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S.F. Chronicle launches new monthly event series at Manny’s
Chronicle Live will feature in-depth conversations with Chronicle journalists, live podcast tapings and Bay Area trivia.
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Elisabeth Smith joins The Chronicle as web producer
Former producer with Gannett joins digital team to help curate The Chronicle website, app, social media and newsletters.
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The Chronicle’s Fifth & Mission podcast to air on KALW
The weekday news show will air Monday through Thursday on the public radio station.
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Francesca Fenzi joins S.F. Chronicle as Audio Producer
An accomplished audio journalist, Fenzi will produce The Chronicle’s flagship news podcast Fifth & Mission.
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Emily Hoeven to join SF Chronicle as columnist
Formerly of CalMatters, Hoeven will write bylined columns as well as unsigned editorials and help make crucial decisions about who The Chronicle supports during its political endorsement process.
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Haseman joins DevHub as deputy director of visual storytelling
Janie Haseman joins HNP’s DevHub as deputy director of visual storytelling.
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Angel Guerrero joins SF Chronicle as online producer
Former audience growth and engagement producer at the Sacramento Bee joins the digital team to help curate the Chronicle website, app, social media and newsletters.
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Andrew Williams joins DevHub as data visualization engineer
Andrew Williams joins HNP’s DevHub as a data visualization engineer.
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SF Chronicle launches new photo store
Take home high quality prints of The San Francisco Chronicle visuals teams’ best shots.
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St. John Barned-Smith joins S.F. Chronicle as City Hall reporter
The veteran reporter brings investigative experience from Houston Chronicle to crucial area of coverage.
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‘Jessica Simulation’ wins Best American Newspaper Narrative contest
The prestigious literary award was given to Jason Fagone’s longform feature about love, loss and artificial intelligence.
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Lesley Huang joins HNP’s DevHub as a newsroom engineer
Lesley Huang joins HNP’s DevHub as a newsroom engineer.
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Kellie Hwang promoted to SF Chronicle Newsletter Editor
Previously a reporter on the Engagement team, Hwang will help lead newsletter strategy and write the daily Bay Briefing.
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SF Chronicle and Delish publish joint series on Asian American and Pacific Islander food
The companion projects from two Hearst publications dive into iconic dishes, versatile ingredients and surprising staples.
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Shira Stein joins SF Chronicle as DC correspondent
The Bay Area native and former Bloomberg Law reporter previously reported on the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall of Roe v. Wade.
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S.F. Chronicle publishes the ultimate guide to Highway 1
With six segments and 153 suggested stops, this extensive planner will help readers assemble their ideal drive.
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Meet The San Francisco Chronicle’s fall 2022 interns and fellows
Joel Umanzor, Salgu Wissmath, Claire Hao and Christian Leonard join The San Francisco Chronicle as Hearst fellows, Leila Darwiche and and Sabrina Pascua as fall 2022 interns.
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Alex Ptachick joins DevHub as director of new content initiatives
Former USA Today audience specialist will help newsrooms with expansions and partner with product and marketing teams to build innovative journalism products.
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Nora Mishanec joins The Chronicle as a breaking news and enterprise reporter
After completing a Hearst Fellowship program that sent her to newsrooms across the country, Mishanec is returning to San Francisco, where she’ll rejoin a team of reporters tackling both breaking news and captivating enterprise stories.
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Leila Darwiche joins SF Chronicle as fall data intern
A senior at Northwestern University, Darwiche will help the data team cover politics and culture and develop skills at the intersection of data analysis and storytelling
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Year-long Chronicle data project reveals who owns the Bay Area
With an extensive investigation and massive database, The Chronicle uncovered the power players that control much of rental housing across the region and built a tool to discover the owner of nearly any address.
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San Francisco Chronicle Newsroom Internships
The San Francisco Chronicle is seeking college students for our 2023 newsroom internship program.
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Jenny Kwon joins SF Chronicle as graphics reporter
Kwon worked on The Seattle Times graphics desk and graduated from UC Berkeley.
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Jaime Cárdenas joins DevHub as director of social media
Former Gannett strategist has a history of working closely with local newsrooms on innovative tactics and inclusive practices.
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Michelle Apon joins SF Chronicle as weekend meteorologist
A former KRON-TV anchor, Apon is a part of a new initiative to cover the how and why of daily weather, with a science focus.
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Kerrie Vilá joins HNP’s DevHub as director of content analytics
Kerrie Vilá joins HNP’s DevHub as director of content analytics.
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Harsha Devulapalli joins The Chronicle as graphics reporter
Devulapalli recently completed a graduate degree in data journalism at Columbia University and was as a developer at Mint in India.
