Journalists from the San Francisco Public Press and KSFP — our low-power FM radio station — won four first-place awards from the San Francisco Press Club in the organization’s 44th Greater Bay Area Awards:

  • Radio/Audio-Non-Commercial: Public Affairs Program (Staff of 1-4) — First Place: Laura Wenus, Mel Baker and Liana Wilcox of KSFP for “Civic”
  • Radio/Audio-Non-Commercial: Series or Continuing Coverage — First Place: Laura Wenus and Mel Baker of KSFP for “Essential Workers”
  • Newspapers-Non-Daily: Photography / Photo Series — First Place: Yesica Prado, Lila LaHood and Noah Arroyo of the San Francisco Public Press, and Jenny Stratton of CatchLight, for “Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis”
  • Newspapers-Non-Daily: Investigative Reporting — First Place: Seth Rosenfeld, Jonathan Krim, Liz Enochs and Michael Stoll of the San Francisco Public Press for “Ride-Hailing’s Dark Data”

Michael Stoll is senior editor and co-founder of the San Francisco Public Press. Formerly executive director, he has also been a reporter and freelance writer for local and national outlets, including the San Francisco Examiner and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has taught journalism at two Bay Area universities, and researched media ethics at Stanford.