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Local Newspapers
| Newspaper | Freq | Web | Search | Staff |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Daily | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| San Francisco Examiner | Daily | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Independent | Daily | No | No | No |
| San Francisco Bay Guardian | Weekly | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SF Weekly | Weekly | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| San Francisco Frontlines | Monthly | Yes | No | Yes |
| San Jose Mercury News | Daily | Yes | Yes | Yes |
A list of some of San Francisco's Neighborhood newspapers
The Dailies ...
San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
The San Francisco Chronicle, with the largest circulation in Northern California, is the most representative of traditional "establishment" views. With the exception of the rather unpleasant Ken Garcia, there are many good writers working at the Chronicle. Perhaps the biggest problem is that their readers are dying off and they have not found a way to engage a younger audience. The Chronicle is reluctant to confront the powerful. Perhaps it all about keeping the Macy's account. They are slow to cover stories of election fraud. I continue to find the use of the term "snail mail" on their website immature and juvenile.
San Francisco Examiner
110 Fifth Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103
As the other locally produced daily (it shares printing, advertising and classifieds with the Chronicle), the Examiner seems a little more willing to take journalistic risks. The paper continues to get better and better. Perhaps this has something to do with the new editor, Phil Bronstein. At 25 cents, the Examiner is often worth it's price. The eXaminer.com is clean and well produced.
New York Times - West coast edition
229 West 43d Street
New York, NY 10036 -
News Staff
Widely available (even has Bay Area home delivery). A little more "east coast establishment" oriented - it does give the local dailies a run for their money with the intellectual crowd. A good idea is to check out FAIR's list of articles about the Times for a perspective on the paper's biases. Has tended to be blindly pro Israel - though they seem to be going the direction of more balance.
The Independent
1201 Evans Ave, SF, CA 94124
415-826-1100, FAX 415-826-5371
A free daily. Features column by Warren Hinckle. Owned by Pan Asia Venture Capital Corp?
San Jose Mercury News
750 Ridder Park Drive,
San Jose CA 95190
Fax 408-271-3623
Silicon Valley's daily. Bowed to the New York Times - Washington Post - LA Times establishment with it's CIA Contra Crack connection series.
The Oakland Tribune is available in the city as well as the Los Angles Times
Weekly free papers
San Francisco Bay Guardian
520 Hampshire, San Francisco, CA 94110
415)255-3100
fax: (415)255-8762
Over 30 years old. A mixture of traditional 60's leftism and Arts & Entertainment coverage. Supported by ads from local businesses, dating and sex lines, cigarette and liquor companies. While publisher, Bruce Brugmann plasters his less than attractive face around the city, editor Tim Redmond exposes a rather up to date progressive agenda (circulation approx 75K city, 120K Bay Area) Add your comments to: Who likes the San Francisco Bay Guardian?
SF Weekly
John Mecklin, Editor
185 Berry, Lobby 4, Suite 3800, San Francisco, CA 94107
415-541-0700, Fax 415-777-1839
Owned by Phoenix based, New Times Inc, attempting to give the Guardian a run for it's money. Willing to take journalistic risks with long investigative articles. Now online. (circulation approx 100K city, 120K Bay Area)
The weeklies provide the most competitive journalism in the city and are filled with ads clearly directed at a younger audience than the daily papers. For a perspective, see: Weeklies add new wrinkles to old rivalry by Examiner media writer David Armstrong (Sept. 29, 1996)
Other newspapers distributed locally
San Francisco Frontlines
3311 Mission Street, Suite 25,
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.642.3704, Fax 415.648.5257
A new monthly calling itself, "A Newspaper for the Progressive Majority" Already stirring up the local newspaper scene and providing some much needed new blood. (circulation 60K city only)
The San Francisco
Business Times
275 Battery Street, Suite 940,
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-989-2522
Fax: 415-398-2494
Jewish Bulletin - Weekly
Libertad - a bi-monthly from Texas published by the National Commission for Democracy in Mexico
More: Neighborhood Papers
TV and Radio
Most local TV and radio stations have created websites. The money seems to still be in TV. (i.e. annual salaries - Dave McElhatton, KPIX-TV, around $750,000; Pete Wilson - $725,000; Gary Radnich - $500,000; Pete Giddings - $475,000; Terilyn Joe - $410,000; Kate Kelly - $400,000; Dan Ashley - $375,000 --Examiner, June 23, 1997, By Bill Mann)
Media History Media History Project Timeline Pages
Journalist Links ...
AJR/NewsLink Online version of the American Journalism Review
California Journalism Online Features a job bank, salary survey and a Journalist's Toolbox
San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory A Bay Area source list indexed by keyword with entries for media, newspapers and journalism. Features a progressive Event Calendar combining numerous Progressive Groups.
- FAIR - (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) 130 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10001 - Tel: 212-633-6700 • Fax: 212-727-7668 - A journalistic watchdog. Extensive media Index (including some for San Francisco publications), weekly syndicated column Media Beat and a bimonthly magazine, EXTRA!.
First Amendment Project A non-profit, public interest law firm established in 1991 - offers direct legal representation to individuals, civic organizations, journalists and media organizations involved in petition and free speech or right-to-know cases ...
Reporter.org Conceived by Investigative Reporters & Editors as a way to provide a variety of resources to journalists, journalism educators, and the public at large.
Journalism The World Wide Web Virtual Library entry for Journalism with numerous resources for professional journalists.
Research the Issues at vote-smart
Media Organizations
Northern California Society of Professional Journalists 520 Hampshire Street, Box 3B, San Francisco, Calif. 94110, spj@sfgate.com, voice mail: (415) 487-2549 - Bay Area Journalism Calendar and SPJ's Code of Ethics. Working to end the California Department of Corrections' ban on journalist access to state prison inmates and other issues. Hot List - from the Northern California SPJ
The Freedom Forum (415) 281-0900, 1 Market St. Steuart Tower, 21st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, Fax 415-281-3940, Pacific Coast Center is the San Francisco office of this Arlington, VA based foundation dedicated to "free press, free speech and free spirit".
Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc. (415) 543-1200, 500 Howard Street, Suite 206 San Francisco, CA 94105-3000 - Fax: (415) 543-8311 - cir@igc.org
Media Alliance (415) 546-6334, 814 Mission Street, Suite 205, San Francisco, CA 94103 - FAX (415) 546-6218 - ma@igc.org - Serving media professionals, nonprofit organizations and the general public in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 20 years. Classes and media library. A list of bookmarks.
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