As we dive into summer, the San Francisco Press Club has been busy organizing events and gatherings to bring the Bay Area journalism community closer together.
In June, The Press Club partnered with The Commonwealth Club to host a Q&A between CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa and SF Fed President Mary C. Daly. The event broke news locally and nationally. If you missed it, you can catch the highlights here or here.
For Pride month, Politico’s Dustin Gardiner moderated a conversation about transgender athletes featuring Cal Calamia, a trans marathoner; Christina Kahrl, sports editor of the San Francisco Chronicle; Honey Mahogany, San Francisco’s Director of the Office of Transgender Initiatives; and Cheryl Lala-Chávez, a retired professional golfer and D1 student-athlete.
Watch this space for upcoming events.
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MEDIA
Bay City News Foundation, in partnership with The Mendocino Voice, will welcome California Local News Fellowship journalist Sydney Fishman to its reporting team to cover Mendocino County for the next two years.
The San Francisco Press Club is building out its board. The non-profit organization has recently grown its leadership team, with Ethan Toven-Lindsey, the vice president of news for KQED, joining in June.
Ninth Circuit dismisses conservative journalist Susan Reynolds’ First Amendment lawsuit against San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston. Preston blocked Reynold’s publication, The Marina Times, from his public Twitter account in 2020, prompting Reynolds to sue.
EVENTS
The California News Publishers Association is hosting its first awards gala since 2019 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles. Here’s a list of the Bay Area finalists who could take home awards.
Stuart Schuffman, known to many as Broke Ass Stuart, is publishing a free literary magazine featuring prominent Bay Area writers, including Poet Laureate of San Francisco Tongo Eisen-Martin and Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer. A launch party is scheduled for Sunday, July 28th, in Kerouac Alley from 2-4 pm. Broke Ass Stuart will buy beer for the first 200 attendees!
The Asian American Journalists Association’s 2024 annual convention, AAJA24, will be held Aug. 7-11 in Austin, Texas.
JOBS
The Information is hiring a Weekend Section Reporter ($80,000–$160,000) and a Tech Deals Reporter ($80,000 – $160,000).
SFGATE is hiring a Local Editor ($80-90,000) and a North Coast Contributing Editor ($45,000 and $50,000). The San Francisco Standard is hiring for an Articles Editor ($110-170,000), a Wealth & Power Culture Reporter ($75-140,000), an Express Desk Reporter ($60-110,000), a News Enterprise Editor ($110-170,000), and a Staff Photographer ($75-110,000).
KGO-TV ABC 7 is hiring a Producer ($84,400 – $113,200) and a News Photographer ($52.8375 per hour). CNBC is seeking a Deputy Technology Editor ($95-145,000) and a Field Producer ($90-120,000).
Among national publications, The New York Times is recruiting for a Reporter/Meteorologist.
Remote opportunities: The Athletic is hiring a Content Producer, an Associate Newsroom SEO Editor, and an Audio and Video Producer.
This month’s Scoop was written by Jessica Wolfrom and edited by Dan Rosenheim. Interested in sponsoring a future edition? Get in touch at board@sfpressclub.org