Bay City News Service

06/21/2024

FBI raids home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.

Several hours after the FBI raided the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a small group of protesters had gathered there, calling for her to resign. 

06/18/2024

Creating career pathways for the next generation through paid internships is key to our mission.

As a nonprofit, we depend on the support of readers and supporters like you to keep this critical work going. We have already raised $25,000, thanks to matching funds. Our goal is to raise an additional $50,000 for our internship program to be fully funded this year.

Will you help us meet our goal and support the next generation of journalists? 🤝

💙 Click to donate - https://localnewsmatters.org/internships/

We’re thrilled to help these graduates and students with intensive mentoring and real-world experience on their way to getting those critical first jobs

10/24/2023

Marin County Fire Chief Jason Weber named California's Fire Chief of the Year.

Marin County’s fire chief was named 2023 Fire Chief of the Year by the California Fire Chiefs Association. Jason Weber, who has been chief of the Marin

04/06/2022

Betty Reid Soskin, famed WWII ‘Rosie’ and nation’s oldest park ranger, retires.

Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest active National Park Service ranger, has retired following more than 15 years sharing stories of her life and those of other

11/03/2021

Bay City News looking for experienced editors with knowledge of the SF Bay Area to pick up a few shifts per week, overseeing a busy news operation from 4 to midnight. Bay City News and our affiliated nonprofit site LocalNewsMatters.org cover breaking news, local government, environmental news, transportation issues, features, A&E, trends and more around the greater Bay Area, including 12 counties. We are the backbone of the media ecosystem in the region, sending accurate, timely and well-sourced reports 24/7 to most media outlets of significance, including TV, radio, print and digital. Opportunities for collaborative work around data, visual journalism, audience engagement and projects are available as part of the role. Position is PT to begin with 2-3 shifts per week, including some weekends, at $30/hour but could lead to FT work with full benefits. Send inquiries with resume and two published writing samples to [email protected].

07/16/2021

Here's our story about growing, evolving and modernizing to serve the greater Bay Area with strong, local journalism. A tech boost from Microsoft helped us transition to become a stronger organization.

Katherine Ann “Kat” Rowlands was an eager summer intern for Bay City News Service 35 years ago when, even as a cub reporter shadowing veteran journalists, she remembers thinking, “I bet I could run this place.”

11/18/2019

For the past 40 years, BCN’s 24/7 regional wire service has helped power the Bay Area’s local news ecosystem.

Our reports are carried by nearly 100 news organizations, including TV and radio stations, newspapers and websites, informing millions of residents across our nine-county region.

The work we do is important — and expensive. But you can help by supporting our nonprofit affiliate, which fills in the gaps with community reporting.

Now through Dec. 31, NewsMatch will double donations to the Bay City News Foundation our nonprofit affiliate. Any individual gift up to $1,000 is eligible.

Support local news and donate today: http://bit.ly/donateBCNF

11/14/2019

In the past year, Bay City News Service has:

☑️ Established the Bay City News Foundation a nonprofit affiliate that supports local news
☑️ Expanded our staff
☑️ Reopened a bureau in Contra Costa County
☑️ Reported up-to-the-minute election results
➕ So much more

We have big goals for 2020, but we need your help. For a limited time, when you donate to the BCNF, NewsMatch will DOUBLE your charitable gift to our nonprofit foundation.

so why would you? Donate today: http://bit.ly/donateBCNF

11/12/2019

If you haven't become a Bay City News Foundation supporter yet, now is a great time. BCNF makes the public service work we do possible and today through Dec. 31 NewsMatch will DOUBLE donations up to $1,000: http://bit.ly/donateBCNF

11/08/2019

Great news! The Hogan-Newton Fund at the Miami Foundation has announced its first grant of $5,000 to Bay City News Foundation to “turbocharge” Bay City News Service's internship program.

BCN, which for 40 years has provided around-the-clock news coverage to most of the San Francisco Bay Area’s news outlets, routinely hires young journalists eager to get reporting and writing experience.

Under new ownership by Katherine Ann Rowlands, BCN is expanding its educational mission by developing a more formal program for its paid interns.

The $5,000 grant provides funds for mentoring as well as travel, research and other money to help interns do substantive journalistic projects that will set their portfolios apart.

Here at the Bay City News Foundation, we're hoping to match the Hogan-Newton Fund grant to further improve and expand BCN's program.

If you'd like to help, you can make a donation at http://bit.ly/donateBCNF. During November and December, all donations up to $1,000 will be matched!

11/01/2019

We’re excited to share that starting today Bay City News Foundation, the nonprofit affiliate of BCN, is participating in — a national matching-gift campaign that drives donations to nonprofit newsrooms (like us!) around the country. And readers like you can play a key role in keeping our newsroom strong.

From now through Dec. 31st, NewsMatch will match every new monthly donation 12x, and double any one-time donation up to $1,000.

For a nonprofit like us, this is a big deal and will help us deliver the kind of innovative journalism you’ve come to expect, every day.

This news can’t wait. So why would you?

Donate today: http://bit.ly/donateBCNF