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The Mountain View Voice has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was a child, my aunt and I would head down to Castro Street many Saturday mornings to grab breakfast and I would make a point to pick up a copy of the Voice, eagerly leafing through the paper to see what was happening around town.
From the major news events, like the closure of Slater School and efforts to clean up groundwater contamination in north Mountain View, to local oddities, like the time the city planned to trap and kill aggressive squirrels at Cuesta Park, the Voice has always been my source for finding out what’s going on in my hometown.
As I now step into the role of the Voice’s editor, I feel truly fortunate to get a chance to lead a news organization that I’ve loved and relied upon since childhood.
I’ll be taking over from Kevin Forestieri, who has led the Voice since 2023, but started as a reporter at the paper in 2014. Kevin has been a steady and insightful leader, with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of Mountain View lore and a deep commitment to local journalism.
As the Voice’s next editor, I’m dedicated to continuing to publish the kind of thorough and fair coverage of city issues that our readers have come to rely upon. I want to make sure that residents from throughout Mountain View see themselves reflected in our news coverage.
To give readers a bit of background about myself, I was born and raised in Mountain View, starting my life in the Monta Loma neighborhood, spending most of my formative years in the Blossom Valley area and then moving to the Rex Manor neighborhood during high school.
I graduated from Los Altos High School, where I was editor of the student newspaper, and attended college at American University in Washington, D.C., earning degrees in journalism and public affairs, with a minor in data science. After graduation, I spent a year working at a newspaper in Oregon, before returning home to work at the Los Altos Town Crier. After a couple of years at the Crier, I came to Embarcadero Media in 2021.
Since joining the Voice four years ago, I have primarily focused on covering education issues, but have dipped my toes into other areas, including transportation, public safety and social services. In my new role, I’m excited to dive deeper into all of the topics the Voice covers, including our extensive reporting on city and regional government.
In that effort, I’m lucky to get to work with Emily Margaretten, our excellent City Hall beat reporter. We are also hiring for a full-time education and general assignment reporter. (If you know a good candidate, send them my way!)
As editor, I’m looking forward to finding new ways to innovate and improve our coverage. For the past two years, I’ve been part of Embarcadero’s Audience Engagement team, helping to lead our companywide effort to grow our connection with readers and engage audiences in new ways. This has included helping to redesign our websites, revamp our election coverage, grow our social media presence and incorporate data visualizations into more stories. I’m excited to bring this experience to my role as the Voice’s editor, focusing on producing stories that resonate with our readers and inspire them to become more involved in their community.
Core to my work will be hearing directly from readers about what you’d like to see from us and how the Voice can best serve you. My inbox is always open. You can reach me at zmorgan@mv-voice.com.
I’m glad to see you taking over as the Voice’s new editor, Zoe. Young blood is good for publications. I do hope that you, as an editor, picked up your blooper in this phrase:
“As a child, my aunt and I would head down to Castro Street many Saturday mornings to grab breakfast a…” Was your Aunt a child then?
Gleefully,
Joan Brodovsky
Not a great choice.
Has been known for biased omissions and selective reporting.
But at least gets her out of coverage.
interesting, do you have a source for those claims?
Glad to see Zoe assume this new role. Congratulations! I’ve always appreciated her unbiased and thorough coverage of local issues.