Posted onSeptember 30, 2026 AuthorThe NewsGuild-CWA California Governor Gavin Newsom just signed a bill into law that will create tax credits to support journalism jobs in the state. Newsom supported the Community NEWS Act after local and international outreach from the Guild and a coalition led by Rebuild Local News. Local Guild leaders pressed Newsom […]
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Fresno Bee Guild Townhall
Location: The Bee Hive, 2600 Ventura Avenue, #102, Fresno, CA 93721 Date: Tuesday, October 6 • 6 PM – 8 PM Overview Join us in person for the Fresno Bee Guild Townhall to discuss the recent newsroom layoffs and learn how you can help. Join Us at the Fresno Bee Guild Townhall In early September, […]
Read MoreCalifornia Legislature passes NewsGuild-backed local news bill
A bill that would provide California newsrooms with tax credits based on how many journalists they employ was passed this week by California’s Senate and Assembly. The measure, California’s Community NEWS Act, now sits on the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Two NewsGuild-CWA locals, Media Guild of the West and Pacific Media Workers Guild, were […]
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Guild’s summer mentorship program, Bay News Rising.
Guild joins pushback against S.F. officials’ attack on transparency
Guild joins pushback against S.F. officials’ attack on transparency Guild President Annie Sciacca (Guild Freelancers), Executive Officer Michael Applegate, and Brothers Thomas Peele (EdSource) and Richard Knee (Freelancers) are helping to lead a pushback against an attack on government transparency by San Francisco supervisors and Mayor Daniel Lurie. Representing the Guild and the Society of […]
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We’re hiring!
Pacific Media Workers Guild TNG-CWA Local 39521 Union Representative Based in San Francisco, CA Thousands of journalists and media workers have organized and joined The NewsGuild in the past few years. They’re doing it to save their jobs and our democracy. The Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 seeks a full-time Union Representative to support them. […]
Read MoreSunshine is in grave danger in SF
Government transparency, a.k.a. sunshine, is in grave danger in San Francisco. The city has the nation’s oldest and arguably strongest set of open-meeting and public-record laws, the Sunshine Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 67). Passed with a 16-point margin by the voters in November 1999, the ordinance establishes an 11-member panel, the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, whose job […]
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San Francisco Public Press workers form union, seek voice in the workplace.
Press Contact: sfpublicpressworkersguild@gmail.com PMWG Staff: esteban@mediaworkers.org SAN FRANCISCO — Workers at non-profit investigative newsroom, San Francisco Public Press have created a union as part of the Pacific Media Workers Guild Local 39521, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger media system. It follows in the footsteps of other local newsrooms which have unionized recently. They have […]
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EdSource Guild is on Strike
EdSource workers strike over unfair labor practices Posted onMay 14, 2026AuthorThe NewsGuild-CWA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 14, 2026 Contact: edsourceguild@protonmail.com OAKLAND, CA – Unionized staff at EdSource, the largest education newsroom in California, are on strike today, May 14, 2026 to protest unilateral changes to healthcare benefits and management’s lack of progress toward a fair […]
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Seeking Applications for Bay News Rising internship program
We want to give you $1,000 to make a reporting or photography project. The members of the Pacific Media Workers Guild offer professional guidance and support through Bay News Rising, a one-of-a-kind summer program for emerging journalists. Dozens of journalism students have been part of Bay News Rising over the years. Many have gone on […]
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Journalist organizations outraged at arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort
The following is shared on behalf of the National Association of Black Journalists and other journalist advocacy organizations. The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and by the government’s escalating effort and actions to criminalize and threaten press freedom […]
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Proposal would make S.F. sunshine panel less effective
An ad hoc advisory body is recommending revamping the system of appointing members to San Francisco’s open-government watchdog panel, the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, in a way that would make it easier for the Board of Supervisors to pack it with people who have little or no knowledge of open-meeting and public-record laws, thus paving […]
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2025 PMWG certified Local Election results
December 27, 2025 Dear Guild Members, Balloting for the election of Local President of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521, closed on Dec. 17. The Local Election Committee met that day to count the ballots and tentatively certify the results of the Local election. The results of the Local election have now been […]
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2025 PMWG tentative Local Election results
December 17, 2025 Dear Guild Members, Balloting for the election of Local President of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521, closed today. The Local Election Committee met at 5 p.m. PT to count the ballots and tentatively certify the results of the Local election: For President Annie Sciacca received 86 votes Steve Zeltzer […]
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2025 PMWG Local Election Notice
Guild Members, An important LOCAL 39521 Election is being conducted by secret mail ballot for the role of President on our Local. NOTICE: All members in good standing within units of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521, will soon receive an official notice and ballot in the mail to vote for our next […]
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