List of The San Diego Union-Tribune Journalists and Reporters

1. Joshua Emerson Smith

Designation Senior Environment Reporter Author Bio Joshua worked as an enterprise reporter with a focus on the environment for The San Diego Union-Tribune between 2015 and 2023. He wrote about everything from public transit and housing to climate change, drought and wildfire. He won numerous statewide journalism awards, unpacking complex, often political issues using data analysis and vivid storytelling.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @@jemersmith (2.9K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

2. Jennifer Van Grove

Designation Journalist Author Bio Jennifer Van Grove covers growth and development for The San Diego Union Tribune. She is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience reporting on business news. She began her career covering technology companies and broader industry trends for digital publications such as CNET and Mashable. She is a San Diego native and a graduate of UCLA
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @jbruin (23.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

3. Deborah Sullivan Brennan

Designation Journalist Author Bio Deborah Brennan covers politics and county government for The San Diego Union-Tribune, where she has also reported on education and environment. She has previously written for the North County Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News and other Southern California newspapers. She earned a master’s in journalism from U.C. Berkeley, and speaks French and Spanish.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @deborahsbrennan (958 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

4. Ana Ramirez

Designation Photojournalist Author Bio Visual journalist for The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @anamariarphoto (584 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

5. Alejandro Tamayo

Designation Lead Visual Journalist Author Bio I work with San Diego Union Tribune photo department to ensure the timely completion of high-impact video stories. I schedule/assign and facilitate creative treatment, copy-editing, writing and final review projects. The result is a successful delivery throughout all our media outlets. I create news style video segments/packages also traditional documentary style photojournalism, telling stories visually, using digital photography, video, photo and video editing and photoshop.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @TamayoMedia LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

6. Mike Freeman

Designation Journalist Author Bio Mike Freeman covers technology for The San Diego Union-Tribune, where his coverage includes Qualcomm, San Diego’s largest publicly traded company. Mike started at the Union-Tribune in 1999, covering the golf and action sports industries. Over the years, Mike has reported on commercial real estate, the housing bubble, banking and defense contractors. He also covered the Pinnfund Ponzi scheme and several real estate scams. He is one of the few journalists in the country who researches and writes a special section on executive compensation. Before joining the Union-Tribune, Mike was busines...s editor of a daily newspaper in Bend, Ore. He graduated from Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore. with a bachelor’s degree in communications.more
Gender Male Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @TechDiego Get Email Contact

7. Hannah Ramirez

Designation Journalist Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

8. Kristen Taketa

Designation Education Reporter Author Bio Kristen Taketa is the K-12 education reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. She joined the U-T in 2018 after covering education for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @Kristen_Taketa LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

9. David Hernandez

Designation Former Reporter Author Bio David Hernandez is a former Union-Tribune reporter who covered law enforcement, crime and public safety across San Diego County. A San Diego State University graduate, he joined The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015.
Gender Male Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @d4vidhernandez (1.8K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

10. Caleb Lunetta

Designation Public Safety Reporter Author Bio Public Safety Reporter @SDUT | @SignalSCV Alum | Fellow @ReportingHealth | Anything #LOTR or L.A. sports' fandom
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @lunettacaleb (340 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

11. Tammy Murga

Designation Reporter Author Bio Tammy Murga covers the South Bay areas of San Diego County. She previously covered local government and general assignments for The Signal in the Santa Clarita Valley and the Lake County Record-Bee, respectively. In 2016, she graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @@tammyxmurga (669 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @tammyxmurga Get Email Contact

12. Andrew Dyer

Designation Military And Veterans Reporter Author Bio Andrew Dyer spent 10 years enlisted in the Navy and served as ship’s company on two aircraft carriers. He has covered the military for The San Diego Union-Tribune since 2018.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @andrewpdyer (3.4K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

