Stuart Schuffman
Stuart Schuffman, aka 'Broke-Ass Stuart', is an author, journalist, and social justice activist. He founded this site in 2007, as a platform for community expression and local news dedicated to working class people. He also has a weekly column, Broke-Ass City, which appears every other Thursday in the San Francisco Examiner.
Alex Mak
Alex is managing editor and co-owner of this experiment. He's best known for his local news coverage and interviews with community members. He's got degrees in philosophy (public policy) and in cultural anthropology. He loves art, artists, restaurants, satire, travel, nightlife, and the Bay Area.
Nik Wojcik
Nik overseens all East Bay news and content writing. She is a journalist, editor, student, single mom to a pack of wolves, foodie, music lover, resident smart ass, and champion of vulgarity and human kindness.
Stephen Torres
Stephen writes the BAS Voter Guides and is a Board Member of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club. He has written for the SF Bay Guardian, Bold Italic and 7x7.
Vijay Prakash
Professional Full stack Web designer and Web developer with more than 10+ yrs of vast expertise, with great special love for LAMP, MEAN stacks & WordPress.
Illyanna Maisonet
Illyanna is the creator of EatGordaEat, a food blog and Puerto Rican food pop-up. She has been featured with Lucky Peach, Paste, East Bay Express, SF Chronicle. She'll be cooking for CUESA at the SF Ferry Building and speaking for La Cocina's "Voices from the KItchen," this Autumn 2017. She is interested in the preservation of regional and cultural cuisines.
Joe Kukura
Joe has written for SF Weekly, Sfist, and Thrillist. He covers news, nightlife and the service industry in the Bay Area.
Amiee Kushner
Amiee specializes in Small business and non-profits. All aspects of company formation, including government filings, financial management, hiring and HR. Office and procedural re-organization. LLC and 501c(3) accounting procedures.
Att. Daniel Wayne
Daniel is a Tenant's Rights Attorney, and a contributing columnist to BAS since 2015. He writes about Eviction defense, tenant harrassment, and fields questions from the community about their housing situations.
Peter Wong
Peter writes about the Bay Area film scene with an emphasis on independent films, festivals, and filmmakers for BAS. His film review work also appears regularly in Beyond Chron.
Geri Koeppel
Geri is a journalist and contributing writer to BAS, covering food, drink, and the service industry. She also works as an aide in the District 3 Supervisors Office.
Peter Lawrence Kane
Peter Lawrence Kane is regular contributing colluminist who covers Bay Area News. He is the former editor of SF Weekly, and the current communication director for SF Pride.
