Local media news

 

March 2006

Workers' plea: 'Save the Merc'
  Los Angeles Times 3/17/06

KRON, others mix ads and news
  Hollywood Reporter 3/15/06

State of the News Media 06
  Proj. for Excellence in Journ., 3/06

February 2006

Merc: More than just a business
  M. Cassidy, SJ Merc. News 2/21/06

Inside the Knight Ridder sale
  Lexington Herald-Leader 2/19/06

Analyst: 60% chance of KR sale
  San Jose Mercury News 2/18/06

County discloses some salaries
  Marin Independent Journal 2/18/06

Newspapers dumbing down
  Salon.com 2/17/06

Radio host badmouths Cheney
  San Francisco Chronicle 2/17/06

Examiner pub grabs L.A. domain
  Los Angeles Times 2/17/06

Investor backs union's KR bid
  San Jose Mercury News 2/16/06

Career site complicates KR sale
  Financial Times 2/16/06

Journo panel matters in KR sale
  San Jose Mercury News 2/14/06

FBI probes Bee's terror leak
  Sacramento Bee 2/14/06

Ex's White House correspondent
  Poynter's Romenesko blog 2/13/06

Where Bayosphere went wrong
  BusinessWeek 2/20/06 edition

KR sale depends on journalism
  San Jose Mercury News 2/11/06

Guild progresses in KR buyout
  Poynter's Romenesko blog 2/10/06

Bill would close some meetings
  Cal. Newsp. Pubs. Assn. 2/10/06

Alt. weekly merger bodes ill
  SF Bay Guardian 2/8/06

New Gawker Silicon Valley blog
  San Francisco Chronicle 2/7/06

Journos should be accountable
  San Jose Mercury News 2/2/06

Craigslist hurts alt papers
  SF Bay Guardian 2/1/06

Ex head in conservative group
  Hotlineblog 2/1/06

Ridder ad obsession accurate
  BusinessWeek 2/1/06

More papers going free
  Presstime February 2006

January 2006

Alt-weekly merger closes
  Assoc. Alt. Newsweeklies 1/31/06

New citizen-journo venture
  Glaser's PBS MediaShift 1/31/06

Papers worth more than $.50
  Sv/SJ Business Journal 1/27/06

SPJ statement on Knight Ridder
  Soc. of Prof. Journalists 1/26/06

SPJ: Debate Knight Ridder sale
  Editor & Publisher 1/25/06

SF Weekly's unethical reporter
  SF Bay Guardian 1/25/06

McClatchy exec on KR purchase
  Editor & Publisher 1/25/06

Profile: KR investor Sherman
  Amer. Journalism Rev. Jan.-Feb. 06

Reporter becomes speechwriter
  Sacramento Bee 1/25/06

Papers' union FAQ on KR bid
  Knight Ridder Watch 1/24/06

'Citizen journalism' disappoints
  Bayosphere.com 1/24/06

Knight Ridder plans big cuts
  Wall Street Journal 1/24/06

Journalism students change outlook
  Hartford Courant 1/19/06

Media ignore global warming
  Washington Post 1/18/06

Buffet buys Business Wire
  San Francisco Chronicle 1/18/06

S. bay publisher enters politics
  Gilroy Dispatch 1/16/06

KR meets potential buyers
  San Jose Mercury News 1/14/06

Knight Ridder, bidders, talk
  Charleston Post & Courier 1/13/06

SF Magazine kills hot story
  San Francisco Chronicle 1/13/06

Salon runs killed SF Mag story
  Salon.com 1/13/06

Earlier: SF Mag's new owners
  San Francisco Chronicle 11/20/05

Newspapers: team up on Google
  Businessweek 1/13/06

KR bidders gain partners
  Los Angeles Times 1/11/06

Bay Guardian's big redesign
  SF Bay Guardian 1/11/06

Bidders still looking at KR
  Philadelphia Inquirer 1/12/06

Knight Ridder to meet suitors
  San Jose Mercury News 1/7/06

Chron catches miner story error
  San Francisco Chronicle 1/5/06

Merc's Harry Farrell dies at 81
  San Jose Mercury News 1/1/06

Stopping presses on mine story
  Poynter Institute 1/5/06

Blogs 'bigger than Jesus'
  Philadelphia Inquirer 1/5/06

December 2005

KRON's Lee moves to KGO-TV
  Contra Costa Times 12/31/05

Worker-friendly KR buyout plan
  The Guardian, London 12/30/05

Tony Ridder one to watch in '06
  SV/SJ Business Journal 12/30/05

Answering back to the media
  New York Times 1/2/06

'Citizen journalism': 4 kinds
  Editors Weblog 12/29/05

KR won't sell individual papers
  Editor & Publisher 12/28/05

Chron's dubious math correction
  SF Weekly 12/28/05

Secrets of right-wing punditry
  SF Weekly 12/28/05

Ridder facing moment of truth
  Los Angeles Times 12/25/05

Big Brother is watching
  Oakland Tribune 12/23/05

Bush to papers: drop spy news
  Editor & Publisher 12/26/05

MoveOn's case against Tribune
  New York Times 12/26/05

Cuts lead top 10 media stories
  Editor & Publisher 12/23/05

Current TV a work in progress
  Mediaweek 12/19/05

Why Garcia left Chron for Ex
  San Francisco Examiner 12/16/05

Times criticized for spy story
  USA Today 12/18/05

Columnist took Abramoff payoff
  New York Times 12/17/05

Alt-weekly merger roadblock
  SF Bay Guardian 12/14/05

SFBG v. SFW suit moves ahead
  SF Bay Guardian 12/14/05

Nervous in LA over merger
  Los Angeles Times 12/14/05

Chron may sell printing presses
  San Francisco Chronicle 12/14/05

Topix does citizen journalism
  San Jose Mercury News 12/13/05

Commuter tabs lack depth
  Editor & Publisher 12/11/05

Journalism cuts disgraceful
  Newsday op-ed 12/12/05

Hoping McClatchy buys KR
  Amer. Journalism Review 12/12/05

SF Chron loses ads and readers
  Los Angeles Times 12/11/05

Bidders for KR emerge
  San Jose Mercury News 12/10/05

CBS's super SF Web site
  CBS PublicEye 12/9/05

Knight Ridder bid deadline
  Philadelphia Inquirer 12/9/05

CA agency's video-PR barred
  Reporters Comm. for F.P. 12/8/05

Old media vs. new math: Wall St. bearish on profitable papers
  New York Times 12/8/05

