Emma Goss

I'm a journalist who loves reporting across media platforms.

I'm both a freelance general assignment reporter at NBC Bay Area/Telemundo 48 and an award-winning staff writer for J. The Jewish News of Northern California.

I cover all regions of the Bay Area and report in English and Spanish for broadcast. I love investigative reporting, digging for the details, connecting the dots, combing through data and records and starting a conversation.

As a reporter for J. the Jewish News of Northern California, I've been busy covering the most challenging issues facing Northern California's Jewish communities in the wake of Oct. 7.

I became a staff writer for J. in Oct. 2021 and won a Simon Rockower award in 2023 for my long-form cover story about the lack of accessible residential housing for Jewish adults with special needs.

It's an honor and a dream to cover the stories that impact the community I come from.

I grew up in Silicon Valley, and attended Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School and Kehillah Jewish High School. I graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University with a B.A. in American Studies and a minor in Art History.

Throughout college, I wrote and interned for a variety of news publications, and ultimately gravitated toward broadcast news. I worked as a news producer for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, The Today Show, and MSNBC at 30 Rockefeller Center for four years.

During that time I began specializing in business and technology journalism, covering national stories on disinformation, cybersecurity, Wall Street volatility and economic impacts, and problems inside social media companies.

I transitioned from behind-the-scenes work to on-air reporting in 2018, spending two years in Bakersfield, before moving back to the Bay Area. I reported for KTVU Fox 2 News as a general assignment reporter for two years prior to coming to NBC Bay Area in January 2023.

I am a member of the board of directors of Kehillah Jewish High school, and I am a member of the Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula where I volunteer to support programs that benefit women's leadership and children's education. I also lead programming for Jewish young adults through my leadership role at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto.