Hello, and welcome to the October edition of Scoop — The San Francisco Press Club’s monthly newsletter.

There’s now less than one week left to submit nominations for our annual awards celebrating the best of journalism in the Bay Area. The deadline is 9 p.m. PT on October 14, 2024, and the results will be announced at Our Annual Awards Gala at The Julia Morgan Ballroom on December 4 (tickets will be going on sale imminently). There’s full instructions on how to enter the competition here.

The Press Club has also announced the winners of its new Emerging Journalist Scholarship: Rohan Baxi and Erin Sheridan. Rohan is an incoming freshman studying economics and data journalism at UC Berkeley. He previously created an award-winning podcast as a high school student in Davis. Erin is a student at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and has received many honors for her photojournalism and investigative reporting. They will each receive a $2,500 scholarship and be honored at the Press Club’s gala.

Questions, feedback, or want to flag an item for our next edition? Reach the editors at scoop@sfpressclub.org.

And now, on with the news…

MEDIA NEWS

The San Francisco Standard is launching sports coverage. The media startup has hired Tim Kawakami and David Lombardi from The Athletic.

Veteran science journalist Steve Silberman has died. The 66-year-old San Francisco resident was known for his coverage of autism.

Oakland police arrested a local journalist covering a sweep of a homeless camp. Mission Local reported that Yesica Prado had been documenting the activity at 23rd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way when she was cited.

The San Francisco Chronicle has built an AI-powered tool to teach readers about Kamala Harris. It draws on the paper’s decades of archives about the Oakland native to answer readers’ questions.

Mission Local won a General Excellence award at the Online Journalism Awards. The local outlet was praised for producing “impressive, experimental, interactive journalism that is easy to digest and packed with facts.”

Bay City News is now providing local news and arts reporting for Radio Sausalito. The new partnership is linking two independent local news organizations.

The former publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle has died. Richard “Dick” Tobin Thieriot boosted the paper’s circulation to 600,000, its peak, while working there, the newspaper reported.

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EVENTS

October 10-26 — Litquake. A local literary festival with dozens of events throughout the month.

October 20 — Mind Games: Dark Arts & the Future of Democracy. A trio of authors are discussing democracy, propaganda, AI, and the future of American politics in this Litquake-affiliated panel.

October 24 — From Silence to Solutions: Changing the Conversation about Domestic Violence. A panel on domestic violence and its media coverage in downtown San Francisco.

JOBS

SFGATE wants a Part Time Copy Editor ($33-36,000). The San Francisco Chronicle is hiring for an Investigative Editor ($125-145,000), a Visuals Editor ($79,000), and a Digital News Designer ($80-90,000). The San Francisco Standard is hiring a Wealth & Power Culture Reporter ($75-140,000), a Deputy Politics Editor ($90-140,000), a News Enterprise Editor ($110-170,000), and an Opinion Editor ($130-190,000), as well as a Social Media Editor ($75-110,000) and a Senior Manager of Social Media ($150-250,000).

KGO-TV ABC7 is hiring an Anchor/Reporter ($89-190,000), a Digital Production Associate ($57-77,000), and a Sports Multi-Media Journalist/Producer ($40-50/hour). KRON4 is hiring a MultiMedia Journalist/Reporter ($48/hour). KTVU FOX 2 is after a News Producer ($103-106,000). KQED is hiring an On-Call TV Editor ($41-72/hour) and a Television Editor ($42-75/hour).

Bloomberg News is hiring a Startups and Venture Capital Reporter ($90-120,000) and a Markets Editor ($120-160,000). The Information is looking for a Venture Capital and Startups Reporter ($70-140,000), as well as a Future of Sports Reporter, an Elon Musk reporter, and a Tech Deals Reporter (all $80-160,000). TechCrunch is hiring a Writer and an Enterprise Tech Writer (both $72-151,000). The New York Times is looking for a Photographer Correspondent ($122-147,000) and a Reporter/Meteorologist ($111-155,000).

This month’s Scoop was written by Rob Price and edited by Dan Rosenheim. Interested in sponsoring a future edition? Get in touch at board@sfpressclub.org