Shy investor shakes up papers
  New York Times 12/8/05

Case for keeping papers around
  New York Times 12/8/05

Class's PR prank on papers
  Contra Costa Times 12/8/05

Gannet Co. mum on KR bid
  San Jose Mercury News 12/8/05

Gannet's 'hard look' at KR
  Editor & Publisher 12/7/05

Chron handled 9/11 story well
  Editor & Publisher 12/6/05

MoveOn opposes cuts at papers
  Editor & Publisher 12/8/05

MoveOn confronts Trib execs
  CJRdaily.org 12/7/05

Faux news is bad news
  Hartford Courant 12/8/05

Press releases drive journalism
  Bong Bong.com 12/8/05

Protect anonymous sources
  Slate.com 12/7/05

Suit on government secrecy
  Associated Press 12/6/05

Cartoonists to protest job cuts
  Editor & Publisher 12/6/05

Ken Garcia to the Examiner
  Romenesko @ Poynter.org 12/6/05

CBS 5's Doug Murphy dies
  CBS 5 Eyewitness News 12/6/05

Chron omits views on homeless
  BeyondChron.org 12/5/05

Knight Ridder's future
  Gillmor on Bayosphere.com 12/4/05

Perils of Wall St. paper control
  CJR Daily 12/5/05

Firms might buy Knight Ridder
  San Jose Mercury News 12/2/05

What if al Qaeda planted news?
  SF Chron 'Bad Reporter' 12/2/05

SF-based Salon.com beats odds
  San Francisco Chronicle 12/1/05

Knight Ridder sale scenarios
  CJR Daily 12/5/05

MoveOn protests Tribune cuts
  Crain's Chicago Business 12/5/05

The price of U.S. propaganda
  J. Alter, Newsweek 12/5/05

The press should regulate itself
  Washington Post 12/4/05

Newspapers face challenges
  Ft. Worth Star-Telegram 12/4/05

Investor puts papers in play
  Los Angeles Times 12/4/05

Wall St. fears KR buyout
  Reuters 12/2/05

Fight to save KR newspapers
  J. Porter, Phila. Daily News 12/2/05

Hill hearings on planted news
  New York Times 12/2/05

November 2005

Old journalism vs. new media
  Village Voice 11/29/05

Locals should buy KR papers
  Jay Rosen, HuffingtonPost 11/21/05

Poor timing for KR sale talk
  Los Angeles Times 11/21/05

A bad week for newspapers
  New York Times 11/21/05

Blackstone eyes Knight Ridder
  The Business Online 11/20/05

Newspaper Guild 'Concerned' About Possible Knight Ridder Deal
  Editor & Publisher 11/15/05

Pressured, Knight Ridder ponders sale of company
  New York Times via Free Press 11/15/05

Shareholder Pressure Leads Knight Ridder to Announce Sale
  Washington Post 11/15/05

Ridder letter to KR employees
  Romenesko blog at Poynter.org 11/14/05

Will Anschutz buy Knight Ridder?
  Denver Business Journal via Yahoo! 11/14/05

Dark Knight: Why would anyone want to buy Knight Ridder?
  Slate.com 11/14/05

Knight Ridder Makes It Official
  Business Week 11/14/05

Knight Ridder Announces Exploration of Strategic Alternatives
  Knight Ridder PR 11/14/05

