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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.

Joshua Bote

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Rest in peace to the best Claude in San Francisco

Conversation starters

Becca Bloom is the gift that keeps on giving

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Matt Haber is editor-in-chief of Gazetteer SF. He started his journalism career in 1995 as a freelance writer for Wired. He’s worked for The Village Voice, The New York Observer, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Inc., Alta Journal, and others. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Guardian.
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Matt Haber

Pulps unbound

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.

Cydney Hayes

Exit, pursued by ChatGPT

Julie Zigoris reports on arts and culture in the Bay Area and beyond. Her work has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, the California News Publishers Association, the San Francisco Press Club and the Los Angeles Press Club. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, HuffPost, Lit Hub, Atlas Obscura, KQED, SFGATE, the San Francisco Standard and other outlets. She’s the author of Belomor: Criminality and Creativity in Stalin’s Gulag.

Julie Zigoris

What’s in your analog bag?

<div>Walter Thompson is an award-winning independent journalist and podcast host based in San Francisco. His work has appeared in The Guardian, San Francisco Magazine, Hoodline, TechCrunch, and other outlets. He is also a screenwriter with three completed scripts, including a story set in San Francisco.</div>

Walter Thompson

Wild in the streets

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>.

Max Blue

In the SFAI archive

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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Joel Rosenblatt

The original movable type

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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