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JJ Velasquez is the San Antonio Report’s audience development editor. He writes The Curve, a coronavirus pop-up newsletter focusing on the impact of the pandemic on San Antonio. He also helps guide the Report’s social media, SEO, and off-platform strategies. The 2009 UT Journalism School grad is a proud native of South Texas and the borderlands, having grown up in Laredo.