Have we yet to feel the true impact of the news media cuts that have plagued our nation over the past several years?
In Northern California alone, hundreds of journalists have been displaced from their longtime jobs. Many tried to hang onto their chosen profession by working as freelancers — providing a ready source of affordable [...]
Fainaru tosses first pitch at City College event
(Story by Sara Steffens and Rebecca Rosen Lum, Photos by Russ Cain)
About 120 participants gathered Saturday at City College of San Francisco for the first “Spring Training for Journalists,” a daylong workshop we hope will become an annual tradition for news staffers, freelancers and students throughout our region.
This [...]
Whether you’re a newsroom veteran, a newcomer or a seasoned freelancer, surviving in journalism now means taking your future into your own hands.
If you’re ready to upgrade your skills and reinvent your career, join us at our inaugural:
Spring Training for Journalists
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday April 24
SF City College – Ocean Campus
50 Phelan Avenue
San Francisco.
A top-notch [...]
By Rebecca Rosen Lum
Freelance Unit Chair
California Media Workers Guild
It withstood a fusillade of hyperbole by Republicans, a blitz of oppositional advertisements by the insurance industry, and the relentless internal chipping away of Democratic concessions.
But at last, a comprehensive health care reform bill has been signed into law, and many independent journalists [...]
Entwined with the Mexico of maquiladoras, drug wars and immigration coyotes is a Mexico in which artists paint, green energy firms run wind farms, and a national forest thrives.
In her new book, “The Wind Doesn’t Need a Passport: Stories from the U.S.-Mexico Border,” Tyche Hendricks introduces readers to the full spectrum. She writes about a [...]
