The San Francisco Public Press has received a $3,000 grant from the Strong Foundation for Environmental Values for an investigative reporting project exposing the various ways that climate change will negatively affect residents of new and planned real estate projects throughout the Bay Area — and how local governments and urban planners can best respond […]
Author Archives: Lila LaHood
Lila LaHood is Executive Director of the San Francisco Public Press. She is a member of San Francisco’s Sunshine Ordinance Task Force and a member of the board of directors of the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She has worked as a nonprofit consultant and freelance 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.
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Public Press Receives $35,000 INNovation Fund Grant
We’re thrilled to announce that the San Francisco Public Press is receiving a $35,000 INNovation Fund grant to expand outreach programs through community organizing, collaboration with local groups and hosting regular public events to expand audience engagement. The INNovation Fund, administered by the Institute for Nonprofit News, was established in 2014 with support from the […]
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Holiday Open House and Issue 18 Launch Party
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 […]
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Join the Global Day of Giving
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 […]
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Many Ways to Give
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 […]
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We Did It
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 […]
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Help Us Reach the Top
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 […]
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Getting close
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? Reaching this goal will help the Public Press leverage new grant opportunities […]
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Media Coverage of Our Sea Level Rise Reporting
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 — […]
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Sea Level Rise Report — Coming Soon!
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 […]