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5/5 Event on Long-Range Sea Level Rise Planning for Bay Area Waterfront Development

04.27.2015
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What: Rising Tides: Climate Challenges and Solutions for the Bay Area Waterfront
When: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Impact Hub, 925 Mission St., San Francisco
RSVP: Reserve tickets via eventbrite
Join us for a discussion about long-range planning and waterfront development around the Bay Area, and preview of our cover story for the next issue of the San Francisco Public Press. By the end of this century, scientists project the San Francisco Bay will rise by at least three feet – and possibly as much as eight in a bad storm. Rising bay water will threaten businesses along the Embarcadero, UCSF Hospital, AT&T ballpark and the thousands of homes currently being built in Mission Bay, Treasure Island and Hunters Point. City planners are currently discussing what can be done and at what cost, likely in the billions of dollars. Learn from an expert panel the anticipated effects on our natural ecosystem, existing and new development, and public utilities such as transportation and sewage. This solutions-focused discussion will help us all responsibly plan for the future of the Bay Area.

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San Francisco Public Press Wins Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting

04.27.2015
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The Society of Professional Journalists has honored the San Francisco Public Press with a 2014 Sigma Delta Chi Award for investigative reporting.  
 
 
SPJ recognized “Public Schools, Private Money” by lead writer and project editor Jeremy Adam Smith and the staff of the San Francisco Public Press as the winning entry for investigative reporting by a non-daily publication in the newspapers/wire service category. SPJ selected 85 national award winners from more than 1,600 submissions. For the winter 2014 print edition cover story, our reporters examined tax records from parent-teacher associations and compiled 10 years of budget and academic data from the city’s school district. The research focused only on elementary schools to make easy comparisons.

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JOB: Bicycle delivery team for Pedal-Powered News pilot program

07.24.2014
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Seeking bicycle delivery crewmembers to distribute the San Francisco Public Press, a quarterly newspaper, to homes, offices, stores and community centers throughout San Francisco. We have an immediate need for bicycle delivery crewmembers to work one or more days from Tuesday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 1. Ideal availability: four to eight hours per day. Delivery assignments must be completed within two days.

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Pedal-Powered News is Fully Funded on Kickstarter!

Thanks to our 1,016 favorite people, we got our $10K match!

07.02.2014
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Dear friends and supporters,
We did it! And it all happened thanks to you. Throughout this campaign, we were amazed by your generosity in backing Pedal-Powered News and by your contagious enthusiasm for supporting local public-interest journalism. With your help, we raised $21,328 — more than double our Kickstarter fundraising goal — and recruited 1,016 backers, which unlocked an additional $10,000 in matching funds from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. If you followed the last few hours of the campaign, you know that we were showered with support on social media.

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195 More $1 Backers Needed by Midnight!

07.01.2014
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Thank you for supporting our Pedal-Powered News campaign on Kickstarter — you have helped us raise more than $18,600! We have one more favor to ask, and it needs to happen today. The San Francisco Public Press has a shot at a great opportunity — can you help? We need 195 people to give $1 by the end of today to unlock a $10,000 matching grant. With just eight hours to go, we are in the final stretch.

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Public Press Receives INNovation Fund Grant from Knight Foundation and Investigative News Network

04.21.2014
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The San Francisco Public Press was awarded a $35,000 grant through the INNovation Fund, a partnership between the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Investigative News Network, to launch a street mobilization program that will increase community engagement and generate income to support the Public Press in reporting and publishing in-depth, local public-interest news. The Investigative News Network administers the INNovation Fund program, which is distributing $1 million from the Knight Foundation to nonprofit newsrooms for innovative sustainability projects in several rounds over the next two years. The Public Press is one of eight recipients selected from 118 applicants in the first round. The Public Press will use the INNovation grant to launch a street mobilization pilot program that will employ newspaper hawkers and canvassers as part of a larger initiative to improve the visibility of the organization, expand its audience and increase membership donations. This grassroots marketing effort will leverage San Francisco’s vibrant street life and outdoor events to connect with large numbers of Bay Area residents and raise awareness about the Public Press and its partner public media organizations.

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Front page of San Francisco Public Press Winter 2014 edition, Issue No. 13

Issue No. 13 is here!

01.29.2014
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Special Report: Public School Inequality
Parent fundraising for elementary education in San Francisco public schools has skyrocketed 800 percent in the past 10 years. This largesse has saved classroom programs and teaching positions at schools with strong PTAs. But it has also widened the gap between rich and poor, showing how schools chiefly serving students from low-income families suffered more from state budget cuts. The Winter 2014 edition of the newspaper, Issue No. 13, is available at these retail outlets ($1) and by mail order ($4).

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Thanks for making our fall drive a success

11.07.2012
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Thank you for making the San Francisco Public Press fall membership drive a big success! Tremendous thanks to all of our new and renewing members for helping us surpass our goal. Your support means so much to us.  

If you weren’t able to join during the fall drive, it’s not too late: Become a member today.

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Annual Open Board Meeting

10.31.2012
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Annual Open Board Meeting
Join us this Saturday for our annual open board meeting. Our executive director, publisher and other board members will present reports on current operations and future plans. There will be time for public comment and discussion. We will provide coffee, tea and snacks. When: 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov.

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Fall membership drive — join now!

10.18.2012
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Did you hear that San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced at a press conference that he was investigating his department’s low rate of prosecutions for domestic violence? That was because of reporting in the fall 2012 edition of the Public Press, which found that San Francisco takes just 28 percent of cases to court — the lowest per capita rate in the Bay Area. In the cacophony of sensational coverage of the San Francisco sheriff to win back his job after being charged with domestic violence, the Public Press went in depth to look at the thousands of other cases — some of which lead to severe and repeated injuries — that never make the headlines. Team reporting projects like these are what distinguish the Public Press in an era of shrinking resources for local journalism and commercial news operations that no longer have the stomach to do independent research. But we can’t do it alone.