The Bay Citizen lands Fainaru

Former Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru, who won a Pulitzer Prize for a series he did on the abuses of Blackwater and other private contractors, has taken over as managing editor of the nonprofit journalism site The Bay Citizen in San Fransisco.

(found via fishbowlLA)

It's hip to quit

First, California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom dropped out. Then Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah made it known he wasn't going to run in a runoff. Now, with fewer than three days to go before Election Day, Republican congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava has quit her campaign for office.

How's it going online?

It's no surprise that at a digital journalism conference in San Francisco this week the recruiters are mostly from companies like AOL and Yahoo, which are major players in online news. The question is whether these companies continue to ramp up because they've found a successful delivery model, or if they're still in the experimental phase and so we will see many of these jobs disappear in a year or two.

NYT aims for Chicago

After the New York Times launches its San Francisco edition later this year, the paper plans to cobble together a local edition for the city of Chicago.

Can Los Angeles be far behind?

The SF roll out will come sometime this fall and will consist of pages devoted to Northern California news twice a week. The Chicago edition will follow, assuming the SF edition proves successful.

The Wall Street Journal also plans to launch a Bay Area edition.

(via Newspaper Escape Plan)