I’m Gary Moskowitz, a journalist and musician in San Francisco, California.

I teach journalism writing and reporting courses at Santa Clara University, and I’m an editor with the California Local News Fellowship program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. I serve on a journalism education committee for the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

I’ve taught journalism courses at UCLA, UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Cal State East Bay, City University London, and The London School of Journalism. I’ve advised student campus publications, mentored young journalists with Report For America, and have taught journalism in San Francisco Unified School District.

As a freelancer, I’ve written about music, arts, and culture for The New York Times, The Economist, San Francisco Weekly, The Atlantic, GRAMMY.com, KQED, Reasons To Be Cheerful, Red Bulletin Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, the Village Voice, The Daily Telegraph, Newsweek, Mother Jones Magazine, Dazed & Confused Magazine, and other publications. For TIME Magazine, I’ve written about digital music royalties, video stores, Afrobeat, Berlin Techno, and Hyperlocal news sites. I write the MUSIC NERD newsletter. I write reviews for Kirkus.

I’m a former fellow at Mother Jones Magazine and was a community news reporter for The Los Angeles Times.

I’m on Muckrack and LinkedIn. Contact me at moskowitz.gary [at] gmail.com

I play trumpet and keys in RADIO VELOSO. I previously played trumpet in an 11-piece London Afrobeat band, an Oakland punk-soul band, a Los Angeles roots ska band, a Florida ska band, and others. I’ve toured throughout the United States and Europe. In college I played with the Florida State University marching band.

I’m on the advisory board for The Musician Growth Lab, a nonprofit aimed at helping musicians build sustainable careers.

Before pursuing journalism, I was a flower delivery van driver, a Greyhound bus terminal attendant, a ski lift operator, prep cook, line cook, dishwasher, and a grocery store clerk. I’ve delivered newspapers, and worked briefly at a newspaper printing plant in Colorado.