Leslie Layton

Elias S. Myers studied history at the University of California, Berkeley. At Cal, he was the editor-in-chief of the Berkeley Political Review, one of the nation’s largest collegiate political newsroom. He is interested in surveillance and artificial intelligence. Myers can be found walking around Chico's Barber Neighborhood, thinking about Seinfeld or fixing his 2003 Gen One Prius.
Founding Editor

ChicoSol’s managing editor Leslie Layton is a bilingual journalist who founded ChicoSol in 2007 as a classroom teaching tool while working as an adjunct faculty member in the Chico State University journalism department. Layton has a Master's in Communication from Stanford University. She has guided ChicoSol into its position as a key community news source and a leader in nonprofit journalism.