Knight Ridder ‘in play’
  The [Columbia, S.C.] State 11/13/05

'Mercury-News' Avoids Layoffs -- After 52 Buyouts

  AP via Editor & Publisher 11/12/05

San Jose Mercury News avoids layoffs as it cuts 52 newsroom jobs
  AP via Mercury News 11/11/05

Saving Newspapers: As Circulation Rates Slip and the Blogosphere Grows, Newspapers Need to Rediscover Their Roots
  ABCnews.com 11/10/05

Knight Ridder Scenarios
  Outsellinc.com 11/3/05

Dark days for newspapers
  Agence France Presse 11/13/05

Ex-Chron pub to head Chamber
  San Francisco Chronicle 11/11/05

SF broadband plan flawed
  SF Bay Guardian 11/11/05

Knight Ridder's flawed strategy
  Business Week 11/21/05 edition

'NewsVine': citizen journalism
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer 11/11/05

Bush's war against the media
  NYT via Free Press 11/11/05

Gay media firms to merge
  Los Angeles Times 11/10/05

State: block alt-weekly merger
  SF Bay Guardian 11/9/05

New Times challenges Craigslist
  Boston Herald 11/10/05

Merc outsources news to Mexico
  East Bay Express 11/2/05

Richmond's public-records fix
  Contra Costa Times 11/3/05

Local SPJ dissents on Miller
  ANG Newspapers 11/1/05

More Knight Ridder sale talk
  Reuters via Yahoo 11/10/05

How to save newspapers
  Austin Amer.-Statesman 11/9/05

Newspapers: go out swinging
  Newsthinking.com 11/9/05

Print journalism's future
  Christian Science Monitor 11/9/05

Knight Ridder investor: up profit
  San Jose Mercury News 11/9/05

Bay Area papers lose circulation
  San Francisco Chronicle 11/8/05

US newspaper circ falls 2.6%
  AP via Wall St. Journal 11/7/05

Village Voice's new owner
  New York Magazine 11/7/05

Activists vs. Midwest TV licenses
  Broadcasting and Cable 11/7/05

Chronicle circulation plummets
  Editor & Publisher 11/7/05

Fresno gay-student story OKd
  AP via Monterey Herald 11/5/05

Chron took words from NYer
  San Francisco Chronicle 11/5/05

Celebrated Pt. Reyes Light sold
  Marin Independent Journal 11/4/05

Newspapers at a crossroads
  Columbia Journ. Rev. Nov.-Dec. '05

Knight Ridder mulls sale
  San Jose Mercury News 11/3/05

Molotov cocktail hits newspaper
  San Francisco Chronicle 11/3/05

2nd company wants KR to sell
  Editor & Publisher 11/3/05

Pressure on KR unsurprising
  St. Petersburg Times 11/3/05

Knight Ridder and consolidation
  Wall Street Journal 11/3/05

October 2005

Caldwell pioneered press shield
  San Francisco Chronicle 10/30/05

Alt-weeklies losing their souls
  San Francisco Chronicle 10/30/05

Journalism: truth and ego
  San Francisco Chronicle 10/27/05

Papers defy mil., mark 2K dead
  Ed. & Pub. 10/27/05

Regulators should block Village Voice-New Times merger deal
  SF Bay Guardian 10/26/05

