Katherine Rowlands

Born and raised in Berkeley, Calif, Katherine Rowlands fell in love with journalism in high school. That passion propelled her into reporting and editing jobs in the U.S. and abroad and has sustained her through the disruptive changes of the past decade. Most recently, she’s been deputy business editor of the Bay Area News Group, overseeing daily coverage by a business staff that covers the entire Bay Area for BANG’s news properties, including the San Jose Mercury News and the East Bay Times. During her career, Rowlands has worked in newsrooms in several California cities, including San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Oakland, Contra Costa and San Jose. She spent four years in Honduras, working as a freelancer for The Economist and other publications. She studied at the London School of Economics, while also working as a production assistant for ABC. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. Rowlands loves to travel and to cook for family and friends in her Oakland home.