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Ellie Miller joins DevHub as director of newsletter strategy
Ellie Miller joins HNP’s DevHub as director of newsletter strategy.
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Chronicle wins national award for special report on homelessness
The Chronicle wins the Sidney Award for its coverage of homelessness in San Francisco over a 24-hour period.
By Jill Tucker
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Chronicle wins Online Journalism Award for Camp Fire coverage
The Chronicle was honored Saturday as the recipient of the Online News Association’s prestigious online journalism award for its breaking news coverage of California’s deadliest wildfire, the Camp Fire, which killed 86 people.
By Sarah Ravani
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Chronicle writers take home Association of Food Journalists awards
Chronicle columnist Leena Trivedi-Grenier and staff writers Soleil Ho and Esther Mobley are among the winners of the 2020 Association of Food Journalists awards.
By Justin Phillips
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Emilio Garcia-Ruiz named San Francisco Chronicle editor in chief
The Washington Post veteran has served in top digital roles and has spoken about the need for newsrooms to transform themselves.
By Owen Thomas
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See photos that won Gabrielle Lurie 'Local Photographer of the Year'
San Francisco Chronicle staff photographer Gabrielle Lurie's winning portfolio from the prestigious Pictures of the Year International competition.
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Gabrielle Lurie wins ‘local photographer of the year’ in prestigious contest
She was honored for her portraits of essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic, people of color who have been disproportionately affected by the virus and Theo, a 7-year-old homeless boy.
By Tatiana Sanchez
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Chronicle’s Ann Killion and Susan Slusser named APSE winners
Ann Killion, who joined The Chronicle in 2012, was honored as one of APSE’s columnists of the year and Susan Slusser — a Chronicle writer since 1999 — was lauded for her beat writing while covering the A’s
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Can NFTs fund local news? We’re selling one to find out
Today, The Chronicle is launching its first non-fungible token, or NFT, representing our popular Best Bay Area Views Guide. The buyer gets the NFT and the power to remove the paywall on the story — making it free for everyone, forever.
By Emilio Garcia-Ruiz
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Michael Silver joins San Francisco Chronicle as NFL columnist
A Bay Area native, Silver is best known for his work at Sports Illustrated and as a columnist at Yahoo! Sports before he joined the NFL Network in 2013, where he earned multiple Emmy nominations for his feature contributions.
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Saumya Monga joins Chronicle as Next Gen Critics and Arts Intern
The San Jose State University senior brings to the Datebook team an infectious enthusiasm for pop music and a drive to elevate the work of South Asian artists.
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Visuals team recruits three more award-winning journalists
Salgu Wissmath joins as Hearst photography fellow, Alvin A.H. Jornada and Ash Adams as editors.
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Mario A. Cortez joins SF Chronicle as Food & Wine reporter
The former editor and Eater San Diego writer will cover restaurant news, pen features on all things edible, and follow the Bay Area’s growing food technology scene.
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Gerry Díaz joins The Chronicle as newsroom's first meteorologist
Díaz will be the voice of The Chronicle’s daily forecasts as part of a new initiative to cover Bay Area weather and climate with a science-forward approach.
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Jack Lee joins The Chronicle as weather science data reporter
The former academic researcher and data engineer will cover weather news in a broader climate context. Lee has reported on extreme weather, climate change and COVID-19 for outlets including the Mercury News, the Scientist magazine and Science...
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Graphics reporter Yuri Avila joins The Chronicle
Previously of the New York Times, Buzzfeed News and Animal Politico, Avila will report, design and develop interactive graphics and visual stories.
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Caleb Pershan joins Food & Wine team
Pershan is best known as the former senior editor for Eater San Francisco, where he consistently broke restaurant news, guided readers on where to eat and shed light on uniquely Bay Area food phenomena.
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New book celebrates Warriors' Championship season
The hardcover book features features stories and photos from The Chronicle's award-winning Sports team, and is available for pre-order today.
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S.F. Chronicle staff honored by Society for Features Journalism
The Chronicle took six awards, including the top prize in audio for its Extra Spicy podcast
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Heather Knight wins prestigious Scripps Howard Award for columns
The national honor was presented as part of the Scripps Howard Foundation’s 69th annual awards show.
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Introducing The Chronicle's summer 2022 interns
This year's intern class includes 14 journalists from eight colleges and universities across the country.
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Restaurant critic Soleil Ho wins James Beard Award
One of the most prestigious food writing honors, the award celebrates the best restaurant criticism in the U.S.
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S.F. Chronicle coverage honored in California Journalism Awards
The awards included first place for writing, photography, website design and arts & entertainment coverage.
