Prior to joining Santa Cruz Local, visual journalist Amaya Edwards worked as the visuals intern for the San Francisco Chronicle and freelanced for different news organizations throughout the Bay Area, including the Oaklandside and San Francisco Chronicle. Edwards earned a bachelor’s degree in photojournalism with a minor in race and resistance studies at San Francisco State University in 2022. She was a recipient of the Fran Ortiz grant during her time at SFSU, allowing her to work on her documentary photo essay about Black women doulas and their commitment to Black maternal health justice in and around Oakland.
Beat: Local news for students
Our full-time visual and social media journalist: -Leads a new visually-focused local civic news product on Instagram for 18- to 29-year-olds in Santa Cruz County and the Pajaro Valley. This involves interviews and some writing, but mostly photography, graphic design and potentially light video production (30-90 second videos). -Supports our English-language and Spanish-language teams with photography for our website, newsletter and WhatsApp community. For details: https://santacruzlocal.org/jobs/photo-and-social-media-journalist/