13. Phil Diehl

Designation News Reporter Author Bio Phil Diehl has been a reporter and editor in North County since 1989, and has written about city government, education, health care, military issues, nuclear power and more. He was the night city editor for the North County Times for about five years until it was purchased by The San Diego Union-Tribune. A graduate of West Virginia University, he began his newspaper career at the Parkersburg Sentinel in West Virginia. He lives in Carlsbad.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @phildiehl (927 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

14. Lori Weisberg

Designation Business Reporter Author Bio Lori Weisberg covers the tourism and hospitality industry, writing extensively about San Diego County hotels; restaurants; cruise ships; visitor attractions; air travel; and the convention center. A Southern California native and graduate of UCLA, she joined The San Diego Union-Tribune in 1980 and over the years has been awarded a number of fellowships in specialty reporting, multimedia and social media. She has regularly produced multimedia packages for the paper’s website and is able to shoot and edit video. Before joining the newspaper, she worked at the Vista Press and the Orange Cou...nty Register.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @loriweisberg (4.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

15. Rob Nikolewski

Designation Energy Reporter Author Bio Rob Nikolewski is the energy reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. A holder of master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and public administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Nikolewski covered politics and energy in Santa Fe, New Mexico before joining the U-T staff in February 2016. Earlier in his career, Nikolewski worked as a television sports anchor in such markets as New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh and Phoenix, winning three regional Emmy awards. He lives in San Diego with his adorable golden retriever, Honey.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @robnikolewski (2.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

16. Laura Groch

Designation Newspaper Reporter Author Bio Laura Groch has been a newspaper reporter and editor for her entire career, serving longest at the Escondido, CA-based North County Times, where she was the features editor and a food columnist. She is now a Community News reporter in the North County bureau of The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

17. Natallie Rocha

Designation Business Reporter Author Bio Natallie Rocha writes about small businesses, entrepreneurs and workplace issues for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Previously she covered the region’s biotech sector and managed special projects for the San Diego Business Journal. She dove into business reporting as a Dow Jones News Fund intern at Fortune Magazine in New York City. Born and raised in San Diego, Natallie grew up playing sports in North County and studied journalism at Point Loma Nazarene University.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @@natallierocha (572 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

18. Phillip Molnar

Designation Business Reporter Author Bio Phillip Molnar covers residential real estate, as well as other business issues for The San Diego Union-Tribune. He is an award-winning New Jersey, California and national reporter. Before coming to the Union-Tribune, he worked for the Monterey Herald, The Express-Times and New Jersey Herald. He lives in Chula Vista.
Gender Male Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @PhillipMolnar LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

19. Carlos Rico

Designation Community Guides Reporter Author Bio Carlos Rico is a Community Guides Reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. He collects information, talks to the community and puts together guides that act as resources for locals and visitors to San Diego County. The guides range from the best dog-friendly restaurants and mocktail bars, to free classes to level up your skill set or start a side hustle. He is also an active member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalist and past president of the San Diego-Tijuana chapter. Under his leadership, the chapter won the NAHJ Chapter with the Year award in 2019, and in 2018 Carlos was ...awarded the “Si Se Puede” Award for his volunteer work in starting a scholarship program. He has also won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalist and the San Diego Press Club.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @JCarlos_Rico LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

20. Adriana Heldiz

Designation Assistant Visuals Editor Author Bio Adriana Heldiz is a multimedia journalist at The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @@adrianaheldiz (2.1K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @adrianaheldiz Get Email Contact

21. Adrian Vore

Designation News Editor Author Bio Adrian Vore is the Local section editor, South/East County section editor and the Readers’ Representative at The San Diego Union-Tribune. He has been with the newspaper since 1998. He was an editor for four years at the North County Times, working at the paper from its inception. Before that, he was an editor at the Blade-Citizen in Oceanside and the Daily Breeze in Torrance. He has a bachelor’s from Cal State Chico and a master’s in mass communication from San Diego State. He also teaches journalism and mass communication at Palomar College. He has lived in Escondido since 1...995, and has also lived in Vista and Encinitas.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @adrianvore (406 Followers) Get Email Contact

