The James Madison Awards recognize the people and organizations of Northern California who have advanced freedom of information and expression through journalism, activism and the courts in 2025.
San Francisco’s Sunshine Ordinance Task Force is at risk of being defanged and, without an assertive vote from the Board of Supervisors, disbanded. Last month, the city’s Commission Streamlining Task Force, charged with increasing the efficiency of citizen advisory and oversight boards, recommended that the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force get an automatic sunset date (barring…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 CONTACT: Laura Wenus at 650-996-3112 or spjnorcal@gmail.com, or Ben Trefny at 415-290-2421 * * * * * SAN FRANCISCO — The Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter, honors Hilda Gutiérrez of NBC Bay Area as Journalist of the Year for the 40th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards…
The Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists denounces the Shasta County Registrar of Voters’ targeting of Shasta Scout and urges the Registrar to immediately restore the publication’s access to press releases.
The Society of Professional Journalists Northern California chapter is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Belva Davis. She was 92 years old. Davis broke the color barrier in Bay Area radio and television in the 1960s and over nearly five decades covered politics, public affairs, and watershed Bay Area stories — including the…
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