Debating alt-weekly merger
  Arizona Republic 10/25/05

Leo Bogart, media sociologist, dies
 New York Times 10/19/05

SPJ conferees applaud Miller
 AP via Free Press 10/18/05

Ads in SF Google wireless
  Dow Jones via F.P. 10/17/05

TV political talkers 14% women
  San Francisco Chronicle 10/13/05

Google WiFi threatens papers
  MediaPost.com 10/7/05

Cuts at papers follow ad slump
  New York Times 10/10/05

Newspapers losing readership
  Los Angeles Times 10/10/05

Yahoo threatens newsrooms
  Online Journalism Rev. 10/5/05

Bias charged in photo cropping
  San Francisco Chronicle 10/2/05

Privacy fears re Google wireless
  CNet News via FP 10/1/05

Columnist may return gov't money
  E&P via FP 10/3/05

Gov't 'propaganda' broke law
  New York Times 10/1/05

September 2005

Comcast wins new SF contract
  Bay City News via RTM 9/29/05

Mayor denies KGO charges
  San Francisco Sentinel 9/29/05

Newsom says he's not corrupt
  KGO-TV 9/28/05

Chronicle's labor 'train wreck'
  SF Weekly 9/28/05

Chronicle union rolled over
  SF Bay Guardian 9/28/05

Trust in news media rebounds
  Editor & Publisher 9/28/05

Newspaper cuts worry analysts
  Editor & Publisher 9/28/05

Newspaper cutbacks ominous
  Editor & Publisher 9/25/05

Newspapers staff cuts hit bone
  Editor & Pub. via Free Press 9/22/05

Chronicle searches for identity
  Amer. Journ. Review 10-11/05

SF Weekly editor retires
  Romenesko (Poynter.org) 9/20/05

Chron: Burning Man over Katrina
  SF Weekly 9/14/05

Media have good Katrina access
  San Francisco Chronicle 9/14/05

Seattle fears alt-weekly merger
  The Stranger 9/8/05

Don't destroy TV news to save it
  Los Angeles Times 9/12/05

Guardian chief's baseless attack
  SF Weekly 9/7/05

Chron writer panned auto, fired
  Editor & Publisher 9/7/05

P.A. Daily News' ad-news mix
  Palo Alto Weekly 9/7/05

Ten most censored news stories
  SF Bay Guardian 9/7/05

August 2005

Plans for mini Merc ditched
  Metro Silicon Valley 8/31/05

CA Assembly urges shield law
  Editor & Publisher 8/31/05

Peterson scoop kept reporter
  Arizona Republic 8/29/05

Merc halts talks with union
  Romenesko (Poynter.org) 8/29/05

J-Prof: PR more acceptable
  Christian Science Monitor 8/29/05

Penn's Iran stories 'compelling'
  MarketWatch 8/29/05

Profit pressures pinch journos
  Baltimore Sun 8/28/05

New Knight Ridder news VP
  Romenesko (Poynter.org) 8/27/05

Alt-weekly merger plan drafted
  SF Bay Guardian 8/24/05

Merc backtracks on redesign
  SJ Mercury News 8/21/05

News as American as America
  Knight Foundation, May 2005

'Rumors' of alt-weekly merger
  SF Bay Guardian 8/24/05

Chron bought insulting domains
  East Bay Express 8/24/05

Knight Ridder news VP retires
  Knight Ridder corporate 8/22/05

Daly-Sentinel feud over blog
  San Francisco Sentinel 8/22/05

'Both sides' reporting flawed
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/19/05

TV reporter gives to Dems
  Sacto. News & Review 8/18/05

Asians vs. 'tsunami' radio DJ
  New California Media 8/17/05

Sean Penn's Iran story in Chron
  AP via Yahoo 8/17/05

North Bay publisher retiring
  Sta. Rosa Press Democrat 8/17/05

SF pol calls Web site a PAC
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/17/05