22. Pam Kragen

Designation Arts And Entertainment Editor Author Bio Pam Kragen is the arts and entertainment editor, as well as the chief theater, dining and opera critic, for the San Diego Union-Tribune. She joined the Union-Tribune staff in October 2012 after 27 years at the North County Times, where she served as the Arts & Features Editor, as well as the paper’s longtime arts writer and theater and opera critic. She is the co-founder of the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from San Diego State University and completed fellowships in theater criticism at the University of Southern California and o...pera-classical music criticism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. And in 2022, she was chosen as one of the fellows in the prestigious National Critics Institute, run by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Conn.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @pamkragen (951 Followers) Get Email Contact

23. Alex Riggins

Designation Advertising Editor Author Bio Alex Riggins covers federal courts and federal law enforcement for The San Diego Union-Tribune. He previously worked nights covering breaking news and public safety. He joined the Union-Tribune in 2018 from City News Service and previously wrote about courts and public safety in Idaho for the Times-News. He is a La Mesa native and proud Helix Highlander, Grossmont Griffin and San Diego State Aztec.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @Alex_Riggins LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

24. Scott LaFee

Designation Staff Writer Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

25. Karen Kucher

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Karen is a staff writer and editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune. She has covered everything from county government and higher education to animal issues and wildfires. These days she focuses on breaking news and public safety issues. Karen is a native San Diegan and graduate of the University of Southern California.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @karenkucher (1.9K Followers) Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

26. Gary Robbins

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Gary Robbins has been a journalist for more than 50 years and currently covers science and higher education for The San Diego Union-Tribune. He joined the paper in April 2010 after working for 25 years at the Orange County Register, where he was science editor. Robbins was born and raised in Maine and attended Northeastern University in Boston, graduating in 1978. He served as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT during the 2000-01 academic year and a science writing fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts in June 2001. He is married to Union-Tribune busine...ss editor Diana McCabemore
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Phone Number yes Twitter @grobbins (4.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @garyrobbins7 Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

27. Eduardo Contreras

Designation Staff Photographer Author Bio Eduardo Contreras has been a staff photographer at the U-T since 1994. Previously, he worked at the Chicago Tribune and as a freelance photographer in Orange County, California, where he grew up. Contreras has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. on assignment as well as internationally, reporting from Cuba, Canada, and Mexico. Contreras was member of the U-T staff that won the National Press Photographers “Best Use of Photos” honor in 1998. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and has been working as a photojournalist since 1984. He has been married since 1989 and has three ch...ildren.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @contreras_ed (1.1K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

28. Teri Figueroa

Author Bio Teri Figueroa covers crime, courts and breaking news for The San Diego Union-Tribune. A native Californian, she joined the North County Times in 2002, and the U-T in 2012. Figueroa reported on the 2003 and 2007 wildfires, and covered the criminal cases against Richard Tuite and John Gardner III, as well as war crimes cases. A San Diego State University graduate, Figueroa has won multiple journalism awards for her work.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @TeriFigueroaUT LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

29. Barbara Henry

Designation Author Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Get Email Contact

30. Steve Breen

Designation Editorial Cartoonist Author Bio Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. Nationally syndicated by https://t.co/u7T5PHSnU7
Gender Male Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @stevebreen100 LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

31. Jeff McDonald

Author Bio Jeff McDonald is a member of the investigative reporting team at The San Diego Union-Tribune, and was named journalist of the year in 2015 by the local Society of Professional Journalists. He writes about government and institutional misconduct and waste in San Diego County and beyond
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Phone Number yes Twitter @sdutMcDonald LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

32. David Garrick

Author Bio David Garrick has covered San Diego City Hall since early 2014 for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Before that, he covered North County for 16 years for the Union-Tribune, North County Times and Pomerado Newspapers. Garrick graduated from Coronado High School and UC Berkeley and received a master’s in journalism from New York University. He spent his early newspaper career in New York City.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @@UTDavidGarrick LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

