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Covers:  Legal Affairs, Arts and Culture, Investigative
Second careering as a journalist at Bay City News after 35 years practicing law; a little cartooning on the side...

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Joseph Dworetzky’s Biography

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I am a second career journalist. After practicing law for 35 years I switched to journalism in order to tell stories about people and organizations that don’t get noticed, to follow and explain legal events, and to chronicle the culture of modern American life.

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
2020-Date BAY CITY NEWS, Reporter, writing stories for Legal Affairs, Arts & Culture. Occasional social and political cartooning.

Summer 2019: LOS ANGELES TIMES, Intern, Metro Desk, reported to the City Editor,…

Joseph Dworetzky’s Journalist Portfolio

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Unplanned vagrancy: SF's ordinance to fix homelessness stalls over choice of words - Local News M...

Unplanned vagrancy: SF's ordinance to fix homelessness stalls over choice of words - Local News M...

IN THE DRY and colorless world of municipal ordinances, San Francisco Ordinance 92-22 stands out like it was …

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Firm calling itself world's first 'robot lawyer' sued in court over authority to practice law - L...

Firm calling itself world's first 'robot lawyer' sued in court over authority to practice law - L...

A SAN FRANCISCO-BASED company that fights parking tickets by using artificial intelligence and automated proc…

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A date in court: Lawsuit says dating website discriminates against users by age, gender - Local N...

A date in court: Lawsuit says dating website discriminates against users by age, gender - Local N...

A class action transferred to federal court in San Francisco alleges that the Plenty of Fish dating site unfa…

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San Francisco appeals injunction against homeless camp sweeps, will seek stay - Local News Matter...

San Francisco appeals injunction against homeless camp sweeps, will seek stay - Local News Matter...

One month to the day after a federal judge enjoined the city of San Francisco from sweeping homeless encampme…

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San Francisco eyes decision to authorize safe injection sites despite lack of state approval - Lo...

San Francisco eyes decision to authorize safe injection sites despite lack of state approval - Lo...

San Francisco plans to try to thread a legislative needle to allow the opening of safe injection sites in the…

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Articles

Ice Cube Sues Financial App Robinhood for Trademark Infringement

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by Joe Dworetzky O’Shea Jackson, the rapper, film star and entrepreneur better known as Ice Cube, filed suit Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco against the Menlo Park-based securities trading platform Robinhood Markets, Inc. and its affiliate, Robinhood Financial LLC. Jackson claims that on March 8 Robinhood posted a photograph of him in its Robinhood Snacks newsletter that implied that the popular rapper endorsed Robinhood’s business.
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Amazon settles claims of false advertising, unfair competition for $2M

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| The Almanac Verified
Civil action centered around e-commerce giant's use of 'reference pricing' by Joe Dworetzky / Bay City News Service Uploaded: Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 11:41 am Santa Clara County was part of a six-county alliance of prosecutors who worked together to wrest a $2 million settlement from Amazon.com Inc. over alleged false advertising.
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Amazon settles claims of false advertising, unfair competition for $2M

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| Palo Alto Weekly Verified
Civil action centered around e-commerce giant's use of 'reference pricing' by Joe Dworetzky / Bay City News Service Uploaded: Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 9:25 am Santa Clara County was part of a six-county alliance of prosecutors who worked together to wrest a $2 million settlement from Amazon.com Inc. over alleged false advertising.
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Awards

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2021 - NorCal Chapter: Arts & Culture (print/online small division) (2022)

ARTS & CULTURE (print/online small division): Joe Dworetzky of Bay City News for “Sins Invalid to stream performance about climate change and its impact on the disabled community” https://localnewsmatters.org/2020/10/22/sins-invalid-to-stream-performance-about-climate-change-and-its-impact-on-the-disabled-community-october-23-25/

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San Francisco Press Club

2021 - First Place for Online Features, Light Material

First Place: Joe Dworetzky, “The Olympics for Creative People: Artist and futurist Ty Eckley has presented hundreds of medals to Burning Man participants”, Bay City News https://localnewsmatters.org/2020/08/29/the-olympics-for-creative-people-artist-and-futurist-ty-eckley-has-presented-hundreds-of-medals-to-burning-man-participants/

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