Joanna Jacobo Rivera

I'm joining CALÓ News as the new Southwest editor. The LA-based, Latino-focused newsroom is expanding its coverage to Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico and we're looking for freelancers! Send pitches to joanna@calonews.com.

For the past 10-12 years, American media companies have failed to extend the runway for successful Latino journalism efforts. Now, @axios has given up. Axios Latino was a success. It was required reading for anyone who followed U.S. Latino communities. To see it end before it reached its 4th year sucks.

Documented is hiring for two new positions, an Immigration Enforcement Reporter and a Spanish Community Correspondent. Thread below for links and more details #journalismjob @WritersofColor @NAHJ @InsideNewsroom_ @DisabledWriters

NEW: Tens of thousands of paper voter registration forms were dropped off damaged or incomplete at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office just before the sign-up deadline, which could leave some voters in limbo heading into Election Day. Read my latest: azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

Voters: If you think your ballot was impacted, you've got two options. - Request a new mailed ballot before end-of-day tomorrow. - Check BeBallotReady.Vote to see if your ballot was received by election officials. It usually updates within 72 hours. If not, vote in person.

For almost 4 yrs I've managed a texting service that unhoused ppl, service providers, journalists, and even some city workers subscribe to. I've mostly sent out sanitation schedules that the city refuses to make public. Recently I sent me 1,000th "broadcast" and hit 185 subs.

NEW: Democratic Rep. @gregstantonaz wrote to the Department of Homeland Security asking if it can work with @AZSecretary to confirm the citizenship status of the 100,000 voters caught in the state’s coding error. He cites my story: azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

Farewell to a friend with a big heart, who always had Phoenix's heartbeat. azcentral.com/story/opinion/…

Esta mañana falleció nuestro querídismo amigo y colega @JavierArce33 tras su battala con el cáncer. Tu legado quedará por siempre marcado en @LaVozaz @azcentral. Descansa en paz, my friend. Gracias por dejarnos tus letras. Donate/share: gofundme.com/f/help-support…

La Voz, Tempe Center for the Arts organiza noche de historias sobre democracia azcentral.com/story/noticias… via @joajacobo

Come work with @LaVozaz & @azcentral! What started this year as a very short experiment has turned into a long-term project and I'm looking for a bilingual reporter who can help keep that going. Apply here: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/gannett/… Y aquí: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/gannett/…

Nos Ayuda a Vivir, a $1.7 million campaign, aims to bring clean energy to Arizona's Latino communities, where temperatures are a few degrees hotter than wealthier neighborhoods, @ErickTrevino reports. azcentral.com/story/news/loc… via @azcentral

Big thank you to my editors and my friends on the print production team at @azcentral for giving so much space to our jail deaths investigation in today's paper! azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

Are you a bilingual journalist based in Arizona? Come work with @LaVozaz! What started this year as a very short experiment has turned into a long-term project and I'm looking for a reporter who can help keep that going. DMs are open or email me at joanna.jacobo@gannett.com

While looking for a Loteria game online, I found that there were not that many options, so I built one. Play online with friends: loteria.luciovilla.com

After nearly 90 years, the Thunderbirds remains all men and mostly white azcentral.com/story/news/loc… via @azcentral

Police violated rights of people of color, protesters and unhoused people, DOJ says in report @TheMiguelTorres @taylorseely95 azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

🧵: I write about Phoenix's formal Plans because they are public declarations of what leaders want to be held accountable to. Home affordability is a crisis here, yet, city leaders committed to the status quo. I think that's newsworthy, so I asked them why. 1/6⬇️