33. Gary Warth

Author Bio Gary Warth has covered a variety of beats since 1989 and now covers the cities of San Marcos and Vista and homeless issues at The San Diego Union-Tribune. A San Diego resident since the 1970s, he earned a journalism degree from San Diego State University and has won numerous awards for his work.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @GaryWarthUT Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

34. John Wilkens

Author Bio John Wilkens joined The San Diego Union-Tribune as a staff writer in February 1988. He writes news features and human interest stories. He’s won numerous local, state and regional awards. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, he worked for the Santa Barbara News-Press for almost nine years before coming to San Diego.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

35. Diane Bell

Author Bio Columnist Diane Bell has been chronicling life in and around the city of San Diego for The San Diego Union-Tribune since 1995. In bite-sized news items, she tells about the people, places, history and highlights of this dynamic region, capturing the off-beat, the upbeat and the heartbeat of San Diego. In prior years, Diane was opinion pages editor and an editorial writer, and served as president of the National Association of Opinion Page Editors. She received her masters in journalism from the University of Missouri, followed by stints as an editor and a reporter covering various news beat...s, including education, features, general news and consumer issues. She won the national Penney-Missouri award for consumer reporting. Before becoming opinion pages editor at the U-T, Diane was senior deputy editor of U.S. News & World Report in Washington, D.C.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @DianeBellSD LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

36. Paul Sisson

Author Bio Paul Sisson covers health care for The San Diego Union-Tribune. He is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. In his spare time, Paul enjoys photography, home brewing and following orders from his two young daughters.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @paulsisson (1.4K Followers) Get Email Contact

37. Emily Alvarenga

Author Bio Emily Alvarenga is the community reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. She previously covered features and business as a senior staff writer at The Signal in the Santa Clarita Valley and is a San Diego State alum.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @emalvarenga10 (348 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

38. Kate Morrissey

Author Bio Kate Morrissey came to The San Diego Union-Tribune in March 2016. She worked first on the DataWatch team before taking on the immigration beat in August 2016. She has covered a wide range of immigration topics including asylum, H-1B visas, visa queues, immigration court cases, deportation, immigration detention and more. She was the lead reporter on “Returned,” a four-part investigation into the U.S. asylum system that published in 2020.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @bgirledukate (4.8K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

39. Greg Moran

Author Bio Greg Moran is a reporter on the Enterprise reporting team focusing on covering criminal justice and legal affairs issues. He has worked for the Union-Tribune since 1991. He covered state, federal and appellate courts for 17 years. He has also been an investigative reporter on The Watchdog team and a reporter on the Public Safety team. He is a graduate of Carleton College and previously worked at newspapers in Minnesota and New York.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @gregmoran (2.5K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

40. K.C. Alfred

Author Bio K.C. Alfred has been a staff photographer at the Union-Tribune since 2001. Prior to the U-T, K.C. was a staff photographer at the Ventura County Star. His photographs have been published in newspapers and magazines worldwide. During his career, he has photographed four Olympic Games, along with countless NFL, MLB, PGA and NCAA sporting events.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @KCAlfredPhoto LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @kcalfredphoto Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

41. Lauryn Schroeder

Designation Data Specialist Author Bio Lauryn Schroeder is a data specialist for the watchdog team at The San Diego Union-Tribune. She came to the U-T from The Associated Press in Indiana. Lauryn has experience at several small papers in Michigan, and took part in major data projects with the Medill Justice Project and The Washington Post.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @LaurynSchroed LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

42. Blake Nelson

Author Bio Blake covers homelessness and other issues affecting Southern California. He previously reported on New Jersey’s attorney general and prison system for The Star-Ledger and NJ.com and Missouri politics for The Associated Press. Born and raised in San Diego, Blake attended Junipero Serra High School in Tierrasanta and Point Loma Nazarene University. He later earned a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @bcunninghamn (1.3K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

43. Meg McLaughlin

Author Bio Meg McLaughlin is a visual journalist at The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @megmclaughlinda (4.6K Followers) Instagram @megmclau Get Email Contact

