Welcome to KQED News Fix, our daily (Monday through Friday) take on events and stories impacting the Bay Area and beyond. News Fix taps into the growing number of web sites, blogs and online resources covering the Bay Area, and combines that with the expert reporting and analysis of KQED journalists.

Jon Brooks is the editor of News Fix. A veteran blogger, Jon previously worked for Yahoo! in various news writing and editing roles. He was also the editor of EconomyBeat.org, which documented user-generated content about the financial crisis and recession.