Newsroom Overview Our Mission Our mission is to tell the story of San Francisco — the city whose people change the world. We will inform, inspire and provoke while being honest, fearless and original.
What We Are The San Francisco Chronicle has two brands that uniquely position it to be the dominant media voice in the Bay Area.
The San Francisco Chronicle, print SFGate is the free, go-to and online, is a premium destination for anyone looking to subscription destination, featuring get purposeful, fast and world-class journalism, award- immediate breaking news, or a winning reporters, in-depth quick taste of what is happening analysis and commentary, in San Francisco at any given investigative reporting, feature moment. stories and columnists.
The Newsroom The San Francisco Chronicle is the definitive voice of the world’s most innovative region. We start the conversation and relentlessly report on issues that have region-wide impact because what’s happening in the Bay Area is what’s next for the world.
We prioritize coverage of: >Breaking news >Unique local personalities >The innovation that powers the Bay Area and, by extension, the world >The Northern California zeitgeist >Thought leadership
We provide comprehensive coverage that’s timely and authoritative, told in a variety of mediums across multiple platforms.
We value storytelling, authoritative reporting with deep context, complete sourcing, accuracy, accountability and photography.
Business
Business provides the must-read stories about the Bay Area economy, which is powered by the ideas that will change the world. Innovation is the lifeblood of the region, and our journalism prioritizes and reflects that. Above all else, we prioritize where and who the money comes from and where it goes — a key prism through which we measure how the economy is being shaped, influenced and changed. We do this through explanatory storytelling with a critical perspective so readers can always find out what they need to know. We cover the influencers and who they influence — and how one group affects the other. Through this, we chronicle the changing region.
Varied coverage We produce the trusted business reporting our readers rely on, while offering up-to-the minute news, ambitious projects and a unique point of view. We spell out what’s next for San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
Coverage focus We focus on innovators and their ideas, investment/venture capitalism, philanthropy, wealth, tech culture and consumer-oriented news.
On SFChronicle.com On SFGate.com SFChronicle offers deeper analysis, the first look into what is Get the day-to-day pulse on what’s happening in Bay Area the Next Big Thing and columnists that provide greater tech at SFGate. The Tech Chronicles covers the news you need context and depth. This is where you find investigative to know. SFGate has market coverage and stock information, journalism, videos and inter-active features. If you are details on upcoming conventions and stories about workplace interested in being a part of San Francisco’s booming culture. Articles frequently feature consumer-oriented news economy, SFChronicle gives you what you need to know, and aggregated gadget reviews. Blogs provide short bits of including lists of the big spenders, innovations and people you commentary on national business news and major local news. need to follow. We also cover next-generation philanthropy, looking at it with a critical eye toward how businesses give back to the community.
Business Beats & Contacts
Carolyn Said the future of work David Baker [email protected] clean energy and transportation Catherine Ho [email protected] health care & health tech Wendy Lee [email protected] Silicon Valley companies Kathleen Pender [email protected] personal finance [email protected] Marissa Lang tech culture Thomas Lee [email protected] global trade and retail [email protected] Benny Evangelista consumer tech Trisha Thadani [email protected] startups and local business [email protected]
News
The Chronicle is the Bay Area’s premier news source, providing an authoritative voice that lends context and depth to the conflicts and changes that shape the region. The coverage aims to make readers feel smarter about the important issues of the day.
Breaking news We cover breaking news with a sense of urgency, but with the expertise that sets us apart from competitors. We provide richer context, authority, deeper sourcing, accuracy and accountability — all while getting the story first.
Coverage focus Beats are covered through the prisms of change, conflict and power, without losing sight of the quirky and eclectic stories that make the Bay Area unique. How the region changes and who is at the helm are at the heart of what we do.
On SFChronicle.com On SFGate.com Chronicle journalists provide deep, thoughtful analysis on the SFGate provides viral, short-form and breaking news aimed at big issues of the day. It’s the go-to place for our major engaging readers from the early morning hours until late at investigations, which often include behind-the-scenes stories, night. blogs and materials (reports, court documents, sidebars) that are not available elsewhere. While major breaking news stories are covered, the emphasis is on the “why” of breaking news and the story behind the story. We seek out external voices that can contrib-ute to this vision. During key elections, SFChroni-cle.com is the primary source for all things political.