44. Dana Littlefield

Author Bio Dana Littlefield is an editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune. After joining the U-T in 2000, she covered coastal cities – including Del Mar, Encinitas and Solana Beach – before moving to the courts beat. Littlefield has written about numerous high-profile civil and criminal cases, including the prosecution of double-murderer John Gardner III in 2010. A San Diego native, she earned her bachelor’s degree in American literature from the University of California Los Angeles and a master’s degree in mass communications from the University of Florida.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @danalittlefield (2.1K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @danalittlefield Get Email Contact

45. Nelvin C. Cepeda

Author Bio Nelvin Cepeda has been a photojournalist at U-T San Diego for more than 20 years. His photo assignments have taken him all over the U.S. covering national breaking news, NFL games, Presidential Political conventions, NFL Super Bowl. His overseas assignments has taken him to Pakistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Nel assignments overseas also includes 8 trips to Afghanistan and Iraq where he has covered U.S. Marines and U.S. Army deployed to the war zone. His work has been published in the Washington Post, New York Times, Time & Newsweek magazine.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @NelCepeda LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @nelcepeda Get Email Contact

46. Roxana Popescu

Author Bio Roxana Popescu is the money reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Before re-joining the Union-Tribune in 2022 (more on that in a moment), for seven years she was a monthly columnist for the Real Estate section of The New York Times. In parallel, she was an investigative reporter for San Diego news nonprofit inewsource. Her recent freelance work has appeared in The Washington Post, San Diego Eater, Travel+Leisure, KPBS and Ms. Magazine. From 2012 to 2015, she was a staff reporter for the Union-Tribune, covering East County, fine arts and features.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

47. Michael James Rocha

Designation Digital Creative Director Author Bio Michael James Rocha is the digital creative director at the Union-Tribune. He oversees the online presentation of Union-Tribune stories online and has oversight of the photo and graphics teams. Most recently, he was the arts and entertainment editor. During his tenure, the Union-Tribune’s Sunday arts section was named the best in the nation two years in a row (2021 and 2022). Michael started his career at the Union-Tribune in December 1997 as a features page designer. He eventually became the features design editor, managing a staff of 15 designers and 17 features sections. Through the y...ears, he has done stints as the front page designer, audience development editor and home decor editor. He previously wrote a monthly column on outdoor living, which focused on outdoor decor. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communications (with an emphasis on print journalism) from California State University-Fullerton in 1994. He is a founding member of the Asian American Journalists Association’s San Diego chapter, and he has taught magazine writing, editing and design at Point Loma Nazarene University. He also loves dogs.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @OutdoorLivingSD LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

48. Linda McIntosh

Author Bio Linda McIntosh used to lead a double life as a technical writer for an engineering company and a feature writer for the Chicago Tribune. Since joining the U-T in 2002, she has focused on writing North County community features and calendars. She also covers community news at Camp Pendleton. Linda has a master’s degree in English from the University of Chicago.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @sdutmcintosh (417 Followers) Get Email Contact

49. Kristina Davis

Author Bio Kristina Davis is the Public Safety & Courts editor, returning to the team that she first joined when hired as a reporter by The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2006. She previously served as editor of the Enterprise team and for a decade worked as a weekend editor. As a reporter, she covered federal courts, local law enforcement, the U.S.-Mexico border and a variety of criminal justice and legal issues. Raised in Tucson, Ariz., she began her career at Phoenix’s two daily newspapers after graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in journalism.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @kristinadavis (2.4K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

50. Peter Rowe

Author Bio Peter is a freelance writer who writes about beer in his bimonthly column Brewery Rowe for the San Diego Union-Tribune. He worked as a reporter and columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune from 1984 to 2020. A native Californian who grew up in Encinitas, Rowe is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Northwestern University. He is past president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and a former Fulbright scholar. He has won a few journalism awards, but would trade them all for a chance to avenge his 1994 “Jeopardy!” loss. Married to a terrific woman who has saved him from errors... in writing and in life, he has three sons.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @peterarowe (2.2K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

