BAY CITY NEWS FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS

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 AND INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS

Bay City News Foundation is grateful to our partners and institutional funders who have helped us grow and do impactful work since we began in 2018. They include:


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 

Paulette Brown-Hinds
Founder, Voice Media Ventures | Publisher, Black Voice News | JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford 2021-23

Heather Bryant
Co-founder, Tiny News Collective | Former Deputy Director of Product, News Catalyst | Founder, Project Facet | 2017 JSK Journalism Fellow at Stanford

Kim Bui
Former 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 Emeritus, 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
Project manager, AI Adoption and Solutions, Rakuten | Former 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
Digital Content Strategy, Eastern Washington University| Former 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

Pamela Turntine
Former Editor-in-Chief, Berkeleyside; Former Metro News Curator, Bay Area News Group | Former Managing Editor, Oakland Tribune