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Hannah Hagemann joins The Chronicle as Weather Science Editor
Hagemann will lead a new team covering Bay Area weather and climate.
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Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund names Kevin Swanson as Executive Director
Kevin Swanson will lead the fund, which provides critical, short-term assistance to Bay Area residents in need.
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Gabrielle Lurie, Chronicle photographer, named Pulitzer finalist
Lurie was recognized for her photos in a Chronicle story about a woman who set out to save her daughter from a fentanyl addiction on the streets of San Francisco. Judges called the photos “intimate and harrowing.”
By Andres Picon
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S.F. Chronicle sells out its first ever 'Datathon'
The all-ages event gathered data lovers, reporters and city engineers to talk stats at The Chronicle office on Mission Street.
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S.F. Chronicle honored by National Headliner Awards
Reporters Jason Fagone and Alexandria Bordas and Cynthia Dizikes were honored for feature writing and investigative reporting, respectively.
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Erin Caughey and Emma Stiefel join S.F. Chronicle as developers
Caughey, former Milwaukee journalist, and Stiefel, from the Hearst Journalism Fellowship, will use web development skills for reporting and storytelling.
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S.F. Chronicle book 'Lift Every Voice' celebrates Black elders
Coffee table book highlights Black leaders from across the country with in-depth interviews and striking portraits
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Nuala Bishari joins S.F. Chronicle as columnist and editorial writer
The former ProPublica and SF Weekly journalist brings an investigative edge to the Opinion team.
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S.F. Chronicle wins four honors in News Leaders Association, Best of the West competitions
Jason Fagone and Matthias Gafni took top prizes for writing excellence and longform features.
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Janelle Bitker to lead Chronicle Food & Wine team
After three years as a Chronicle food enterprise writer, Bitker aims to build on the successes of Northern California’s best food and wine coverage and criticism as a senior editor.
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Ryan Ocenada joins S.F. Chronicle as associate audience editor
The Bay Area native brings expertise in search optimization, social media and sports after previously working for the Golden State Warriors, NBCUniversal and Twitter.
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Sophia Bollag joins S.F. Chronicle’s Sacramento bureau as politics reporter
The East Bay native previously covered the California Legislature for the Sacramento Bee and Associated Press.
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S.F. Chronicle launching meteorological team to go in-depth on Bay Area weather
A new team of science-focused journalists will produce local forecasts and news coverage around fires, storms, drought, quakes and (yes) fog.
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Jesse Lewis joins S.F. Chronicle as Director of Culture and Operations
The veteran journalist joins the newsroom after more than a decade at the Washington Post.
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Mental Canvas, S.F. Chronicle reveal winners of $100K Reimagine Drawing challenge
Artists from around the world create innovative projects using the HearstLab-funded software.
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Michaela Román joins SF Chronicle as an online news producer
The previous digital intern returns to the Chronicle newsroom.
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Vivien Ngo, Ying Zhou join Hearst’s DevHub engineering team
The two newsroom veterans move from local positions to central development and strategy group.
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Katie Vogel joins Hearst’s DevHub as director of SEO strategy
Former USA Today editor Katie Vogel will oversee search tactics and programs for local newsrooms.
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Danielle Rindler joins Hearst’s DevHub as director of design and user experience
Former Washington Post graphics editor will oversee product development and the architecture of major projects and reader tools.
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Joshua Sharpe joins The San Francisco Chronicle as new criminal justice reporter
The award-winning journalist helped free two innocent people from incarceration.
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C.J. Holmes joins The San Francisco Chronicle as Warriors beat reporter
Holmes brings unique insight from his time as a Division I college athlete and journalist covering the NBA.
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S.F. Chronicle sports team honored by sports editors contest
The Chronicle received a top ranking for digital coverage, and four writing honors in the association’s 2021 contest.
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Alejandra Matos joins Hearst DevHub as director of strategy and operations
Former Wirecutter deputy audience director will oversee the product roadmap, analytics, and tactics around interactive projects.
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Hearst’s DevHub adds Rahul Mukherjee, David Deloso to engineering team
LATimes alumnus Rahul Mukherjee will be interactives editor, and former SFChronicle intern David Deloso will be a newsroom engineer.
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S.F. Chronicle photographer Gabrielle Lurie wins Local Photographer of the Year for second...
The international award honors the best photojournalist documenting their local community.
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Chronicle project immerses readers in reality of the fentanyl epidemic
With "A Disaster in Plain Sight," Reporter Trisha Thadani and photographer Stephen Lam demonstrate the toll of the fentanyl crisis and ask: Is San Francisco is doing enough to address it?
