Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

Reporter and Producer

Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez is a reporter and digital producer for KQED covering politics.  Joe most recently wrote for the San Francisco Examiner as a political columnist covering The City. He was raised in San Francisco and has spent his reporting career in his beloved, foggy, city by the bay. Joe was 12-years-old when he conducted his first interview in journalism, grilling former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown for the Marina Middle School newspaper, The Penguin Press, and he continues to report on the San Francisco Bay Area to this day.

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San Francisco's First Mayoral Debate

An African American woman with a white jacket and the photo of Banko Brown stands at a pew in a church, beneath the photo is written "Justice 4 Banko"

A Conversation With Banko Brown's Chosen Family

5 Takeaways from the 1st San Francisco Mayoral Candidate Debate

SF Mayor Candidates Speak to Their Bases and No One Else at 1st Debate

San Francisco's 1st Mayoral Debate Is Here. The Stakes Are High

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Racist, Misogynistic Slurs Spray-Painted on SF City Hall

UC Sues Academic Workers Union to Halt Pro-Palestinian Solidarity Strikes

Breed’s $15.9 Billion SF Budget Plan Adds Money for Police, Other City Workers