51. J. Harry Jones

Author Bio J. Harry Jones, a reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune, has been with the newspaper since 1986. He currently covers Escondido and San Diego County’s backcountry including Fallbrook, Valley Center and Ramona, as well as Poway, where he has lived for 26 years. He has covered numerous beats at the newspaper including cops, courts and city government. The son and grandson of reporters at the Kansas City Star, Jones received a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri in 1984 and has been a reporter for 35 years. He has been married for 38 years and has one grown... daughter.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @jharryjones (600 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

52. Mark Zeigler

Author Bio Mark is an award-winning sportswriter who has covered 16 Olympics and seven World Cups of soccer. His primary beat is San Diego State basketball at The San Diego Union-Tribune and he also writes general sports columns.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @sdutzeigler (9.2K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

53. Sam Schulz

Author Bio Sam Schulz is the Union-Tribune’s government and watchdog editor. Prior to joining the U-T in 2022, she was an editor at the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Politico, NBC and Forbes, often with a focus on policy and business news and on digital enterprise journalism. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. She is a native New Yorker who picked up a “y’all” habit during childhood years in Nashville. What regionalisms she may pick up in California remain to be seen.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @schulzsam (1.3K Followers) Get Email Contact

54. Lucia Serrano

Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

55. Lauren J. Mapp

Author Bio Lauren J. Mapp is a reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune covering family caregiving, elder care, Indigenous communities and East County. She is a 2019 graduate from San Diego State University with a degree in journalism and a minor in American Indian studies. She also has associate degrees in journalism, culinary arts and political science from San Diego Mesa College. Mapp previously worked as a freelance writer for North Coast Current and Times of San Diego, an intern at inewsource, a senior staff writer at The Daily Aztec, editor in chief at The Mesa Press and the arts editor at The Ci...ty Times.more
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @@laurenjmapp (2.3K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Instagram @sdredsoxgirl Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

56. Michelle Gilchrist

Author Bio Michelle Gilchrist is a data specialist and graphic artist for The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @@ms_gilchrist (377 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

57. George Varga

Designation Pop Music Critic Author Bio San Diego Union-Tribune music critic George Varga began drumming in rock bands at 12 and writing professionally about music at 15. A Louisiana native who grew up mostly in Germany, Varga has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his writing at the U-T and is a voting member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to providing live coverage of the Grammy Awards and festivals from Coachella and KAABOO to the 1994 edition of Woodstock, he has interviewed everyone from Miles Davis, Britney Spears and (over a game of chess) Ray Charles to Willie Nelson, Kanye West and Pulitzer Prize-wi...nning composer Anthony Davis. A triple first-prize winner for criticism and arts writing at the 2022 San Diego Press Club awards, Varga is also a contributing writer for Jazz Times magazine and has written for Billboard, Spin and other publications. After attending San Diego City College and San Diego State University, he created and taught the 2002 UC San Diego Extension course, “Jazz in a Post-Ken-Burns World.” Varga has written liner notes for more than a dozen albums, including by jazz sax greats James Moody and Michael Brecker, and contributed two chapters to the book, “Dylan: Disc By Disc.”more
Gender Male Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @georgevarga (1.6K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

58. Alexandra Mendoza

Author Bio Reporter with long experience in various news media outlets in Mexico and the United States. Sandieguina by birth, ensenadense by heart and Tijuanense by adoption.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @alemend (2.1K Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

59. Maura Fox

Author Bio Maura Fox is a reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune. Before joining the U-T, she was an editor at Outside magazine in Santa Fe, New Mexico and a freelance fact-checker and writer. Originally from San Diego, she earned her undergraduate degree from UC Santa Barbara. In her free time, you’ll find her rock climbing, hiking, reading or telling anyone who will listen about her cat, Cosgrove.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @maura__fox (472 Followers) LinkedIn Profile Link Get Email Contact

