Francisco Martinezcuello on a motorcycle
Francisco Martínezcuello will join Chilkat Valley News as a reporter for the summer. Courtesy photo.

A California-based journalist, writer, and editor has joined the Chilkat Valley News staff for the summer. Francisco Martínezcuello, who has lived in San Diego since 2001, served 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, doing tours in Iraq and Afghanistan before pivoting to journalism. He graduated from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and had a fellowship with the 

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