San Francisco Chronicle

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 2:27pm on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Announcing the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Sweepstakes Winners

"CLOVERDALE, Calif., January 12, 2010 -- The 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Sweepstakes Winners are:

Sparkling: J Vineyards & Winery, Russian River Valley, 'J Brut Rose.'

White: Keuka Spring Vineyards, Finger Lakes, New York, '2008 Gewurztraminer.'

Pink: Bray Vineyards, Shenandoah Valley, Amador County, CA, '2008 Barbera Rosato.'

Red: Graton Ridge Cellars, Russian River Valley, Paul Family Vineyard, '2007 Estate Pinot Noir.'

Dessert: Watermill Winery, Walla Walla Valley, Washington, '2008 Late Harvest Gewurztraminer.'

On January 8th, 2010, the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition concluded the annual week of judging at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds in Sonoma County, California. Over five days, 63 professional wine experts within the media, restaurant and hospitality, education, wine making and retail wine industries tasted and evaluated a world-record breaking 4,913 entries, a number that maintains the competition's status as the largest competition of American wines in the world."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 10:51pm on Sunday, November 8th, 2009

On November 9, 2009, the San Francisco Chronicle became the first newspaper in the nation to print on high-quality glossy paper. The newspaper will print the front page, most section front pages and some inside pages on high-gloss paper during the week. On Sundays, the main news section and several features sections will be glossy.

The Chronicle charges $7.75 per week for home delivery. Weekday newspapers sell for $1 on the newsstand, up from 75 cents last year.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 10:52pm on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times will launch San Francisco editions, the New York Times reported on September 4, 2009:

"Both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times are planning to introduce San Francisco Bay Area editions, hoping to win new readers and advertisers there by offering more local news, in what could be the first glimpse at a new strategy by national newspapers to capitalize on the contraction of regional papers."

The story continued:

"Both The Journal and The Times seem to be betting that the Bay Area is the place to try first. Its biggest newspapers, The San Francisco Chronicle and The San Jose Mercury News, have suffered through some of the sharpest downsizing in the industry, and a very high percentage of the region’s residents moved from elsewhere, which usually means less attachment to the local paper."

The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/business/media/05journal.html?_r=2

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 11:44pm on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

The Current TV journalists jailed in North Korea attacked stories fearlessly, Joe Garofoli of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote on June 12, 2009:

"While taking a break from reporting a story on the Mexican drug wars earlier this year, Current TV journalist Laura Ling was asked by a group of Mexican university students what the riskiest part of her job was. "To tell you the truth," Ling replied, "I was pretty nervous coming to Juarez."

As the class tittered, Ling said - on camera- that she felt silly. Then she asked the students how many of them were affected by the drug wars. All hands went up.

Days after Ling, 32, and fellow Current TV staffer Euna Lee, 36, were sentenced to a dozen years in a North Korean labor camp after being convicted of illegally entering that country, those who have worked with the two journalists say the exchange in Mexico is typical of how Ling approached a story. She is unassuming, inquisitive and fearless."

The full story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/11/MN9I185KC6.DTL