The Mercury News journalists and reporters

Judith Martin Rodriguez

Seville, Spain

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Judith Martin Rodriguez is a journalist based in Seville, Spain.

Karl Kahler

Tilaran, Costa Rica

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Hola! I'm a professional writer, editor and translator with 30 years of experience in journalism. I spent 25 years working at California's Pulitzer Prize-winning San Jose Mercury News, where I started as a copy editor and departed as national editor. I spent two years as travel editor of Costa Rica'...

David Matthews

London, United Kingdom

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I am a camera operator and editor currently based in London with several of years of experience in the industry. I mostly work in busy environments, covering press conferences, protests, civil disturbance and all kinds of news events, in the UK and all over Europe. This experience has taught me to ...

Coco Liu

Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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Coco is an award-winning journalist, writing primarily about energy and climate change for a global audience. She has reported from across Asia, particularly in China, on topics ranging from carbon trading to sustainable logging. Her work appears on the New York Times website and in Scientific ...

Laura Shields

Brussels, Belgium

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Laura Shields is a journalist based in Brussels, Belgium.

Scott Reid

Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Scott Reid is a journalist based in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Suzan Haidamous

Bayrut, Lebanon

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Suzan Haidamous is a journalist based in Bayrut, Lebanon.
Worked on Stories covering Lebanon, Syria and the Middle East for various international media outlets.

Breena Kerr

San Francisco, United States of America

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Breena Kerr is a journalist based in San Francisco, CA. She is currently in Jalisco, Mexico and has recently been published in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Esquire, Marie Claire, Fusion, Vice, The Washington Post, and many others.

Caleb Mutua

New York, United States of America

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Graduate Student at Columbia Journalism School, Contributor for Standard Newspaper (Kenya), Member of Overseas Press Club of America, National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) Financial Journalism Training Alumnus, Pulitzer Africa Scholar, Simon and ...

Charles Pensulo

Blantyre, Malawi

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Freelance journalist- Charles Pensulo lives in Blantyre, Malawi, focusing on issues related to climate change, food security, human rights, global development and governance. His work has been published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Guardian Global Development Professional Network, and the ...

Donald Wood

Tampa, United States of America

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Donald Wood is a journalist based in Tampa, United States of America.

Ethan Huang

Taipei, Taiwan

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Hi! I'm Ethan Huang, based in Taipei, Taiwan

About me -
Skills: Programming, Video Production, Content Writing and Researching
Past Experience: Radio Station News Assistant (Radio Taiwan International), Non-profit Organization Intern (Forward Alliance)

Heba Habib

Stockholm, Sweden

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Heba Habib is an experienced multimedia journalist ,TV producer & fixer hailing from Cairo and has recently relocated to Stockholm. She has covered Middle Eastern affairs for numerous international publications including The Washington Post , The Global Post , Vice, Time and The New Yorker. She is ...

Inka Piegsa-Quischotte

Torrevieja, Spain

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inka piegsa-quischotte is a journalist based in Torrevieja, Spain. I am a travel, food and lifestyle writer with more than 10 years of experience. I have been published among others , BBC/Travel, The Culture Trip. Atlas Obscura, Gastro Obscura, Arrived Magazine and several inflight magazines.

Joshua Berlinger

Paris, France

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Joshua Berlinger is Paris-based reporter, writer and photojournalist with nearly a decade of experience in digital journalism. He relocated to France in 2022 after working in CNN's Hong Kong bureau for five years.

He has experience covering breaking news around the world. He's fluent in English ...

Kara Fox

London, United Kingdom

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I am a photographer and multi-platform visual journalist primarily covering South and Southeast Asia.
At the moment, I'm based In Ireland.
My work has been published in :
Aljazeera English, CNN.com, The Bangkok Post, Dumbo Feather, ESPN the Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent (UK), ...

Peter Taggart

Belfast, United Kingdom

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Journalist

Rafal Niedzielski

Warsaw, Poland

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Rafal Niedzielski is a journalist based in Warsaw, Poland.
I have worked as freelance videojournalist for Reuters, Associaed Press and other global news agencies. I'm reporter and editor for news departments at major Polish TV companies also cooperate with TV news departments outside Poland as a ...

Rhea Mogul

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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I’m a freelance journalist, based in Hong Kong, and have covered a range of topics, from political unrest to public health. My work has appeared in several publications, including South China Morning Post,
Forbes.com, Hong Kong Free Press, France 24 among others.
Last year, I spent the bulk of ...

William Clowes

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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William Clowes is a journalist based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He has written for Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, Quartz Africa, Roads & Kingdoms, Slate Magazine, African Arguments, Mail & Guardian, and various other publications. He is also Voice of America's radio correspondent ...