60. Lyndsay Winkley

Author Bio Lyndsay Winkley is a member of the watchdog team at The San Diego Union-Tribune. She joined the paper in July 2012, and spent years covering crime and policing before moving to investigations. A graduate of SDSU, Lyndsay has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club and other organizations for her work.
Author Profile sandiegouniontribune.com Twitter @LAWinkley LinkedIn Profile Link Facebook Profile Link Get Email Contact

61. Abby Hamblin

Designation Editor Author Bio @sdut guides editor • supporter of @kstatesports • 87 in journalism years
Twitter @abbyhamblin Get Email Contact

62. Alma Cesena

Designation Photography Director Author Bio Director of photography @sdut and a bona fide news junkie.
Twitter @alc_tweets Get Email Contact

63. Andrew Kleske

Designation Reader Outreach Editor Author Bio Reader Outreach Editor San Diego Union-Tribune
Twitter @andrewkleske Get Email Contact

64. Bella Ross

Designation Editorial Board and Audience Stuff Author Bio editorial board and videos @sdutopinion • board member @sdspj • formerly @voiceofsandiego @inewsource @thedailyaztec • BLM • she/her • ????️‍????
Twitter @bellamayaross Get Email Contact

65. Beth Wood

Designation Contributor Get Email Contact

66. Bill Center

Designation Contributor Author Bio Former Padres beat writer. Contributor to padres.com and FriarWire. Joined the Padres in 2014.
Get Email Contact

67. Boyce Garrison

Designation Sports Section Editor Author Bio Sports Section Leader at The San Diego Union-Tribune. U.S. Navy (Nuc) veteran. Atlanta Braves fan since 1971.
Twitter @SDUTGarrison Get Email Contact

68. Bryce Miller

Designation Sports Columnist Author Bio Sports columnist at the San Diego Union-Tribune. In need of a fishing intervention.
Twitter @Bryce_A_Miller Get Email Contact

69. Chris Reed

Designation Editorial Writer Author Bio San Diego Union-Tribune windbag. Column archive sdut.us/chrisreed. UH-Hilo grad. Libertarian lite. Klaytheist. Carbonarist. Yakitorian. Rameniac.
Twitter @chrisreed99 Get Email Contact

70. Chris Ross

Designation Editor, Food, Travel, Home and Garden and Social Content Manager Get Email Contact

71. Cristina Byvik

Designation Contributor Author Bio Illustrator for the San Diego Union-Tribune
Twitter @CristinaByvik Get Email Contact

72. Dan Beucke

Designation Enterprise Editor Author Bio Student of still images & moving pictures. Proud alum of @sdut @latimes @bw @newsday @mercnews @ocregister. Winner “Best Grandpa” Christmas ornament.
Twitter @DanBeucke Get Email Contact

73. Denise Davidson

Designation Contributing Writer Get Email Contact

74. Don Norcross

Designation Contributor Author Bio Pappy to six grandsons. Writer, reader, pickleballer, believer. Heart attack survivor. Factoid: as starting QB at CIF champion Kearny, barfed before every game.
Twitter @Don_Norcross Get Email Contact

75. Eddie Brown

Designation Fantasy Sports Columnist Author Bio The San Diego Union-Tribune's NFL Draft Analyst and Fantasy Sports Guru. No. 2 overall most accurate in 5-year Mock Draft rankings with @TheHuddleReport.
Twitter @UTEddieBrown Get Email Contact

76. Ernie Cowan

Designation Contributor Author Bio Photographer, writer, lecturer and photo tour guide. Come join us on any of our photographic workshops or tours. Visit Packtrain Photo Tours on Facebook.
Twitter @cowan_ec Get Email Contact

77. Glae Thien

Designation Contributor Get Email Contact

78. Irv Erdos

Designation Contributor Get Email Contact

79. Neil Senturia

Designation Contributor Author Bio Book #author, former #Hollywood screenwriter, #RealEstate developer, serial #entrepreneur, and the #CEO of @BlackbirdVC
Twitter @itfyb Get Email Contact

