SF Examiner tech journalist Pimentel departs for brand spanking new function

Benjamin Pimentel, senior tech reporter on the San Francisco Examiner has left. He wrote on LinkedIn:

“I’d prefer to thank the Examiner crew led by Managing Director Schuyler Hudak Prionas whose regular and provoking management has helped the Examiner group look to the long run with optimism … and my fellow editorial council members Marcus White , Jessica Wolfrom & Adam Shanks with whom I had the privilege of serving to lead the Examiner newsroom throughout a difficult interval.

“I’m heading again to the tech/biz media world to tackle an thrilling new function. Extra on that later.”

Pimentel created the Examiner’s tech and AI e-newsletter centered on key developments in Silicon Valley and the increasing world of AI. He additionally served as a member of the editorial council main the newsroom.

Beforehand, he lined crypto and fintech as a senior reporter for Protocol, and was a senior expertise reporter at Enterprise Insider. He additionally led PR and content material for the fintech startup BlueVine. He additionally wrote for NerdWallet and was a reporter at MarketWatch.

He labored on the San Francisco Chronicle for greater than a decade, holding the posts of metro reporter and expertise reporter. He interned at The Seattle Instances.

Pimentel has a B.A. from the College of Philippines and a grasp’s diploma from the College of California, Berkeley.

You’ll be able to congratulate Pimentel on X/Twitter.