Author Archives: Kevin Fitzgerald
Kevin Fitzgerald is the staff writer for the Coachella Valley Independent. He is the Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation's 2026 Journalist of the Year. He started as a freelance writer for the Independent in June 2013, after he and his wife Linda moved from Los Angeles to Palm Desert. His career has included stints as a magazine journalist and photographer, and as a TV-network marketing executive, working in publicity and advertising photography for HBO, FOX and NBC. As an entrepreneur, Kevin launched successful digital image production and distribution businesses. With the Independent, Kevin covers a variety of news, cultural, entertainment and sports stories as both a reporter and a photographer. He's won multiple California Journalism Awards in recent years, and in 2018, he was honored by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia with an award in the Beat Reporting category for his coverage of end-of-life laws and issues.
