List of Fresno Bee Journalists and Reporters

Jul 24, 2024
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Fresno Bee Journalists

1. Linda Robertson

Designation Sports Columnist Author Bio Linda Robertson has written about a variety of compelling subjects during an award-winning career. As a sports columnist she covered 13 Olympics, Final Fours, World Cups, Wimbledon, Heat and Hurricanes, Super Bowls, Soul Bowls, Cuban defectors, LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Lance Armstrong, Tonya Harding.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @lrobertsonmiami (4K Followers) Get Email Contact

2. Lasherica Thornton

Designation Engagement Reporter Author Bio Lasherica Thornton is the Engagement Reporter for The Fresno Bee’s Education Lab in Fresno. She was previously the Education Reporter at The Jackson Sun, a Gannett and USA Today Network paper in Jackson, TN for more than three years.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @LashericaT LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

3. Aspen Pflughoeft

Designation Journalist Author Bio Aspen Pflughoeft covers real-time news for McClatchy. She is a graduate of Minerva University where she studied communications, history, and international politics. Previously, she reported for Deseret News.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @AspenPflughoeft LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @aspen.pflughoeft Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

4. David J. Neal

Designation Journalist Gender Male Phone Number yes Twitter @davidjneal (4.2K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

5. Bethany Clough

Designation Reporter Author Bio Bethany Clough covers restaurants and retail for The Fresno Bee. A reporter for 20 years, she now works to answer readers’ questions about business openings, closings and other business news. She has a degree in journalism from Syracuse University and her last name is pronounced Cluff.
Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @BethanyClough LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @bethanyclough Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

6. Mackenzie Shuman

Designation Reporter Author Bio Mackenzie Shuman primarily writes about SLO County education and the environment for The Tribune. She’s originally from Monument, Colorado, and graduated from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in May 2020
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @MackenzieShuman LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @macshu.journalist Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

7. Bryant-Jon Anteola

Designation Multimedia Reporter Author Bio Bryant-Jon Anteola is a multimedia reporter for The Fresno Bee, writing stories and producing videos about sports, news and random topics relatable to those in the Fresno area. He’s won a McClatchy President’s Award and received honorable mention by the Associated Press Sports Editors. He enjoys sports because of the competition, camaraderie and energy, and views sports as a microcosm of society.
Gender Male Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

8. Thaddeus Miller

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reporter Thaddeus Miller has covered cities in the central San Joaquin Valley since 2010, writing about everything from breaking news to government and police accountability. A native of Fresno, he joined The Fresno Bee in 2019 after time in Merced and Los Banos.
Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @thaddeusmiller (1.3K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

9. Ty Vinson

Designation City Reporter Author Bio Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow.
Gender Male Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @ty_vinson_ (889 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

10. Don Sweeney

Designation Newspaper Reporter Author Bio Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 25 years. He has been a real-time reporter based at The Sacramento Bee since 2016.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @PatrickS Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

11. Mitchell Willetts

Designation Real-time News Reporter Author Bio Mitchell Willetts is a real-time news reporter covering the central U.S. for McClatchy. He is a University of Oklahoma graduate and outdoors enthusiast living in Texas.
Gender Male Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @MitchBWilletts LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @willettsmitchell Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

12. TJ Macias

Designation National Reporter Author Bio TJ Macías is a Real-Time national sports reporter for McClatchy based out of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Formerly, TJ covered the Dallas Mavericks and Texas Rangers beat for numerous media outlets including 24/7 Sports and Mavs Maven (Sports Illustrated).
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @TayloredSiren LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @nefarioussiren Get Email Contact

13. Tanasia Kenney

Designation National Real-time Reporter Author Bio Tanasia is a national Real-Time reporter based in Atlanta covering news across Georgia, Mississippi and the Southeast. Her sub-beat is retail and consumer news. She’s an alumna of Kennesaw State University and joined McClatchy in 2020.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @Tanasia_Kenney LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

14. Julia Marnin

Designation National Real-time Reporter Author Bio Julia Marnin is a McClatchy National Real-Time reporter covering the southeast and northeast while based in New York. She’s an alumna of The College of New Jersey and joined McClatchy in 2021. Previously, she’s written for Newsweek, Modern Luxury, Gannett and more.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @julia_marnin (196 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @juliamarnin Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

15. Bailey Aldridge

Designation Reporter Author Bio Real-time editor @McClatchy || @dailytarheel & @UNCHussman alum (she/her)
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @baileysaldridge (547 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

16. Brendan Rascius

Designation National Real-time Reporter Author Bio Brendan Rascius is a McClatchy national real-time reporter covering politics and the northeast. He has a bachelors in political science from Southern Connecticut State University and a masters in journalism from Columbia University.
Gender Male Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @BrendanRascius LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @brendanrascius Get Email Contact

17. Simone Jasper

Designation Reporter Author Bio Simone Jasper is a reporter covering breaking stories for The News & Observer and real-time news in the Carolinas.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @simonejasper (399 Followers) Get Email Contact

18. Jacqueline Pinedo

Designation Reporter Author Bio Jacqueline Pinedo is a reporter on The Bee’s service journalism team. She previously interned at the Los Angeles Times and completed her master’s degree at the University of Southern California.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @jacqueline___p (374 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @jacqueline__pinedo Get Email Contact

