Jim Crogan was the classic reporter: a relentless digger who never failed to “follow the money.” Crogan, who died Feb. 7 at his Valley Village home at 73, was a graduate of Notre Dame who found his stride with stories published in the LA Weekly during the 1990s and aughts. His coverage often focused on malfeasance in district attorneys’ offices or at police departments.
“Jim was an old-school, hard-charging investigative reporter,” said Capital & Main publisher Danny Feingold, who worked under Crogan on a state environmental investigation into Los Angeles’ Belmont Learning Center. “He knew his job and he did it with a relentless zeal for uncovering the truth.”
