San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle Going Glossy To Attract Readers, Ads

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO — With its circulation falling faster than any other major U.S. newspaper's, the San Francisco Chronicle is determined to set the ...

New York Times' SF Debut Gets "Liberal," But Applies to Borrowing Policy?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


Phil Bronstein

The Times chose to invade our Western shore pretty much wearing panties and floaties instead of the full battle gear available to the national "paper of record."

Bay Area News Project: Room for All

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media


Geri Spieler

Is it possible that the future of real journalism is in the form of a non-profit entity?

Obama Administration Still Fighting Release of Torture Evidence

The Washington Independent | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


This case has dropped a off the radar screen lately, but Bob Egelko at the San Francisco Chronicle today reminds us that the Obama administration is s...

The Chronicle's Love Letter to Schwarzenegger

Paul Hogarth | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media


Paul Hogarth

Bipartisan peacemaker? The only thing Arnold ever succeeded in getting Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento to agree on is that they both dislike him.

Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Sticking It to "America's Best"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

Thanks to an economic crisis his good friend George W. Bush gave us, Schwarzenegger is launching a frontal assault against virtually all of the state's public sector institutions.

San Francisco Chronicle Layoffs Begin

San Francisco Business Times | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media


The San Francisco Chronicle began laying off editorial employees Thursday, and is expected to eliminate up to 30 jobs in the latest round of staffing ...

David Perlman, 90-Year-Old Science Writer For San Francisco Chronicle, Refuses To Take Buyout

New York Times | Corey Kilgannon | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media


It would be hard to find an older newspaper reporter than David Perlman, the 90-year-old science writer for The San Francisco Chronicle. It would a...

Magic Johnson and the Tax Refund Rip-off

Don McNay | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business


Don McNay

Because of Johnson, the tax refund business might stick around, luring in more millions of Americans.

HuffPost Reviews: Neil Young - Fork In The Road / Simon & Garfunkel - Live 1969

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Many will appreciate Fork In The Road's altruism, and it would be refreshing if Neil Young disciples dedicated whole projects like this to the causes of their hearts.

Writers at the End of Print

Giles Slade | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media


Giles Slade

It is now much easier and cheaper to publish a book than ever before.

The New Muckrakers: Can Celebrity Gossip Outlets Fill in for our Failing Newspapers?

Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 04.16.2009 | Media


Lisa Dale Norton

Is it possible that in this midst of the rubble in the collapsing newspaper industry we are witnessing the rise of the new muckrakers?

Analyst: Major American City Will Be Newspaper-Less By 2010

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media


The history of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer stretches back more than two decades before Washington became a state, but after 146 years of publishing...

San Francisco Chronicle Reaches Tentative Deal With Union

San Francisco Chronicle | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media


(03-09) 18:57 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Chronicle and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement on contract concessions that t...

50 Years Late, Connie Converse Is Music's Next Big Thing

Tony Sachs | Posted 04.10.2009 | Entertainment


Tony Sachs

Singer-songwriter Connie Converse is the indie hipster of the moment in Brooklyn with the release this week of her debut album. Did I mention that Connie Converse is 85 -- if she's even alive?

Newspaper Disaster? It's All My Fault. I'm The One

Phil Bronstein | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media


Phil Bronstein

I should have helped much more than I did to figure out how best to use that web thing to exponentially boost our role as journalists and better serve and involve our audiences.

When You Don't Understand the Business You're in, You're Screwed (Good-Bye Newspapers)

James Boyce | Posted 03.30.2009 | Media


James Boyce

Ironically, delivering news through new media is cheap, fast and easy. Readers made the transition, it's just too bad so many newspapers, with so many good people, never did.

The Wiki That's Building a News Organization

Alexis Madrigal and Sarah Rich | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media


Alexis Madrigal and Sarah Rich

For entrepreneurial journalists, imagining a town without a newspaper isn't necessarily a bleak vision. In fact, a zero-paper city looks like an opportunity to leap headlong into a journalistic future we've all been preparing for anyway.

San Francisco Chronicle In Danger Of Closing

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Chronicle joined the lengthening list of imperiled newspapers as its owner set out to purge the payroll and sl...

Two Parades. Two Coasts. One Hope.

Karen Bass | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


Karen Bass

Just as Martin Luther King's dream could not have endured if it was his alone, President Obama's hope and promise can't endure if we don't help shoulder the burden.

Bush: Breaking Racial Barriers

Phil Bronstein | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Phil Bronstein

Mr. Bush appointed not one but two African-American Secretaries of State and the first African-American as Secretary of Education. He also named the first Mexican-American as Attorney General.

SF Chronicle Jeopardizes Marriage Equality

Paul Hogarth | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Paul Hogarth

An October 14th story described Mayor Gavin Newsom as "everyone's worst nightmare" because the "Yes on 8" side used his Supreme Court victory speech in one of their ads.

Sarah's Smiles

Jerry Weissman | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


Jerry Weissman

The post-debate reaction has predictably fallen along party lines. But what universally agreed upon was that Palin did not answer moderator Gwen Ifill's questions, while Biden did.

Green Edge 8 - Saving Lives on Farms in Latin America - Cultivar

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green


John Tepper Marlin

The safety of U.S. food depends starts with the farms where our food is grown. Last month, congressional hearings on America's largest salmonella out...