Jon Rochmis teaches Newswriting (J221) and Journalism and the Mass Media (J200) at San Francisco State and has also been with the Journalism department at City College of San Francisco for eight years. He spent 15 years in the newspaper business, including nine years at the Oakland Tribune where he was a sports columnist and beat reporter (San Francisco 49ers, Oakland A's and Cal athletics). He was the first editor at SF Gate and also served as the executive editor with Wired News. In addition, he was an editor for three years with a Bay Area publisher of books and magazines.