San Francisco (magazine)
Encyclopedia
San Francisco is an American
monthly magazine
devoted to San Francisco Bay Area
culture, including arts, food, and entertainment. It is published monthly by Modern Luxury publications.
The second magazine has its roots starting in 1955, when San Francisco public broadcasting
station KQED-TV began publishing a programming guide called KQED in Focus. The program guide began to add more articles and took on the character of a regular magazine
. The name was later changed to Focus Magazine and then to San Francisco Focus. In 1984, a new programming guide, Fine Tuning was separated off from Focus, with Focus carrying on as a self-contained magazine.
In the early 1990s, San Francisco Focus was the recipient of number of journalism and publishing awards, including a National Headliner Award for feature writing in 1993. In 1996, KQED sold San Francisco Focus to Diablo Publications in order to pay off debts. The magazine was spun off into an independent entity in January 1997. In October 1997, the magazine re-branded itself as simply San Francisco. In 1999, new management took over and Editor-In-Chief Bruce Kelley arrived in June 2000. Under Kelley's leadership, San Francisco has been nominated for two National Magazine awards and has garnered three Maggies as Best City and Regional Magazine from the Western Publications Association (2006, 2007 and 2009). In 2005, San Francisco was sold to Modern Luxury Media (a nation-wide conglomerate of city and lifestyle magazines).
magazine, the New York Times, and Mother Jones
.
(ASME)
ASME'S "Ellie" Awards are the Oscars of Publishing
City & Regional Magazine Awards (CRMA)
The CRMA's annual awards honor the best city and regional publications throughout the country.
Maggie Awards
The Western Publications Association honors the "Best in the West" in editorial and design excellence in magazine, periodical, and online publishing.
James Beard
Awards
These are the highest honors in the land for food journalism.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
monthly magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
devoted to San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
culture, including arts, food, and entertainment. It is published monthly by Modern Luxury publications.
History
There have been two separate San Francisco magazines published in San Francisco. The first was started in the 1970's and published for many years, under a series of different publishers, until it went out of business around 1985.The second magazine has its roots starting in 1955, when San Francisco public broadcasting
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
station KQED-TV began publishing a programming guide called KQED in Focus. The program guide began to add more articles and took on the character of a regular magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
. The name was later changed to Focus Magazine and then to San Francisco Focus. In 1984, a new programming guide, Fine Tuning was separated off from Focus, with Focus carrying on as a self-contained magazine.
In the early 1990s, San Francisco Focus was the recipient of number of journalism and publishing awards, including a National Headliner Award for feature writing in 1993. In 1996, KQED sold San Francisco Focus to Diablo Publications in order to pay off debts. The magazine was spun off into an independent entity in January 1997. In October 1997, the magazine re-branded itself as simply San Francisco. In 1999, new management took over and Editor-In-Chief Bruce Kelley arrived in June 2000. Under Kelley's leadership, San Francisco has been nominated for two National Magazine awards and has garnered three Maggies as Best City and Regional Magazine from the Western Publications Association (2006, 2007 and 2009). In 2005, San Francisco was sold to Modern Luxury Media (a nation-wide conglomerate of city and lifestyle magazines).
President
Fifth-generation San Franciscan Steven Dinkelspiel stepped to the head of San Francisco magazine as the publisher in March 1999 after working as both circulation director and general counsel for the magazine. After the merge of the magazine with Modern Luxury, he became the president of the magazine. With a B.A. from Yale University and a law degree from Stanford, he was a local district attorney for seven years, as well as a private business consultant specializing in libel law.Editor in Chief
Prior to joining San Francisco as editor-in-chief in July 2000, Bruce Kelley was executive editor at Health magazine, where he worked since 1992. His regional editing experience spanned Sunset and California magazines. He has also written for publications such as the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
magazine, the New York Times, and Mother Jones
Mother Jones (magazine)
Mother Jones is an American independent news organization, featuring investigative and breaking news reporting on politics, the environment, human rights, and culture. Mother Jones has been nominated for 23 National Magazine Awards and has won six times, including for General Excellence in 2001,...
.
Awards
American Society of Magazine EditorsAmerican Society of Magazine Editors
The American Society of Magazine Editors is an industry trade group for editors of magazines published in the United States. The group advocates on behalf of member organizations with respect to First Amendment issues, and serves as a networking hub for editors and other industry employees...
(ASME)
ASME'S "Ellie" Awards are the Oscars of Publishing
- Finalist, Public Interest: "Innocence Lost," by Nina Martin, November 2004
- Finalist, Public Interest: "Trouble in the Presidio," by Kerry Tremain, December 2001
City & Regional Magazine Awards (CRMA)
The CRMA's annual awards honor the best city and regional publications throughout the country.
- Gold Award, Civic Journalism: "Innocence Lost," by Nina Martin, November 2004
- Bronze Award, General Excellence, 2003
- Bronze Award, Reporting: "The Brobeck Mutiny," July 2003
- Bronze Award, Special Issue: "Think Green," June 2003
- Silver Award, Special Issue: "Our Dot-com Decade: What Really Happened," April 2002
- Bronze Award, Reporting: "What Just Happened Here?," April 2002
- Bronze Award, Food and Dining Criticism: Josh Sens's monthly review "Critical Dish" ("The Best Restaurant," July 2002; "Now We're Not Cooking," September 2002; "A Maison of His Own," November 2002)
- Bronze Award for General Criticism: Dana Goia's classical music criticism ("Good Lord!," December 2001; "Glass Appeal," October 2002; "Moulin Rogue," September 2002)
Maggie Awards
The Western Publications Association honors the "Best in the West" in editorial and design excellence in magazine, periodical, and online publishing.
- Best Feature Article/Consumer: "What Happened to Black San Francisco", Sept. 2006, by Jaimal Yogis
- Best Feature Article/Consumer: "What it Really Means to be Green," June 2003
- Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Consumer: "City Journal"
- Best City & Metropolitan/Consumer: April 2006
James Beard
James Beard
James Andrew Beard was an American chef and food writer. The central figure in the story of the establishment of a gourmet American food identity, Beard was an eccentric personality who brought French cooking to the American middle and upper classes in the 1950s...
Awards
These are the highest honors in the land for food journalism.
- Finalist, Best Feature Writing, "King of the Mall," Maile Carpenter, August 2004
- Winner, Best Feature Writing, "Eating in Michael Bauer's Town," Maile Carpenter, August 2001