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Byron Perry is the founder and CEO of Gazetteer.
Before founding Gazetteer, he was the founder and CEO of Coconuts Media, chairman of the Society of Publishers in Asia, and an editor at Variety, The Phnom Penh Post, and San Francisco magazine.

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Joel covers the forces in San Francisco — money, business, personalities, local law, and politics — that bind the city and pull it apart. He most recently worked for Bloomberg News reporting on state and federal courts.
Previously, he covered the crime beat for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and was a freelancer in New York City. Before that, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. He was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, studied public policy at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and has a Masters degree from Columbia Journalism School.
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Eddie Kim reports on San Francisco news — including politics, crime, commerce, social conflict, and everything in between.
<div>He was a longtime features writer at the critically acclaimed men&#8217;s magazine Mel, and has contributed to major publications including Vice, Slate, The Guardian and Paste Magazine. He began his career doing hyperlocal journalism at L.A. Downtown News, where he won multiple awards from the L.A. Press Club and California News Publishers Association.</div>
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Max Blue is a regular columnist for the San Francisco Examiner and has contributed art criticism and reporting to BOMB, Cultured Magazine and Hyperallergic, among others. His short fiction has appeared in The MacGuffin and North Dakota Quarterly, among others. <a class="" href="https://maxblue.substack.com/">You can follow him on Substack</a>.

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Cydney Hayes is a business and tech reporter for Gazetteer SF. She has previously written about tech, culture, music, and media for The Drift, Architectural Digest, Baltimore, Entertainment Weekly, and elsewhere. She also writes a Substack newsletter called OPENWORLD. Subscribe at openw0rld.substack.com.

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Olivia Peluso is a food and drink reporter for Gazetteer SF.
Previously, she covered young founders and changemakers for Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. She has contributed coverage on business, technology, and climate to publications including Vogue Business, Business Insider, and Travel + Leisure.

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Joshua Bote is an associate editor for Gazetteer SF, focusing on the nexus of culture, trends, and digital phenomena within San Francisco.
Previously, he covered technology for The San Francisco Standard and SFGate. He’s also served as a trending news reporter at USA Today, and as a music writer at NPR. His work has been published in places like New York Magazine, Billboard, and Paste.

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Cat Ferguson was the editor of Gazetteer SF.
Before joining Gazetteer, she was the features editor at SFGATE. She has also served as an investigative reporter for publications including MIT Technology Review, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, BuzzFeed News, and Retraction Watch.

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