Thanks to everyone who turned out last Thursday night for the launch party for the spring edition of the San Francisco Public Press. We rocked the basement art space of the new location of the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts at 998 Market Street, full of interactive art. Thanks to Kristine Magnuson for the […]
Author Archives: Michael Stoll
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.
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The news, old and new, is our theme in the Public Press third print edition
Today we are proud to announce the publication of Issue No. 3 of the San Francisco Public Press — still in glorious full-color broadsheet. The special section in the issue: a team project on the fall and possible rebirth of Bay Area news media. Jeremy Adam Smith reports on how half of Bay Area newspaper jobs […]
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Treasure Island report-back live: audio of panel discussion with Public Press and Shareable.net
On Monday, the San Francisco Public Press and Shareable.net co-hosted a panel discussion at the Hub SoMa on our reporting about the massive planned redevelopment of Treasure Island. We plan to do more of these events discussing public policy. These gatherings are open to the public and free to members. The report-back capped a package of […]
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KALW News ‘great pledge smackdown’ (oh my!)
A note from our friends at KALW News: KALW’s Crosscurrents is hosting the “great pledge smackdown” beginning on Monday from 5 to 6 p.m. on 91.7 F We are outsourcing our membership drive and pitting two celebrity guests against each other to see who can get the most listeners to become members. In one corner, […]
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The Evolving Landscape of Local Journalism: A Community Panel Discussion at the Booksmith
Join us for a lively discussion Monday night at the Booksmith in the Upper Haight to wrestle with the question of how new and experimental local news projects can reach audiences and achieve economic sustainability. The announcement: What: The Evolving Landscape of Local Journalism: A Community Panel Discussion When: Monday, August 9, 2010 7:30 PM Where: […]
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Radio interview: San Francisco Public Press in big print
“Media Minutes,” a national radio program from the nonprofit media policy group Free Press, aired a show June 11 that included an interview with Lila LaHood, director of operations and development at the Public Press, about the upcoming print pilot edition launch. Below is a transcript of the program: click here to download The San Francisco […]
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Christopher Cook on KALW’s “Crosscurrents Radio”
Tune to KALW’s "Crosscurrents Radio" today at 5 p.m. to hear Christopher Cook and KALW News Director Holly Kernan discuss his recent coverage of the trial between the Service Employees International Union and the National Union of Healthcare Workers, a rival union created by former SEIU staffers. They will talk about the meaning, importance and […]
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The Onion ponders newspapers
From The Onion: How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers?
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SF Public Press wins local journalism award
SF Public Press has won its first journalism award! Together with McSweeney’s, the Public Press has received an award in the “news media” category in the annual James Madison freedom of information contest from the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The award is for the work the two organizations did to […]
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Berkeley Daily Planet to stop printing
Our hearts go out to the Berkeley community upon news that it is losing another newspaper. The Chronicle reported today that the Berkeley Daily Planet will stop printing because of an unbridgeable gap of "hundreds of thousands" of dollars. The owners, Becky and Mike O’Malley, will continue to publish the paper online, they said, and […]