Is journalism striking out?
  Editor & Publisher 8/15/05

Cartoonist deletes gay joke
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/15/05

Gov's 'pay to play' journalism
  Los Angeles Times 8/13/05

July 2005

Books on media polarization
  NY Times Book Review 7/31/05

Nevius: Are blogs journalism?
  San Francisco Chronicle 7/30/05

Chronicle union ratifies contract; paper to lose 120 more jobs
  San Francisco Chronicle 7/28/05

Too much celebrity coverage
  American Press Institute 7/26/05

Kristof: Cover Sudan, not Brad
  The New York Times 7/26/05

Vote due on Chron labor deal
  National Public Radio 7/26/05

Tentative labor deal at Chron
  N. Calif. Media Workers 7/26/05

Guild, Chron reach deal
  San Francisco Chronicle 7/25/05

Al Gore's new 'Current TV'
  New York Times 7/25/05

On use of anonymous sources
  San Francisco Chronicle 7/24/05

Chron labor deadline looms
  San Francisco Chronicle 7/22/05

Gore TV network nonpartisan
  AP via SF Chronicle 7/19/05

Rove under 'gotcha' attack
  San Francisco Chronicle 7/14/05

Chronicle publisher perpared to print even if there's a strike
  SF Bay Guardian 7/12/05

Union pickets SF Chronicle
  San Francisco Chronicle 7/12/05

County limits public info
  Contra Costa Times 7/10/05

Gov. no longer press darling
  Los Angeles Times 7/10/05

NLRB raps one Chron union
  San Francisco Chronicle 7/6/05

Reporter jailing points to need for federal journalist shield law
  Calif. First Amend. Coalition 7/6/05

Merc's drastic redesign
  Tim Porter blog 7/2/05

June, 2005

Merc disconcerts readers
  Columbia Journalism Rev. 6/29/05

 Examiner to publish weekends
  Editor & Publisher 6/30/05

Chronicle, union talk of layoffs
  San Francisco Chronicle 6/30/05

SF Weekly monopolizes ads
  San Francisco Chronicle 6/29/05

SF Weekly deal stinks
  SF Bay Guardian 6/29/05

Chron offers podcasts
  San Francisco Chronicle 6/29/05

Chron, union continue talks;
Merc, union talks halt
  San Jose New Guild 6/28/05

Va. stations focus on crime (cites Grade the News)
  The Daily Press 6/26/05

Liberal columnist: I confess
  San Francisco Chronicle 6/22/05

Newspaper industry will recover
  The Wall Street Journal 6/21/05

D.N. compares well with Merc;
Why bother grading news?;
GTN: reading between the lines;
Grading news a waste of time;
  The Paly Voice 6/16/05

Knight Ridder stock disappoints
  Reuters 6/14/05

Penn scribes for Chron
  New York Sun 6/15/05

Local TV infotainment
  Rocky Mountain News 6/11/05

Trust in press hits bottom
  Editor & Publisher 6/10/05

1 in 4 prefers ethnic media
  ANG Newspapers 6/8/05

Chron, union in labor talks
  Editor & Publisher 6/10/05

'Alicia's story' wins praise
  'Romenesko' at Poynter 6/10/05

10% could be cut at Chron
  Editor & Publisher 6/7/05

May 2005

Berkeley, other j-schools team up to examine broadcast news
  San Francisco Chronicle 5/26/05

Possible merger of alt-weeklies
  SF Bay Guardian 5/25/05

Multilingual poll by SF press org
  CIIJ at SFSU 5/26/05

Fong-Torres speaks to grads
  CIIJ at SFSU 5/26/05

Mob justice: CNN's Nancy Grace
  San Francisco Chronicle 5/20/05

Ex Merc ed's enviro column
  Editor and Publisher 5/19/05

Two weeks Late, Mercury News shows circ declines;
Merc exec explains big circ drop
  Editor and Publisher 5/17/05

