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

I teach journalism writing and reporting at San Jose State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and I’m an editor with the California Local News Fellowship program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. I teach a journalism program in San Francisco Unified School District.

I’ve taught journalism writing and reporting courses at San Francisco State University, UCLA, 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 at Mission High School in San Francisco as a volunteer with 826 Valencia, a literacy nonprofit.

I’ve written and reported on 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’m a former senior fellow at Mother Jones Magazine and a former 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.

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.