Craig Lee, who has documented news from the courts to the playing field, has created a new niche for himself as a freelancer, focusing on food and wine. His inspirations? Vermeer and Rembrandt.

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 [...]

You can almost smell the wilderness in this stunning Yosemite image by Freelance Unit member Darryl Bush, an award-winning photojournalist and editorial photographer whose work frequently appears in Bay Area newspapers.
Bush, whose resume includes stints at the San Francisco Chronicle and the Examiner, shoots for clients including the Associated Press, Modesto Bee and California State [...]

You’ve found the online home of the Freelance Unit of California Media Workers Guild — a new kind of union for journalists and writers, and the first of its kind connected to a local office of The Newspaper Guild, which is part of Communications Workers of America.