John Gonzales

John Gonzales has 20 years of experience in local, national, and international reporting. He most recently served as senior writer and senior fellow for the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg, where he wrote enterprise reporting projects from underserved communities and helped younger journalists do the same.

Gonzales was previously the New Orleans-based southern regional correspondent for the Associated Press, Hispanic affairs reporter at Newsday in New York, and a general assignment trainee at the Los Angeles Times. He has won awards from the Association of Health Care Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, which focuses on journalism innovation. He was awarded The Freedom Forum’s North American Journalist Exchange fellowship in 2001, reporting from Mexico City and the state of Hidalgo.

Gonzales graduated with honors from USC with a dual major in journalism and political science. He was born and raised in San Bernardino and lives with his wife, Michelle, in Los Angeles.

Email: John.Gonzales@csulb.edu
Office Location: LA4-206F 
Phone: 562-985-5361 (no messages)