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September 2025 Scoop: San Francisco Press Club and Bay Area News

Welcome to the September edition of Scoop, the San Francisco Press Club’s monthly digest of Bay Area and national media news. I’m your narrator, Dan Evans. As this is my first go-around at doing this, I welcome any and all suggestions on how to make it more useful. Please send that feedback and any tips on jobs or news to: scoop@sfpressclub.org.

Topping our newsletter this month is the Press Club’s announcement that its annual Awards Gala will be held Dec. 9. The event, which honors excellence in journalism and media in the Greater Bay Area, will be held again in the beautiful Julia Morgan Ballroom, 465 California Street. Stay tuned for details about tickets and how to submit work for Press Club awards. 

Now let’s get into the news. The last few weeks have notched some major media-related headlines: PBS announced it was cutting 15% of its workforce in response to funding cuts, Matthew Dowd of MSNBC (er, MS NOW) was fired for his comments in the wake of the murder of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk, and Donald Trump went on the legal offensive again, suing the New York Times for claiming he wasn’t as financially successful as he has claimed.   

Dowd’s firing has sparked a conversation on free speech, as other journalists, public relations folks, educators and a host of others have been fired, suspended or otherwise disciplined for their comments in the wake of the shooting. In short: It’s a challenging time. Keep fighting my friends. Keep fighting.  

Call for Entries: 2025 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards

The contest portal for the San Francisco Press Club’s 2025 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards is now open: www.BetterNewspaperContest.com. Please follow the contest rules below and submit your entries before 9 p.m. PST on Oct. 20, 2025. We look forward to your submissions and celebrating with you on December 9, 2025, at our 48th annual winter gala and awards ceremony at the fabulous Julia Morgan Ballroom!

Bay Area Media News

Jobs Board

Bloomberg: West Coast Editor, Weekends ($90-120K) 

The Information: Reporter, Amazon ($80-$160K); 2026 Summer Intern (deadline Oct. 31); Video Editor ($35-$50/hr) 

Forbes: Staff, Writer Education (remote) ($80-$100K); Senior Editor, CIO (remote) ($150-$200K) 

NBCUniversal: Media Operations Specialist – NBC Sports, Bay Area ($75-$85K)

Vox: Senior Video Producer, The Verge (SF or NY) ($90-$110K) ; Senior Politics, Policy, & Ideas Editor (remote) ($130-$150K)

Cityside: Higher Education Reporter, Berkeleyside ($77-$98K) 

KRON4: Digital Producer ($31.25/hr)

KQED: Data Journalist ($45-$53/hr); Executive Director, TV Programming, Video Production and Distribution ($138-$166K) 

Sacramento Bee: Service Journalism Editor ($70-$85K) 

Compiled by Dan Evans; edited by Dan Rosenheim. For submissions, sponsorships or feedback on Scoop, email scoop@sfpressclub.org.

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