News Beats & Contacts
Jill Tucker John Wildermuth Carl Nolte K-12 education politics San Francisco history & parks [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Nanette Asimov Carolyn Lochhead Heather Knight higher education national politics San Francisco columnist [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Erin Allday Melody Gutierrez J.K. Dineen health California state politics development [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Bob Egelko Phil Matier & Andrew Ross John King legal affairs political gossip urban design & architecture [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Vivian Ho Dominic Fracassa Michael Cabanatuan criminal justice city hall transportation [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Joe Garofoli Rachel Swan Kimberly Veklerov politics city Hall East Bay [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Otis Taylor East Bay columnist Otis Taylor Hamed Aleaziz East Bay columnist diversity issues [email protected] [email protected]
Peter Fimrite Joaquin Palomino environment investigative [email protected] [email protected]
Kurtis Alexander Cynthia Dizikes environment investigative [email protected] [email protected]
Steve Rubenstein Karen de Sa features investigative [email protected] [email protected]
Kevin Fagan Evan Sernoffsky features breaking news [email protected] [email protected]
Lizzie Johnson Jenna Lyons general assignment breaking news [email protected] [email protected]
Sports
Sports covers the country’s most vibrant sports market, telling the story of the Bay Area’s teams and athletes, both on and off the field. We satisfy the hard-core sports fan, but extend our reach to the general reader with stories that examine the cultural zeitgeist surrounding sports. Our coverage surprises with unique takes on common refrains and provocative stories that influence or inspire the sporting world. Simply put: The Chronicle sports department starts and continues the daily conversation about Bay Area sports.
Breaking news We are the first to break news on sports issues and teams that are important to Bay Area residents and deliver that news quickly and with the depth and context that only a 150-year-old media company can provide. If for any reason we are not first, we aggregate the news immediately so we can remain the relevant source for Bay Area sports news.
Coverage focus We prioritize coverage of professional Bay Area sports, particularly baseball, football and basketball. Secondary emphasis is placed on local college sports, preps and hockey. We prominently feature our columnists, who bring depth to our reporting and highly regarded points of view.
On SFChronicle.com On SFGate.com Chronicle columnists provide readers with a deeper The newsroom maintains a number of team-specific experience. In addition, we provide next-day analysis on blogs, which add commentary and buzz to the stories the local sports market and features that get behind the everyone is talking about. The blogs are used to scenes with athletes and coaches. This site is a place to complement SFChronicle.com. Running game stories gather and engage with readers using methods — and game results, as well as breaking news, live on including interactive chats and video discussions — that SFGate. bring users into the press box.
Sports Beats & Contacts
Eric Branch Tom FitzGerald Scott Ostler 49ers Stanford columnist [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Vic Tafur Rusty Simmons Janny Hu Raiders Cal assistant sports editor [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Henry Schulman Tom Stienstra Mike Lerseth Giants outdoors assistant sports editor [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Susan Slusser Ron Kroichick Al Saracevic A’s features, golf sports editor, columnist [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
John Shea Ann Killion baseball columnist [email protected] [email protected]
Connor Letourneau Bruce Jenkins Warriors columnist [email protected] [email protected]
Lifestyle
The San Francisco Chronicle owns lifestyle coverage in the Bay Area, focusing on trends in style, food, wine/spirits, design and travel. Every day we publish fresh storytelling and service journalism that resonates with our unique culture.
How we live Northern Californians live differently from people elsewhere in the country, and The Chronicle reports on this lifestyle and packages the content in modern ways. Everything we do has a Northern California focus and connection.
Coverage focus We enrich our trend reporting with practical information that our audience can act on, including what to buy, where to go, what to do, what to eat and what to drink.
On SFChronicle.com On SFGate.com Chronicle journalists, photographers and Lifestyle coverage is about what is happening right now, videographers report on trends, style makers and news in focused on a tuned-in and contemporary audience. SFGate these lifestyle categories, bringing relevant context and embraces lifestyle coverage as entertainment, and it is the creative flair. While SFGate offers what’s interesting today, in entry point and guide for visitors and locals. We feature the moment and with a sense of fun, SFChronicle.com offers celebrity news and street fashion, best brunches and burrito rich entertainment and insight, along with access to the recommendations, Wine Country guides, region’s influential and creative people and institutions. It’s neighbor-hood shopping and society slideshows. Chronicle high-end fashion, society events, Michael Bauer’s restaurant voices have an outlet through blogs, which are buzzy and reviews, wine recommendations and great trend reporting on vibrant and complementary to The Chronicle coverage. Inside food and drink. This site brings you multimedia access and Scoop breaks news and aggregates outside food coverage. insight into San Francisco-style celebrity: the chefs, designers Locally focused travel coverage lives on SFGate. and tastemakers who help the region thrive. We make heavy use of video, including how-to’s and interviews with chefs. We also will bring in additional contributors who have distinctive points of view about the lifestyle landscape. Travel coverage here is highly curated, heavily relying on archival content to build out sophisticated packages.