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Alexandria Bordas named Journalist of the Year by Society of Professional Journalists' Northern...
Bordas was honored for her work exposing allegations of sexual assault against Wine Country mayor Dominic Foppoli.
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‘Buster’ book celebrates the career of Giants catcher Buster Posey
New hardcover book documents the San Francisco Giants star from draft day to retirement through the stories and photography of The San Francisco Chronicle.
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Stephanie Zhu joins The San Francisco Chronicle as a developer and digital designer
Zhu is The Chronicle's first developer embedded within the design team, joining a newly organized team that focuses on crafting journalism for digital platforms.
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‘It’s All Political’ podcast joins S.F. Chronicle flagship show ‘Fifth & Mission’
Host and reporter Joe Garofoli will bring political interviews and expanded coverage to daily news podcast .
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How The Chronicle food list sausage gets made
Food lists look like a lot of fun to make — sampling dozens of burgers or tasting endless tacos — until you start talking to a food critic about the logistics.
By Peter Hartlaub
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Jess Lander joins The San Francisco Chronicle as a wine reporter
Based in Napa, Jess Lander will bring her intimate understanding of Wine Country's residents and businesses to her role at The Chronicle.
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S.F. Chronicle’s Photos of the Year project spotlights the images that defined 2021
The annual Photos of the Year project showcases the newsroom’s best Chronicle photographs and the journalists who captured them.
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S.F. Chronicle adds new audio walking tour of the Castro to San Francisco tour series
Join the Chronicle on GPS-based audio tours of the Castro, Financial District and Golden Gate Park, reported and hosted by our journalists.
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Warner Strausbaugh joins San Francisco Chronicle as sports designer
The visual journalist will help design the Sporting Green in print and execute digital designs for SFChronicle.com.
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Jen Thomas returns to S.F. Chronicle as an audience editor
The experienced journalist rejoins the paper after a two-year hiatus.
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Cesar Hernandez joins The San Francisco Chronicle as associate restaurant critic
The Los Angeles native has written love letters to pizza parlors, helped compile a database of 700 tacos and was part of a team that won a 2020 James Beard Award.
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What does it take to turn the Sporting Green orange? Here's the inside story
When the San Francisco Chronicle Sporting Green section turned orange in honor of Giants great Buster Posey's retirement, Peter Harlaub was thrilled. He also had a lot of questions.
By Peter Hartlaub
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S.F. Chronicle focuses award-winning Homeless Project on Oakland for the first time
The sixth annual project examines the homeless crisis in Oakland through the stories of four former homeowners who are now homeless.
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S.F. Chronicle launches transportation tracker to follow 10 major Bay Area projects
This new interactive will chart the progress of major local transportation developments, from BART extensions to new express lanes.
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S.F. Chronicle wins third straight Online News Association award for breaking news coverage
The San Francisco Chronicle’s coverage of the 2020 Northern California wildfire siege won the prestigious Online Journalism Award for breaking news, marking the newsroom’s third straight win in the category.
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Ying Zhao joins San Francisco Chronicle as a newsroom engineer
The editor-turned-programmer will work on the development team building interactive projects and reader tools.
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Editors Zeba Khan and Harry Mok join S.F. Chronicle Opinion team
The experienced journalists will serve as deputy and assistant editor respectively.
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Gwendolyn Wu returns to S.F. Chronicle as newsletter writer and engagement reporter
The former Hearst Fellow is returning to the newsroom as the writer of the flagship Bay Briefing newsletter and an engagement reporter.
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Meet The San Francisco Chronicle’s fall interns and fellows
The San Francisco Chronicle is proud to welcome five interns and fellows to the virtual newsroom this fall. These standout young journalists will be working on big stories and multimedia projects across departments and coverage areas.
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S.F. Chronicle wins six awards from the Society for Features Journalism
The annual competition honored The Chronicle for digital presentation, arts & entertainment commentary, integrated storytelling and digital innovation, among other categories.
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New S.F. Chronicle census interactive helps readers explore how communities are changing
This census explorer allows readers to input an address anywhere in the country and see how their community changed between the 2010 and 2020 censuses.
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S.F. Chronicle named as finalist for four Online Journalism Awards
Newsroom honored as OJA finalist for breaking news, audio storytelling, feature story and explanatory reporting.
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Philip Pacheco has joined the San Francisco Chronicle as photo editor
After a nine-year career as an independent photographer, Bay Area native Philip Pacheco brings extensive field experience to the photo desk.
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S.F. Chronicle newsroom gets a major makeover
The clutter is gone from 901 Mission St., but the Herb Caen typewriter stays.
By Peter Hartlaub