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Lila LaHood is the publisher of the San Francisco Public Press. She has worked as a nonprofit consultant, and as a freelance writer and editor. She was previously a business writer at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she covered retail and real estate. Lila has an M.S. from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University. She is a current member and past-president of the board of directors of the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Join us for drinks and snacks at a holiday open house party at the Public Press to celebrate the release of our new issue! Have a first look at our winter edition and meet the reporting team. WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: San Francisco Public Press, 44 Page St., Suite 504, San Francisco
RSVP: Reply via https://sfpp2015openhouse.eventbrite.com/ or call 415-495-7377
We hope to see you on the 15th!
Thank you for contributing to our year-end campaign on this global day of giving. Your support today will help the Public Press produce in-depth investigations in 2016. Our reporters are already digging into stories on campaign finance, the rampant sale of personal data, and how current social and economic trends are reshaping San Francisco. Here are three ways you can help the Public Press in honor of #GivingTuesday:
Become a member. Receive the next four issues of the newspaper — delivered by bicycle in San Francisco — plus invitations to special member events.
Dear members and friends,
Thank you for all the support and encouragement you’ve given us this year. With your help, the San Francisco Public Press continues to do in-depth reporting on important local issues and investigate the effects of public policy decisions in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.
This year, we produced reports on increasing segregation in San Francisco’s public schools, the lack of planning for sea level rise in new waterfront development all around the bay and a nonpartisan voter guide covering all the candidates and propositions for San Francisco’s Nov. 3 election. Coming soon: A comprehensive analysis of the rising cost of living. (Front page sneak peek at right.)
As a small, nonprofit news organization, the Public Press depends on the generosity of readers like you — people who value independent public media — to produce award-winning public-interest journalism.
THANK YOU! We did it! With your help, we surpassed our goal and raised $50,437 from more than 130 pledges from individuals and grants from the San Francisco Foundation and the Fund for Investigative Journalism. We offer our sincerest thanks to everyone who contributed during this campaign. Thanks also to everyone who helped spread the word on social media.
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has supported this campaign! We are extremely close to reaching our goal of raising $50,000 by Sept. 30 and need only $1,283. Can you help us get there by making a donation today? Reaching this goal will help the Public Press continue to investigate the effects of public-policy decisions and to produce in-depth reports on housing, the environment, education and labor that help all of us in San Francisco and around the Bay Area understand our communities better.
Almost to Our Goal! We are very close to reaching our goal of raising $50,000 by Sept. 30 and need only $3,309. We promise to end the campaign as soon as we hit the target! Can you help by making a donation today?
Here’s what other media outlets are saying about the Public Press’ sea level rise report:
This Map Shows What San Francisco Will Look Like After Sea Levels Rise — Mother Jones
Maps of Sea-Level Rise, Ranked from Kinda Scary to OMFG — San Francisco Magazine
Report: Rising Sea Levels Threaten $21 Billion Development Plans — KQED’s ‘Forum’
Will $21 billion worth of development around the Bay stand up to sea level rise? — KALW’s ‘Crosscurrents’
Your Call: Toxic spill in a Colorado river; the risks of building on the Bay — KALW’s ‘Your Call’
Q&A: San Francisco Public Press Reporter Kevin Stark on Sea Level Rise and Bay Area Preparations — Bay Nature
New report details sea rise threatening development at San Francisco’s edges — San Francisco Examiner
Major San Francisco Bayfront Developments Advance Despite Sea Rise Warnings — Earth Island Journal
Mapping The Projected 8 Foot Sea Level Rise In San Francisco — SFist
Map Shows San Francisco Waterfront At Risk of Severe Flooding — SF Weekly
Read our sea level rise report detailing how the Bay Area’s current waterfront building frenzy includes at least $21 billion in housing and commercial construction in low-lying areas that climate scientists say could flood by the end of the century. Order a copy of the Summer 2015 print edition or pick one up at these locations around the Bay Area. Become a member to support local public-interest journalism and receive a subscription for the next for issues of the San Francisco Public Press, plus additional member benefits.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to our summer campaign this past week! Together you pledged nearly $6,000 to support the San Francisco Public Press, bringing our summer fundraising total close to $31,000. Join this week’s flash campaign to help us reach our $50,000 goal even faster: New and renewed membership donations through the end of Friday, July 10, will be matched up to $500 by Public Press board member David Cohn and his wife Megan. An additional incentive to act now: If you join by Monday, July 13, you will be listed as a member in Issue 17, which will be published next week. We’re excited to share the new issue with you.
Can you believe we published our first newspaper five years ago this month? We’re putting finishing touches on Issue No. 17 and are excited to share our findings on how cities around the bay are managing waterfront development in light of consensus projections for sea level rise. (Hint: We didn’t find many long-range plans.)
The report will include context-rich maps in print and video and interactive elements online to give a clear view of how our region is changing and what it could look like in the not-too-distant future. The San Francisco Public Press needs your support to continue producing in-depth investigations that show the real impact of public policy decisions and help all of us in the Bay Area understand our communities better.
We were encouraged this week to see the San Francisco Chronicle take a deep look at racial segregation in local public schools. As our readers know, the San Francisco Public Press produced a major investigative report in January on this subject: “Choice Is Resegregating Public Schools.”
Our goal at the Public Press is to lead in improving community coverage and in setting the local news agenda. As a community-supported nonprofit news organization, we focus on under-reported public policy issues, and we are heartened to see other Bay Area news outlets following our lead. To produce significant, in-depth investigative reporting, we rely on donations from readers. We can continue this important work with your help.
