
Julie Makinen
@julie_makinen
Chair, CNPA. Board member, CVJF. Past: San Francisco Standard. Desert Sun, L.A. Times, Intl. N.Y. Times, Washington Post. JSK fellow @Stanford 2016-17.
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My boyfriend and I have a joke: When he asks me where I’m going and I say “church,” that means I’m going to the 99. What shall this heathen do now? This was such a SoCal institution! Andrea Chang 99 Cents Only to close all 371 stores latimes.com/business/story…

Super fun and only-in-SF story by Jonah Owen Lamb Why was a house floating in the middle of San Francisco Bay? sfstandard.com/2024/04/09/san… via The San Francisco Standard

We tried Whole Foods' new smart grocery carts that tally up your bill as you shop and allow you to just walk out. Here's how it went. Estefany Gonzalez sfstandard.com/2024/04/09/ama… via The San Francisco Standard

Congrats The San Francisco Standard Josh Koehn Annie Gaus Han Li 李晗 Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler on your new City Hall press digs!


Excited for this FREE Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation event tomorrow at the Rancho Mirage Library: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬." Come join MIke Thompson and Desert Sun Opinion Editor Nicky

Excited to announce that after a long hiatus, the California Journalism Awards Gala is on again! July 13 at the Sheraton Universal in L.A. Details on tickets, awards, speakers and more coming soon! CA News Publishers Association


A great program yesterday by Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation with veteran editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson. Watch here if you could not attend live! The History of Political Cartoons and Newspaper Opinion Pages in America youtube.com/live/soN9Cv08H…



Congrats to The San Francisco Standard on your outstanding showing in the California Journalism Awards for our work together in 2023, including 12 first-place wins and a second place for General Excellence! Said the judges: "Click on most any story on the San Francisco Standard's website and




The Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation has announced its 2025 inductees for the Coachella Valley Media Hall of Fame. Join us Jan. 14 at our induction luncheon with a very special guest speaker, former NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet! All proceeds support reporters, editors and interns in Palm

Thanks Paul Albani-Burgio for spotlighting the 2025 inductees into the Coachella Valley Media Hall of Fame. Tickets are now on sale for our Jan. 14 induction ceremony! All $$ benefits local newsrooms! Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation desertsun.com/story/news/loc…

Hey California News Publishers Assn. newsroom leaders! Interested in having a subsidized full-time staff photojournalist in your newsroom next year? Come learn how to apply to host a CatchLight fellow at our Thursday noon PT webinar! Applications close Monday, Oct. 21 , so