19. Ari Plachta

Designation Climate Reporter Author Bio Ari Plachta is a climate reporter for The Sacramento Bee. She joined the newsroom after reporting on water for the Los Angeles Times, schools for the LA Daily News and politics as a freelancer in Israel-Palestine. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, she is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.
Gender Female Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @ariplachta (2.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @ariplachtapus Get Email Contact

20. Robert Kuwada

Designation Sports Reporter Author Bio Fresno Bee
Gender Male Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @rkuwada (1.8K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

21. Jeff Kleinman

Designation Consumer Team Editor Author Bio Consumer Team Editor Jeff Kleinman oversees coverage for health, shopping, real estate, tourism and recalls/scams/fraud.
Gender Male Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @jeffkleinman (7.9K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

22. Robert Rodriguez

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio A Valley native, Robert has worked at The Fresno Bee since 1994, covering various topics including education, business and agriculture. He currently covers courts.
Author Profile fresnobee.com Phone Number yes Twitter @FresnoBeeBob LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

23. Kaitlyn Alatidd

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Kaitlyn Alatidd is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter based in Kansas. She is an agricultural communications & journalism alumna of Kansas State University.
Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @itscaitlinhd (49.7K Followers) Instagram @itscaitlinhd Get Email Contact

24. Anthony Galaviz

Designation Sports Writer Author Bio Sports writer for The Fresno Bee. Covers #Raiders, #FresnoState football, #FresnoPacific, #FresnoCity, #Boxing and #MMA
Author Profile fresnobee.com Twitter @agalaviz_TheBee LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @agalaviz_thebee Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

25. Andrew Fiala

Designation Columnist Author Bio Philosophy Professor, Fresno State. Columnist, Fresno Bee. Author of Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. muckrack.com/andrew-fiala
Twitter @PhilosophyFiala Get Email Contact

26. Christopher Kirkpatrick

Designation Senior Editor Author Bio Fresno Bee and Merced Sun-Star, Senior Editor; Former Consumer Reports, Deputy Director; Detroit Free Press Senior News Director, Father of two; Detroit fan
Twitter @cdkirkpatrick Get Email Contact

27. Craig Kohlruss

Designation Photojournalist and Videographer Author Bio @FresnoBee Photojournalist ****@fresnobee.com
Twitter @CraigKohlruss Get Email Contact

28. David Carr

Designation Football Analyst Author Bio Jesus. Family. The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
Twitter @DCarr8 Get Email Contact

29. Erik Galicia

Designation Madera County Reporter Author Bio @FresnoBee Madera County reporter | UC fellow | Formerly @comissourian, @rccviewpoints | Proud Santanero | It's always for the community.
Twitter @journo1901 Get Email Contact

30. Jim Guy

Designation Reporter Author Bio Reports on California issues. Follows world conflicts. Celtic/Norman. Colorado Native. Hablo Castellano. Heavy Metal is God's greatest gift.
Twitter @jimguy27 Get Email Contact

31. John Walker

Designation Photographer Author Bio Born, Hanford, CA, lives in Clovis, CA, photographer @ Fresno Bee
Twitter @plinywalker Get Email Contact

32. Joshua Tehee

Designation Entertainment Writer and Music Columnist Author Bio Music/entertainment writer/blogger for the Fresno Bee.
Twitter @JoshuaTehee Get Email Contact

33. Laura Diaz

Designation Latino Communities Reporter Author Bio - mexicana - Engagement Reporter at @FresnoBee + @edlab_fresnobee + @LaAbeja_CA - @Poynter fellow - @NAHJ member - @nyu_journalism alum
Twitter @laurasdiaz_ (744 Followers) Get Email Contact

34. Marek Warszawski

Designation Metro Columnist Author Bio Metro columnist @FresnoBee. Opinions are my own and you probably wouldn't want them to be yours. Tips: ****@fresnobee.com or DM
Twitter @MarekTheBee Get Email Contact

35. Matthew R. Lloyd

Designation Sports Editor Author Bio The Fresno Bee
Twitter @mattrlloyd Get Email Contact

36. Melissa Montalvo

Designation Reporter Author Bio @FresnoBee reporter & @FresnoBeeGuild member covering Latino communities & more. Tips, ideas: ****@fresnobee.com. Get our Latino issues newsletter! ????????????
Twitter @melissamyrna_ Get Email Contact

37. Roger George

Designation Columnist Author Bio Expert Striper Fishing Guide, Columnist, and ex-Olympic Class Decathlete
Twitter @StriperWars Get Email Contact

38. Tim Sheehan

Designation Senior Writer Author Bio @FresnoBee senior writer (#data, #highspeedrail and more); husband; Dachshund dad; college instructor. BA journalism; MA leadership. ****@fresnobee.com
Twitter @TimSheehanNews Get Email Contact

39. Victor Patton

Designation Enterprise Editor Author Bio Tech reporter @sacbiz
Twitter @VAP_SBJ Get Email Contact

40. Tad Weber

Designation Editorial Page Editor Author Bio Metro Editor, The Fresno Bee
Twitter @_tadweber Get Email Contact