'Darth Vega' rescues Chron;
Chron strike unlikely
  SF Weekly 5/4/05

April 2005

Examiner owner's media stake
  Business Week 4/25/05

CC Times finds letter faker
  Editor & Publisher 4/25/05

Gay-marriage story riles fans
  San Francisco Chronicle 4/21/05

Single critic quoted on Muni
  BeyondChron.org 4/20/05

Exaggerating Newsom's support
  Chris Daly's blog 4/19/05

SF gives up blog censorship
Editorial: leave bloggers alone
  SF Bay Guardian 4/13/05

Chronicle wins a photo Pulitzer
  San Francisco Chronicle 4/4/05

February 2005

Washington's new Examiner
  Washington Post 2/1/05

January 2005

Examiner photog. Caldwell dies
  KGO-TV 1/31/05

Chron Iraq editorial too dour
  ChronWatch.com 1/31/05

Focusing on Laura Bush's dress
  NY Press via Alternet 1/31/05

Examiner spinoff in Washington
  Richmond Times-Dispatch 1/30/05

Examiner ad called anti-PLO
  Denver Post 1/29/05

Reformers' court victory over FCC on media concentration
  Media Alliance 1/27/05

Arnold frustrating to cover
  Am. Journalism Review Dec-Jan/05

Raid on BALCO for Chron source
  San Francisco Chronicle 1/27/05

Chron not alone in subpoenas
  Am. Journalism Review Dec-Jan/05

Knight Ridder mulls free papers
  Reuters 1/26/05

Racist tsunami radio song
  BeyondChron.org 1/26/05

Blogs come of age
  San Francisco Chronicle 1/24/05

KRON cuts corners, expands
  Contra Costa Times 1/21/05

Micro-station KNOZ shut down
  Sacto. News & Review 1/20/05

Chron was fair to pro-life side
  ChronWatch.com 1/20/05

Chron's great BALCO coverage
  San Francisco Magazine Feb. 2005

Sponsors pad Chron circulation
  BeyondChron.org 1/20/05

Mother Jones' new editor
  MotherJones.com 1/13/05 2005

Robin Williams talks to Chron
  Editor & Publisher 1/19/05

Unions opposing open government
  Calif. 1st Amend. Coalition 1/16/05

Gov. releases meeting records
  Calif. 1st Amend. Coalition 1/12/05

Judge unseals SF suit records
  Associated Press 1/11/05

The government is watching
  "No Place to Hide," from Center for
  Investigative Reporting 1/12/05

Fangs sue Examiner owners
  San Francisco Chronicle 1/12/05

2004's under-reported stories
  With John McManus, GradetheNews
  and Andrew Lam, Pac. News. Svc.
  KQED's 'Forum' 12/24/04

TV execs admit Iraq distortion
  Broadcasting&Cable via FP 1/10/05

Chron Newsom profile flawed
  BeyondChron.org 1/5/05

Coming war at the Chronicle
  BeyondChron.org 1/3/05

Sponsors boost papers' circ.
  New York Times 1/10/05

Columnist keeps gov't payola
  USA Today 1/9/05

Gary Webb 'mostly right'
  Chicago Tribune 1/06/05

Journalism's future: distributed
  Dan Gillmor blog 1/05/05

Craigslist ads hurt Chronicle
  Timporter.com 1/03/05

December 2004

2004's under-reported stories
  KQED's 'Forum' 12/24/04

Craigslist costs papers millions
  ClickZ News 12/27/04

Gillmor & online journalism
  OhMyNews.com 12/12/04

Examiner grabs name nationally
  Denver Post 12/21/04

Chron pub. broke Detroit strike
  Detroit Free Press 12/18/04

Chronicle gets new publisher
  San Francisco Chronicle 12/18/04

Webb on target with CIA, crack
  SF Bay Guardian 12/15/04

2004's bad journalism news
  Los Angeles Times 12/19/04

Bill Moyers retires
  New York Times 12/17/04

Research: journalists ethical
  Poynter Institute 12/17/04

Why the public hates journalists
  Chicago Reader 12/17/04

Webb wrong, but close to truth
  The Nation 12/17/04

LAT railroaded CIA-crack story
  LA Weekly 12/17/04

Garry Webb, stubborn reporter
  San Jose Mercury News 12/16/04

Why the focus on Peterson?
  Chicago Tribune 12/16/04

When news becomes personal
  Oakland Tribune 12/16/04

FCC under conservative spell
  San Francisco Chronicle 12/16/04

Redwood City w/o Peterson?
  San Francisco Chronicle 12/15/04

Oakland black weekly sold
  AP via E&P 12/14/04

End of Peterson media circus
  Boston Globe 12/14/04

Merc reporter Garry Webb dead; explored CIA-crack connection
  SJ Mercury News 12/12/04

