cafes-closure-will-leave-hearts-and-stomachs-empty/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2009/12/16/spotlight-cafes-closure-will-leave-hearts-and-stomachs-empty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Business Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Padre Hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spotlight Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spotlight Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=1073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After running the cafe for six years, Jan Fulton makes the difficult decision to close in the face of a tough economy with no recovery in sight. Even so, Spotlight Theatre operators hope to bring in a new venture to feed hungry show-goers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2009/12/16/spotlight-cafes-closure-will-leave-hearts-and-stomachs-empty/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>CSUB tackles national debt, health care reform</title>
		<link>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2009/11/12/csub-tackles-national-debt-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2009/11/12/csub-tackles-national-debt-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cal State Bakersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSUB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bakersfieldexpress.org/?p=863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Local experts debate the top issues facing the nation and how they affect Bakersfield at a community level in a panel sponsored by the college's Financial Management Association.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bakersfieldexpress.org/2009/11/12/csub-tackles-national-debt-health-care-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
