Meet Our Staff

Since graduating from Boston University with a degree in journalism, Crissy Pascual has worked at several newspapers including The Denver Post when the staff won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the Columbine High School Massacre. She has covered stories around the world from Nepal to Central America to Super Bowls to Hurricane Katrina. Her career spanned both coasts from the Asbury Park Press to the Boulder Daily Camera to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Most recently, she was the staff photojournalist for the Petaluma Argus-Courier, where she was awarded for Best Photojournalism from the California News Publishers Association several years in a row. Crissy loves live theater, dogs, and is a dedicated thrifter who last purchased a brand new item of clothing in 2010 - her wedding dress.

Crissy can be reached at photos@petalumavoice.org.

Reporter Jennifer Sawhney has covered local government, housing & development, transportation, local businesses, and more for The Press Democrat, the Petaluma Argus-Courier and La Prensa Sonoma. The bilingual English-Spanish reporter earned her journalism degree at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism after getting her feet wet at Santa Rosa Junior College’s The Oak Leaf. Jennifer dove into her career with stints in Mexico and at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, before she returned to Sonoma County where she was born and raised. Jennifer’s work has been recognized by the California News Publishers Association with awards including first place for both breaking news and features. She also produces stories for KBBF 89.1 FM, the first bilingual public radio station in the US. Jennifer has a degree from UCLA in global studies and loves to travel, cook, and write poetry.

Jennifer can be reached at news@petalumavoice.org.

Bay Area native Nate Seltenrich is an award-winning journalist. He graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in print journalism, followed by nearly a decade as a reporter and editor at the East Bay Express. Since 2013 he has been a stay-at-home dad while freelance writing and editing about science and the environment for local, national, and international publications including Sonoma magazine, the Petaluma Argus-Courier, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Earth Island Journal. A card-carrying music nerd, he serves as a programmer and volunteer coordinator for KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma’s community-access radio station. Nate and his wife live in Petaluma with their two boys, dog, rabbit, and four ducks, and spend their free time hiking and camping.

Nate can be reached at nseltenrich@petalumavoice.org.

Tobias Young is an experienced journalist, editor, and communications consultant with a career spanning more than three decades. He spent 18 years at The Press Democrat, where he reported on local government, breaking news, and regional issues. He captained the one-man Fort Bragg bureau for four years, and filled in regularly as the interim Petaluma bureau chief. He contributed freelance coverage to the Press Democrat’s Pulitzer Prize–winning reporting on the 2017 wildfires. Recently, he has worked as a marketing and public relations consultant. His three kids graduated college, but the two dogs and cat seem less ambitious. As much as possible, he dabbles in art and photography, cycles Sonoma County’s single track and backroads, hikes the Sierra with his wife, and one day soon he promises to finish that memoir.

Emily Charrier is an acclaimed journalist with over 20 years of experience writing and editing for Sonoma County media outlets. During her long tenures as editor and publisher of the Petaluma Argus-Courier and The Sonoma Index-Tribune, she oversaw the student reporter programs. She served as chair of the California News Publishers Association board of directors, helping shape legislation to protect free speech such as a police body cam law requiring footage be available for public scrutiny. Always upholding high journalistic principles, Emily is an esteemed leader who recognizes newsworthiness and talent. A North Bay native, she can be found on Petaluma’s many trails with her dogs, Shiloh and Fozzie Bear. 

Emily can be reached at internship@petalumavoice.org.