Freedom of Information Committee Warns Against Defanging Sunshine Ordinance Task Force

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…

 

SPJ NorCal Honors 2025 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners

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…

 

SPJ NorCal Statement on Shasta County Registrar of Voters’ Targeting of Shasta Scout

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. 

 

SPJ NorCal Mourns the Loss of Pioneering Journalist Belva Davis

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…

 

SPJ NorCal 2025 Excellence in Journalism Awards Contest

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 Contact: spjnorcal@gmail.com / Ida Mojadad 415-735-6965 Know a journalist who has done brilliant work over the past year? Someone who does whatever it takes to get the story, photo or video? Whose dedication to our craft is second to none? Maybe that journalist is you! For the past 40…

 
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