Garry Webb was right
  BeyondChron.org 12/13/04

Beverly Kees, Bay Area journalist, dies at 63
  Bay City News via KGO 12/10/04

Gillmor leaves Merc for start-up
  Siliconbeat.com 12/10/04

Chron's puff piece on homeless
  BeyondChron.org 12/7/04

CCT publisher to oversee Merc
  Romenesko (Poynter.org) 12/6/04

Merc publisher old CCT hand
  Knight Ridder PR 12/6/04

Give back SF taxes, Hearst
  BeyondChron.org 12/3/04

In Chile, readers pick news
  Christian Science Monitor 12/1/04

November 2004

Whites at black-college papers
  SFSU Newswatch 11/30/04

S.F. Examiner owner profiled
  Washington Post 11/21/04

Sudan news off media's radar
  San Francisco Chronicle 11/21/04

The great media breakdown
  Mother Jones November/December

Dow Jones to buy MarketWatch
  San Francisco Chronicle 11/16/04

Addicted to Peterson trash TV
  San Francisco Chronicle 11/14/04

Chronicle's Salter to Indiana
  Tribune-Star 11/9/04

Press ignored Bush bulge
  Mother Jones 11/1/04

October 2004

Layoffs, cutbacks at Chronicle
  Poynter Institute 10/20/04

Bay Guardian sues New Times
  SF Bay Guardian10/20/04

Knight Ridder profits rise
  Wall Street Journal 10/15/04

Mother Jones editor steps down
  San Francisco Chronicle 10/15/04

Chronicle staff benefits slashed
  Editor & Publisher 10/14/04

S.F. police clam up with press
  San Francisco Chronicle 10/13/04

Free candidate time on KRON
  Broadcasting & Cable 10/13/04

Sinclair TV's Kerry attack
  MediaChannel 10/13/04

1st Amendment aids reporters
  New York Times 10/13/04

Gov. prefers foreign press
  Los Angeles Times 10/12/04

Not all polls created equal
  San Francisco Chronicle 10/10/04

Honoring KPIX's Rodgers
  Alameda Times-Star 10/7/04

Passions and public journalism
  Washington Post, 10/11/04

NYT publisher on reporter rights
 New York Times 10/10/04

Sy Hersh hates gov't secrecy
  KQED-FM's "Forum" 10/6/04

September 2004

Press: fact-check the debates
  FAIR 9/30/04

Project Censored brings alternative news to the fore
  San Francisco Chronicle 9/24/04

Press credibility hits bottom
  Gallup via Free Press 9/23/04

Gillmor, Schell on CBS error
  "Forum" on KQED-FM 9/22/04

Stop the media mergers
  Washington Post 9/22/04

CBS tarnished good newsies
  San Francisco Chronicle 9/21/04

Stop the media mergers
  Washington Post 9/22/04

New political links on Friendster
  NewsDesk.org 9/14/04

Chron 'Lion Heart' series skirts U.S. blame for cluster bombs
  BeyondChron.org 9/17/04

Owners of Merc, Examiner, Oakland Tribune gave to Bush
  Westword 9/16/04

Feds query Merc on BALCO
  Editor & Publisher 9/14/04

Chron publisher talks of cuts
  Romenesko blog, Poynter 9/13/04

Do readers get 'analysis'?
  San Francisco Chronicle 9/12/04

Cops decide who's a journalist
  KQED Perspectives 9/10/04

KQED wins prize for Web quiz
  Inst. for Interactive Journ. 9/10/04

Examiner owner eyes weeklies
  Denver Post 9/7/04

Protesting SF Mission coverage
  BeyondChron.org 9/3/04

2004's top 10 censored stories;
Runners-up; Local censored
  San Francisco Bay Guardian 9/1/04

