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Deputy tech editor Rodriguez departs CNBC

February 27, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Salvador Rodriguez

Salvador Rodriguez, deputy tech editor at CNBC, was among the layoffs this week.

He has been in that role since September 2024 and was based in San Francisco.

“I’m sad to leave all my wonderful friends and colleagues, but I’m so grateful I got to work with them again, learn so much and publish some incredible pieces that we’ll always be proud of,” he wrote on LinkedIn.

Rodriguez has been covering the tech industry as a journalist in California for the past 14 years, reporting at Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, CNBC.com and The Wall Street Journal.

He spent nearly three years with the Journal, where he covered the business of social media. In his previous tenure at CNBC.com, he covered Facebook and other social media companies.

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