Bay City News Foundation is proud of the work we do and we are honored that our peers in the local news industry recognize our efforts. Here are some examples of our newsroom’s accomplishments, our incredible staff, new and ongoing projects, and some behind-the-scenes views of how we produce our journalism.
May 2024
Joe Dworetzky has been doggedly pursuing public records in his series on homelessness in San Francisco and has been thwarted by city bureaucrats at nearly every turn. He went to the effort to pursue the case with the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force and got a unanimous ruling in favor of Bay City News. The underlying public information kept by public agencies is so important to doing in-depth and investigative work.
Bay City News won second place in the Local Media Association’s recognition for Best Audience or Engagement Strategy for its survey work and engagement event at Stagg High School in Stockton. The strategy “could be a new product or tool meant to gather audience input, a reader survey, an event series, or some other content type focused on listening, including social media.”
