Founder @CommunityNewsSF. I used to award the weekly 🏆 SF Readers Choice Prize for local news
Joined July 2014
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1 Nov 2024
Excited about my first bit of press for @CommunityNewsSF !
1 Nov 2024
Digital Bulletin Board Proposed to Take the Place of News Racks richmondsunsetnews.com/2024/…
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25 Jan 2025
This shook me.
Brutal in its simplicity.
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3 Jan 2025
✨ 🗞️ ✨ My latest story is up on @MLNow! Yes the news racks are gone, but can we replace them with something better? Join us at our next @CommunityNewsSF Neighborhood Feedback Day at 24th St BART plaza on Jan 23. ✨ 🗞️ ✨
missionlocal.org/2025/01/fro…
#localnews #sanfrancisco
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29 Oct 2024
This was a fun one to write :) thanks @EskSF for the opportunity!
29 Oct 2024
San Francisco residents will see a bit of a refund on their upcoming Recology bills.
The trash collector has overcharged some $24M to its customers, who can expect an $18 annual refund for two years.
“This is one that, quite honestly, we missed."
missionlocal.org/2024/10/sf-…
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10 Oct 2024
Looking forward to tomorrow!! Please stop by and say hello :)
10 Oct 2024
Tomorrow! Our next Neighborhood Feedback Day is 11am-4pm Friday Oct 11 in front of the Chase Bank in West Portal. We'll have the latest version of our prototype of a digital neighborhood bulletin board to share with the community. Please stop by, say hi!
communitynewslab.org/westpor…
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3 Oct 2024
Enter the 47th Annual SFPC Journalism Awards in recognition of excellence in journalism in the San Francisco Bay Area.Submit your best work to the 2024 San Francisco Bay Area Journalism Awards today! sfpressclub.org/
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28 Sep 2024
(1/2) Beautiful day at @jeaNorCal #norcalmediaday. Rode my bike to Caltrain to the most beautiful high school journalism space in the Bay Area, led a session with staff from great student publications the Eastside Panther, @elestoque @HarkerAquila and @GraniteBayToday, and
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28 Sep 2024
(2/2) and saw some of my most wonderful student news advocacy friends @jessegarnier Rachele Kanigel and @chicanochico .
Now that I know what it’s like, next year I’ll come with a @CommunityNewsSF prototype :)
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27 Sep 2024
I’m stoked to lead a session at 12:30pm this Saturday at @jeaNorCal #norcalmedia :) who else is gonna be there?! Excited to connect with great student publications like @thelowell and student advocates like @chicanochico
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23 Sep 2024
It’s local journalism awards season! @SPJ_NorCal deadline is this Wednesday and @SF_PressClub is mid October. I’d love to see more neighborhood news and college news submissions! See you at the award parties :)
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20 Sep 2024
Wow this shirt got a lot of love at tonight’s journalism mixer at @KALW. :)
Thx for organizing @EskSF and thx for hosting @BentIdeas !
Good seeing friendly faces @lilalahood @BrokeAssStuart @Blogowitz @Meaghan_M and let’s chat soon @FitzTheReporter ! #printthenewsandraisehell
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26 Aug 2024
Come party with me on Sep 28!
26 Aug 2024
Let’s party on Sep 28! Would love to see @SFUnified students there @jeaNorCal
I’m working on bringing a prototype to share :)
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23 Aug 2024
Never signing up for a shift again. I'm also surprised that no one has done a good piece on now @NGPVAN gets away with selling peoples info
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18 May 2024
I investigated the Yellowstone Club, a private resort in Montana where ultra-wealthy business leaders and celebrities own homes. Last summer, I hiked three miles up the Gallatin River where I found wastewater pouring into the river from the club’s golf course. 🧵
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23 Feb 2024
SCOOP! We're holding the San Francisco Press Club's historic publication as we celebrate Dave Price's 23 years of service.
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28 Feb 2024
Super excited that this report is finally here! Congrats @MayaSharona :)
27 Feb 2024
NEW REPORT: SF residents want more community & ethnic journalism.
Via extensive community listening lifting up the most marginalized voices, we urge for policy solutions & partnerships to improve independent journalism access in San Francisco & beyond đź“°
commoncause.org/california/r…
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29 Jan 2024
While Austin is booming, its 153-year-old daily newspaper is dying. @Gannett, a ruthless hedge fund posing as a newspaper chain, has slashed the once-great @statesman to the bone in a race to the bottom. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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