Bay City News Foundation relies on charitable donations to pursue its public service mission. None of this work would be possible without financial support from donors and we thank the hundreds of contributors who have backed this cause.
BCNF Partners & Institutional Funders
Bay City News Foundation is grateful to our partners and institutional funders who have helped us grow and do impactful work. They include:
• Catchlight
• Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and INN (intern support)
• CUNY Newmark Journalism School (intern support)
• Dow Jones News Fund (intern support)
• Emma Bowen Foundation (intern support)
• Google News Initiative
• Hogan-Newton Fund (intern support)
• Institute for Nonprofit News
• JSK Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University
• John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (intern support)
• Lenfest Institute for Journalism
• Miami Foundation (NewsMatch)
• Microsoft News
• PolicyLink
• Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship
• ProPublica Local
• Renaissance Journalism
• Report for America
• San Francisco Foundation
• Silicon Valley Community Foundation
• Solutions Journalism Network
• Starling Lab for Data Integrity
• USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
• Wikimedia Foundation
Wise Women Council
Every organization needs a network of advisors who can provide feedback, guidance and support. Here are a few wise women who are helping.
Ellen Berkovitch
Journalism Entrepreneur and Documentarian
Heather Bryant
Interim Executive Director, Tiny News Collective | Deputy Director of Product, News Catalyst | Founder, Project Facet | 2017 JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford
Kim Bui
Senior Director of Product and Audience Innovation, The Arizona Republic | Former Editor at Large, NowThis | Strategy Consultant
Marcy Burstiner
Educational News Director, News Decoder | Professor, Humboldt State University Journalism Department | Co-founder, Humboldt Center for Constitutional Rights | Editor at Large, Six Hens: True Words By Women
Duffy Carolan
Partner and media law attorney, Jassy Vick Carolan | Former Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine and Crosby Heafey Roach & May | Board member, First Amendment Coalition
Vera Chan
Senior Manager, Publishing Team and Worldwide Journalist Relations at Microsoft | Former Content Strategist/Chief Journalist, Bing News | Former Senior Editor, Yahoo! | Author
Nancy Colasurdo
Professional Writer, Life Coach, Teaching Artist
Daisy Contreras
Editor, Latino USA | Former Editor and Reporter, The World, WGBH and PRX | Former Statehouse Reporter, NPR Illinois
Emily Costello
Managing Editor, The Conversation US: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers
Tammerlin Drummond
Strategic Communications Strategist at ACLU of Northern California | Former Oakland Tribune columnist | 2014 Nieman Journalism Fellow at Harvard
Dawn Garcia
Director, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University | Past President, Journalism & Women Symposium | Former Assistant Managing Editor, San Jose Mercury News
Jill Geisler
Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity, Loyola University Chicago | Principal, Jill Geisler Leadership | Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership at The Newseum Institute
Barbara Glickstein
Principal/Founder of Barbara Glickstein Strategies; Public Health Nurse and Health Reporter
Ann Grimes
The Starling Lab for Media Innovation; former director, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism; former co-director, Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford
Jareen Imam
Senior Content and Editorial Manager, Amazon; former Director of Social Newsgathering, NBC News
Mollie Kabler
Executive Director, Coast Alaska, Inc,. a public media collaborative
S. Mitra Kalita
CEO and Co-Founder, URL Media Holdings; former VP Programming, CNN
Stacey Kennelly
User Experience Writer, Airbnb | Content Strategist and Consultant | Former Editor, Diablo Publications
Jennifer Kho
Executive Editor, Chicago Sun-Times | Digital news strategy leader | Former managing editor at HuffPost and the Guardian US
Danielle Kosecki
Senior Director, content design at AbleTo Inc. | Content Strategist and Multimedia Journalist | Former Managing Editor, global brand marketing at Fitbit
Mira Lowe
Dean of the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University (FAMU); Board Trustee, First Amendment Foundation; former Assistant Dean for Student Experiences, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
Julie Makinen
Editor-in-Chief, SF Standard | Former Executive Editor, Palm Springs Desert Sun | 2017 JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford
Susan Mernit
Executive Director, The Crucible | Founder, Hack the Hood | Tech Consultant
Beatrice Motamedi
Director, Newsroom by the Bay at Stanford University | Founder and Executive Director, Global Student Square | 2015 JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford
Carla Murphy
Editor, Writer, Immigrant
Donna Myrow
Former Publisher, L.A. Youth, a newspaper by and about teens
Marcia Parker
VP, Philanthropic Partnerships, New York Times | Former Publisher and Chief Operating Officer, CalMatters | Chair, Board of Directors of Institute for Nonprofit News
Sylvia Paull
Strategist, Publicist, Networker
Sarah Pollock
Writer, editor, consultant | Mills College Journalism Professor Emerita
Carolyn Purcell
Director, editorial content and special programming, AccuWeather | Founder, Sweet P Media | Former News & Local Content Strategy, Verizon/Fios1 News Networks
Jesikah Maria Ross
Community Engaged Journalism Consultant, America Amplified | Senior Community Engagement Strategist, Capitol Public Radio
Alejandra Saragoza
Managing Editor, Zendesk; Former Senior Content Manager, California.com | Managing Editor, Diablo Magazine
Angilee Shah
Journalist, Editor, Teacher | Editor In Chief, Charlottesville Tomorrow | Senior Editor, Global Nation, Public Radio International (PRI)
Sheila Solomon
Board President, Journalism Funding Partners | Consultant Democracy Fund and Rivet Radio | Board member of The Obsidian Collection Archives, City Bureau
Joann Sutro
Former News Editor, Bay City News Service
Pamela Turntine
Editor-in-Chief, Berkeleyside; Former Metro News Curator, Bay Area News Group | Former Managing Editor, Oakland Tribune