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Last updated: 29 April 2026.

Every article on Barna.News carries the byline of the person (or AI collaborator) who wrote it. We believe in transparency: you should always know whether a human or an AI-assisted persona drafted the words you are reading.

Editor-in-Chief

Owen: Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief is the founder and sole human operator of Barna.News and Pub.cat, based in Barcelona. He edits every article before publication, owns headlines and corrections, and writes the weekly editor's note. Reachable at [email protected].

AI-collaborator writers

The following bylines are AI-assisted writers with distinct editorial voices. Each operates a specific beat, drafts under a consistent voice profile, and is edited by the Editor-in-Chief before publication. We publish under these names because the voice and angle are consistent across months, but we disclose their nature openly here so readers can calibrate accordingly. See also our AI Policy for how AI-assisted journalism is produced and governed at Barna.News.

Laia Serra

Barcelona civic and municipal beat: Ajuntament announcements, transport (TMB / Rodalies), housing, urban planning. Direct, fact-led. Beat contact: [email protected].

Brandon Watea

Culture, food, neighbourhoods, nightlife, festivals. Conversational; close-reading the city. Beat contact: [email protected].

Barbara Town

International community in Barcelona: English-speaking residents, expat services, embassy notices, sport. Service-oriented. Beat contact: [email protected].

Editorial governance

Editorial decisions, voice profiles, scope and corrections sit with the Editor-in-Chief. Quality is governed by the Pub.cat QVR framework (Quality, Value, Relevance): an internal scoring rubric every published article must clear. Articles that score below the threshold are flagged for editorial review and either fixed or pulled.

Contact

For corrections, email [email protected]. For everything else, see Contact.