Protesting SF Mission coverage
  BeyondChron.org 9/3/04

2004's top 10 censored stories;
Runners-up; Local censored
  San Francisco Bay Guardian 9/1/04

Chron and Bush's inconsistency
  BeyondChron.org 9/1/04

August 2004

Chron downplays e-voting mess
  BeyondChron.org 8/26/04

Examiner starts home delivery
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/25/04

Courts undermine free press
  Sacramento Bee 8/23/04

Diversity key for newsrooms
  San Jose Mercury News 8/23/04

Tabloids aid Schwarzenegger
  Los Angeles Magazine, Sept. 2004

KRON starts airing HDTV channel
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/19/04

Chronicle rebuffs source probe
  Editor & Publisher 8/20/04

Three Chronicle reporters asked for info in BALCO leak
  Poynter Institute 8/19/04

US media disgraced at Olympics
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/18/04

Local blogger digs at papers
  Online Journalism Review 8/18/04

Few TV congressional debates
  AP via Free Press 8/19/04

CCT columnist on suburb wildlife
  New York Times 8/19/04

Liberals on media bias myth
  National Public Radio 8/19/04

Inside Clear Channel radio
  Rolling Stone 8/13/04

KNTV can build SF transmitter
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/13/04

New general mgr. at KRON
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/12/04

Editor who shared story fired
  Stockton Record 8/13/04; see
  Poynter 7/30/04 for background

Advocate for celebrity privacy
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/13/04

Anonymous sources overused
  Christian Science Monitor 8/12/04

We the Media by SJMN's Gillmor
  Wired 8/11/04

Chron, Times scoop Bee on cuts
  Sacramento Bee 8/9/04

Bay Area journalism landscape
  ChronWatch.com 8/6/04

FCC picks on public KALW-FM
  East Bay Express 7/28/04

Raucous FCC localism hearing
  Newsdesk.org 8/4/04

Chronicle exaggerates FBI link
  BeyondChron.org 8/4/04

Chinese newspaper war in SF
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/3/04

Peterson-like stories pander
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/3/04

Tip of the iceberg at Chronicle
  ChronWatch.com 8/2/04

Ed: 'Objective' media a myth
Is objectivity the best model?
Objectivity compromises truth
  BeyondChron.org 8/2/04

Chronicle's credibility at risk
  San Francisco Chronicle 8/2/04

July 2004

Canadian to edit SF Examiner
  San Francisco Examiner 7/30/04

Stockton Record gives sources a heads-up on stories
  Poynter Institute 7/30/04

Journalism conflicts of interest
 KQED-FM's 'Forum' 7/30/04

Son of Caen writes in Examiner
 San Francisco Chronicle 7/30/04

Gore TV network plans exposed
 SF Weekly 7/28/04

No vacation for FCC critics;
Ed: 'Revolt in Monterey';
SF sunshine warped by pols;
Ed: 'Supes attack sunshine'
 SF Bay Guardian 7/28/04

Chroncile's Rosen was too PC
 Chronwatch.com 7/27/04

Syndicates replace Ruth Rosen
 San Francisco Chronicle 7/29/04

Chronicle denies bias re Rosen;
McCarthyism at the Chronicle?;
Chronicle's progressive purge
 BeyondChron.com 7/29/04

Homeless girl dupes paper
 Vallejo Times-Herald 7/27/04

Journalist Elie Abel dies at 83
 Stanford Report 7/27/04

Who cares about contributions?
 Village Voice 7/27/04

The man behind Grade the News
 SF Chronicle Magazine 7/25/04

FCC hears localism complaints
 San Jose Mercury News 7/22/04

FCC must probe localism claims
 San Francisco Chronicle 7/18/04

Challenging 'Fair and Balanced'
 Alternet 7/18/04

See 'Outfoxed' at house parties
 San Francisco Chronicle 7/18/04

Berkeley group v. ClearChannel
 UCB Daily Californian 7/15/04

Grassroots opposition to media concentration hits Monterey
 SF Bay Guardian 7/14/04

Radio giants favor richest pols
 SF Bay Guardian 7/14/04

What do you think? Discuss it in The Coffeehouse.

This site is supported and maintained by the Grade the News project team.

Feel free to disseminate, but please attribute and link to us.