80. Jeff Nahill

Designation Blogger and Sports Writer Author Bio Fulltime sports desk at SDUT and just a horse guy. follow my blog at fromthewinnerscircle.wordpress.com.
Twitter @Jeff_Nahill Get Email Contact

81. Jeff Sanders

Designation Padres Correspondent Author Bio Reporter | Covering the Padres for the San Diego Union-Tribune. ****@sduniontribune.com
Twitter @sdutSanders Get Email Contact

82. Jess Kearney

Designation Deputy Sports Editor Author Bio San Diego Union-Tribune deputy sports editor
Twitter @kearneySDUT Get Email Contact

83. John Maffei

Designation Reporter Get Email Contact

84. Kirk D. Kenney

Designation Sports Writer Author Bio San Diego Union-Tribune sportswriter. Author: 100 Things Padres Fans Should Know & Do Before they Die. Role model: Oscar Madison. Favorite actor: Barney Rubble.
Twitter @sdutkirKDKenney Get Email Contact

85. Laura Castaneda

Designation Deputy Editor, Editorial and Opinion Author Bio Deputy Editor Editorial & Opinion @SDUT, Mentor, Professor, Independent Producer, Documentary Filmmaker. Chicago Native. Retweets not endorsements.
Twitter @Presspasslc Get Email Contact

86. Lauren Mapp

Designation CaregiverSD Reporter Author Bio Caregiving, Indigenous communities & East County reporter @sdut | Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, reformed bartender tweeting about Star Wars, Sims & food ???? Tips? DMs Open
Twitter @LaurenJMapp Get Email Contact

87. Lilia O'Hara

Designation Editorial Director, Hoy San Diego Author Bio Editorial director of The San Diego Union-Tribune en Español, @uniontribunees; writer. Views, photos are my own. Hablo español, member of @spanisheditors
Twitter @liliaohara Get Email Contact

88. Lisa Deaderick

Designation Columnist and Podcast Host Author Bio Columnist and podcast host for the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Twitter @lisadeaderick Get Email Contact

89. Logan Jenkins

Designation Columnist Author Bio @sdut columnist
Twitter @sdutJenkins Get Email Contact

90. Lora Cicalo

Designation Managing Editor Get Email Contact

91. Luke Harold

Designation Reporter Author Bio linktr.ee/lukeharold
Twitter @luke_harold Get Email Contact

92. Luke Schulze

Designation Music Critic Get Email Contact

93. Diana McCabe

Designation Business Editor Author Bio Biz ed at The San Diego Union-Tribune. (@sdut) News junkie. Love paranormal romance/vampires. A Buckeye. My cat tolerates me.
Twitter @mcdiana Get Email Contact

94. Michael A. Gardiner

Designation Freelance Food Writer Author Bio Husband. Father. Lawyer. Food Writer (San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego CityBeat, cookbooks). Blogger. Cook. Ex-Soccer coach. What's in your wallet?
Twitter @MAGARDINER Get Email Contact

95. Michael Smolens

Designation Columnist Author Bio Columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune
Twitter @MichaelSmolens Get Email Contact

96. Mike Gardner

Designation State Government Reporter Author Bio Ворон ворону глаза не выклюнет.
Twitter @utsdmikegardner Get Email Contact

97. Phil Blair

Designation Contributor Author Bio Executive Officer of Manpower West, employment industry expert and commentator, author of Job Won!
Twitter @PhilManpowerSD Get Email Contact

98. Richard Lederer

Designation Columnist, Lederer on Language Get Email Contact

99. Ryan Finley

Designation Sports Editor Author Bio San Diego Union-Tribune sports editor. Hot Lava podcast co-host. Twin who has twins.
Twitter @ryan_finley Get Email Contact

100. Sam Hodgson

Designation Lead Visual Journalist for Photography Author Bio Dad. Storyteller. Unabashed cat guy. Other half @haileyerin. Formerly served as @sdut DOP and covered the nation extensively as @nytimes freelance photoj.
Twitter @samuelhodgson Get Email Contact