News Beats & Contacts
Michael Bauer Jonathan Kauffman Laura Compton restaurant critic, food features style executive food and wine editor [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Esther Mobley Carolyne Zinko Justin Phillips wine, beer & spirits style restaurant industry [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Spud Hilton Tony Bravo Tara Duggan travel style & features food [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Greg Thomas Sarah Fritsche travel food [email protected] [email protected] David Downs cannabis [email protected] Arts & Entertainment
The Chronicle is the acknowledged authority on arts and entertainment in the Bay Area. Our nationally recognized critics and staff writers put their deep knowledge and critical acumen to work every day to help readers make informed choices about how to negotiate the area’s rich array of cultural offerings.
The first source Whether it’s a long-established arts organization or an all-but-unknown project that’s just getting off the ground, The Chronicle’s readers know about it first from us.
Coverage focus We prioritize coverage of fine arts, movies, music, pop culture, books and media, and the unique personalities behind them. We rely heavily on established critics whose points of view resonate across the region and we see our role as creating a dialogue with readers throughout the Bay Area. There’s a reason the publishing world pays attention to The Chronicle and our best-seller list as a reflection of the area’s insatiable hunger for the printed word, even if the word is “printed” on a tablet.
On SFChronicle.com On SFGate.com Our critical expertise lets us give recommendations on what is We are the first to report on breaking cultural news, and we a must-see or a should-miss event. This site gives readers provide extensive listings — both curated and not — that help criticism and context they don’t get anywhere else. We guide the reader to make informed decisions. We cover the explain why the Bay Area arts scene is edgy, quirky, innovative complete experience of major events, including slideshows of and bold and make readers excited about participating in the major music festivals, parking tips, traffic information and arts community. We expand on breaking news by providing other must-know details. We are the go-to site for only-in- sources and context that readers can’t get elsewhere. Readers the-Bay Area events, including Pride, Bay to Breakers, Folsom come away from their time with The Chronicle with an Street Fair, Litquake, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and the Lunar understanding of how and why the rest of the country New Year parade, among others. considers the Bay Area an artistic bellwether. Readers get multimedia access to the people who create our art and are cultural thought leaders. Museum, performance and other reviews live here exclusively.
Arts & Entertainment Beats & Contacts
Joshua Kosman Lily Janiak David Wiegand classical music critic theater critic assistant managing editor, [email protected] [email protected] TV critic [email protected] Mick LaSalle John McMurtrie film critic book editor Sam Whiting [email protected] [email protected] features [email protected] Aidin Vaziri Don Asmussen pop music critic cartoonist Ryan Kost [email protected] [email protected] features [email protected] Peter Hartlaub Leah Garchik pop culture critic columnist Will Hearst [email protected] [email protected] staff member [email protected] Charles Desmarais art critic [email protected]
Opinion
We engage and empower readers, giving them a roadmap for how to participate and influence their community and beyond.
Our own opinions are distinguished by original reporting, independent thinking and a commitment to identifying solutions. We use our access and resources to give readers an opportunity to view and participate in civic affairs, and to elevate the level of civility and substance in community conversations. Our editorial philosophy is not to comment on the weather but to create weather patterns.
Coverage focus We focus on Bay Area issues that merit attention, especially when there is an otherwise dearth of coverage or leadership. Our focus is on not just joining the chorus, but finding the right issues and positions in which we can make a difference. Many Bay Area residents regard themselves as engaged citizens of the world, and our daily editorial pages, Sunday Insight and digital sites reflect that. Opinion is our local expertise, and we strive for the highest standards of fairness, accuracy and independence. We will continue to build a contributor network, giving our soapbox to other thought leaders who are carefully selected for the value they contribute to the civic dialogue.
On SFChronicle.com On SFGate.com We provide VIP treatment for subscribers through the many We use blogs and social media to spur public conversation as ways they can interact with our Opinion team. This includes breaking news develops. We look for opportunities to not fast-tracking members’ access to letters to the editor, Google only increase our impact by reaching a wider readership than hangouts with newsmakers (and on occasion with The our subscriber base — especially during elections — but to Chronicle journalists), live-streaming editorial boards, “town build trust with the community by increasing the transparency hall” meetings and opportunities for members to ask of the editorial board and its decisions. This is achieved by questions of candidates and other editorial board visitors. opening the process to public scrutiny with online chats and other methods
Opinion Beats & Contacts
John Diaz Spencer Whitney Caille Millner editorial page editor assistant editorial page editor editorial writer, columnist [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Lois Kazakoff Marshall Kilduff Josh Gohlke deputy editorial page editor editorial writer editorial writer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]