Ramona Giwargis
Co-Founder and Editor at San José Spotlight
Co-founder @SJSpotlight. Former @SPJ_NorCal board. Past: @reviewjournal, @mercnews, @mercedsunstar. An Assyrian immigrant, @SJSU grad, sewist and Pilates geek.
Articles
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1 week ago |
sanjosespotlight.com | Moryt Milo |Ramona Giwargis
Nearly 40 years ago, two parents clutched their frightened daughters’ hands to make a treacherous overnight escape from war-torn Iran in the 1980s. The family couldn’t carry more than a suitcase of family photos and mementos. They narrowly fled air bombs dropped by Saddam Hussein’s regime on their country, fleeing buildings and hospitals where tarps covered windows to hide the people inside. Those were my parents.
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2 weeks ago |
sanjosespotlight.com | Brandon Pho |Ramona Giwargis
A group of San Jose politicians allegedly participated in an inflammatory text thread with a disgraced colleague that included racial slurs and derogatory remarks, according to law enforcement sources. Sources say the participants in the text thread, which included councilmembers and community leaders, made the remarks while discussing city meetings and public business. Mayor Matt Mahan and the local NAACP are calling for the texts to be released and demanding transparency.
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2 months ago |
sanjosespotlight.com | Ramona Giwargis
San José Spotlight is delighted to announce Omar Habbas as the first major supporter of a new educational initiative to invest in the next generation of journalists in Silicon Valley. Studies show the U.S. has lost 3,200 newspapers since 2005 – more than one-third of all its newspapers. The decline in local news fosters the spread of disinformation, polarization and government corruption, and leads to a drop in civic participation and voting.
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Mar 21, 2025 |
sanjosespotlight.com | Ramona Giwargis |Brandon Pho
A San Jose politician directed the city to change the email addresses of three staffers who went to work for a colleague, an unusual move that comes after she was accused of turning a blind eye to child sex abuse allegations against a former councilmember. District 1 Councilmember Rosemary Kamei has seen an exodus of employees from her office.
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Feb 25, 2025 |
sanjosespotlight.com | Ramona Giwargis
San José Spotlight is one of the first newsrooms across the U.S. to join a landmark initiative to bring impactful nonprofit reporting from Washington, D.C. to our local Silicon Valley audience, according to an announcement today. The Washington Bureau Initiative is powered by the Allbritton Journalism Institute — the brainchild behind NOTUS, a leading news organization covering Washington, D.C. and Capitol Hill.
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