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Discover the rise of independent media in San Francisco as it challenges the dominance of corporate narratives. From new outlets like Tenderloin Voice to dynamic podcasts and influencers, this article highlights how grassroots efforts are reshaping the media landscape. As trust in mainstream news de

We mark the 50th anniversary of Mother Jones and the launch of The Tenderloin Voice, a new newsroom serving San Francisco’s Tenderloin community.

A trio of local news vets launched ‘The Tenderloin Voice’ to tell the stories of a frequently covered, but little understood, neighborhood

Three veteran journalists have started a new publication that puts the power into the hands of the Tenderloin community.

In a neighborhood often defined by outsiders through a narrow lens, three Bay Area newsroom veterans are working to shift power to the people who live there. “We realized it was about listening first,” Laura Wenus told E&P. She, Noah Arroyo and Daphne Magnawa have launched News Relay Network to build a new kind of hyperlocal newsroom. Their first project, The Tenderloin Voice, is being developed with residents of one of San Francisco’s most diverse neighborhoods.

Hello and welcome back to the News Alchemists newsletter! 10 editions ago, I included in the seven links a question posed by Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen at the US launch of the 2025 Digital News Report: What are examples of news media that do a great job of serving poor

Hello and welcome back to the News Alchemists newsletter! Do you remember JR3? It’s the project I developed earlier this year with the Knight Lab at Northwestern University to explore how journalism might be more useful to its audiences. (JR3 is short for ‘Rethink, Recenter, Reimagine. Journalism in Transition’.) Two

Laura Wenus, a co-founder of News Relay Network, details the planned pilot newsroom the company will roll out next month in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighbourhood.