Kate Gonzales is a freelance writer, editor and journalist based in California. She partners with newsrooms on reporting and editing projects, and offers copywriting and editing services to nonprofits and businesses.

Kate Gonzales is an independent writer and journalist who puts humanity first. Kate most often focuses on stories pertaining to gender, identity, work and class. As a woman of Mexican descent, she knows the importance of correcting the negative tropes of marginalized communities, especially those which the news media has historically proliferated. Kate makes it a point to be inclusive in her sourcing, while pushing for better representation in newsroom staffing.

She knows that journalism matters, but never at the expense of the communities whose stories are being told. Being chosen to share those stories is a privilege. For Kate, accuracy, thoughtfulness and fairness are more important than sensationalism, or even publishing a story first.

Her work has been published in Sacramento News & Review, Comstock’s Magazine, CapRadio and other news outlets. She was recognized with a 2018 California Journalism Award for her reporting on a homeless women’s “street soccer” team, and was a CJA finalist in 2023 for her labor reporting. She is currently an associate editor at The Imprint, where she taps into her strength for copy editing to ensure that critical stories about the nation’s foster care and youth incarceration systems are accurate. She envisions a future where fact-checkers abound, and where people trust news organizations because those organizations have earned their trust.

Kate is currently available for news reporting and copy editing assignments, as well as writing and editing work for the business, nonprofit and government sectors.