By Lydia Chavez : missionlocal – excerpt
Joe Rivano Barros
After many years in which I’ve run the newsroom in tandem with Joe Eskenazi — a feat that sometimes felt like a high-wire act — Mission Local has added a new senior editor. His name is Joe Rivano Barros, and he started in April. (I know, two Joes. We haven’t yet figured that one out.)
Joe Rivano joined Mission Local right out of Stanford University in 2014 as part of the Rebele Internship program, which places young students in local newsrooms. He was terrific then — bookish, curious and thoughtful. Unfortunately for us, he was also eager for foreign adventure and left the Bay Area to work for a nonprofit in Bhutan.
When he returned, we hired him as a full-time reporter and he did superb work on the homeless, housing and political issues. At the time, we had only three reporters, all of whom covered everything — a madhouse of a newsroom in what was probably half the size of a Pacific Heights closet…
Already, Joe E. and I can see the benefits of what he brings to the job — a deep knowledge of and love for the city as well as superior editing and organizational skills. All are essential as Mission Local grows…
So, welcome Joe and if you need to get in touch with him, he can be reached at joe.rivanobarros…(more)