SPJ 2015 Western Regional Conference

Lila LaHood is the publisher of the San Francisco Public Press. She has worked as a nonprofit consultant, and as a freelance writer and editor. She was previously a business writer at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she covered retail and real estate. Lila is president of the board of directors of the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. She has an M.S. from Columbia University’s Graduate... Read More →

Lydia Chávez is the founder and managing editor of Mission Local. She’s also a professor at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and formerly worked at the NYTimes, LA Times, Time Magazine and the Albuquerque Tribune. She has written and edited two books and has written for the Sunday New York Times Magazine as well as the the Los Angeles Times SundayMagazine, Salon and George.

Frances Dinkelspiel is the co-founder and executive editor of Berkeleyside. Her second book, Tangled Vines: Greed. Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California, will be published in October. Find her on Twitter at @Frannydink.

Martin G. Reynolds is senior editor for community engagement and training for Bay Area News Group and Digital First Media, western region. As former editor in chief of the Oakland Tribune, a lead editor of the Chauncey Bailey Project and co-founder of a Bay Area News Group-sponsored citizen journalism program called Oakland Voices, Reynolds has led Bay Area journalism initiatives to help news outlets stay relevant and connected to diverse... Read More →