Jose Arballo Jr. is a senior public information specialist for Riverside University Health System-Public Health, also known as the Riverside County Department of Public Health. He became the department’s first fulltime PIO when he was hired in April 2011.
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Jose has been part of the county’s pandemic response that started in January 2020, when a plane from China loaded with Americans landed at March Air Reserve Base and brought the country’s attention to Riverside County. He is part of a public information team that spent months working seven days a week creating and disseminating Public Health messaging through a variety of platforms, including a daily 15-minute livestream update viewed by thousands of residents.
Jose spent about 25 years as a reporter-editor in the Inland Empire region of Southern California – most covering the police and courts beat at The Press-Enterprise -- before changing careers and moving into public information.
He is a board member for NPHIC and former board member of the California Association of Public Information Officials.
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