Northern California

Northern California Chapter

Northern California is the birthplace of NLGJA, the brainchild of former Oakland Tribune Executive Editor Leroy F. Aarons. Today, not only is the Northern California chapter the oldest, but it is also among the largest and most active.

The chapter boast members from dozens of newspapers, network owned and operated television stations, and dozens of radio stations. It serves as home to a number of journalists who write for national newspapers and magazines. It is also a hotbed of online media, with members who have helped pioneer online media and who continue to cover news for the digital age.

With members from the Oregon border in the North, Fresno in the South and Reno in the East, the Northern California chapter serves a range of market sizes from its hub in San Francisco. The diversity and size of the chapter offers members a unique opportunity to interact with journalists at different stages of their careers.

The chapter marked it's twentieth anniversary in 2011.

Let's have a picnic with Norcal

Let's have a picnic

Fun, sun, food and friends!

It's a picnic! Join us for fun, food and friends at the NLGJA-NorCal gathering noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the east beach of Crissy Field. Bring you friends and dogs on leash for this causal gathering in one of the nation's most beautiful settings! It should be sunny and warm, but you never know, so, bring some layers of clothes just in case. We'll be barbecuing hot dogs and burgers and you're invited to bring anything to share if you like. Crissy Field's east beach is located in the grassy area nearest to the Warming Hut. We look forward to seeing you!

Updated: May 10, 2013 - 10:56am

San Francisco Author Panel - April 23

This free event will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 at the ABC-7 offices, 900 Front St., San Francisco.

Joining us will be Randy Alfred, Katia Noyes and Minal Hajratwala, who will talk about what it's like to develop and produce your own books. Alfred is the former host of "The Gay Life," a radio show on KSAN-FM, copy editor for Wired.com and author of "Mad Science." Noyes is a former dancer, dance critic and and author of "Crashing in America" and "A Partial History of My Delusions." She also teaches at The Writing Salon. Hajratwala is a former San Jose Mercury news reporter and NLGJA board member and is the author of "Leaving India: My Family's Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents."

Updated: April 18, 2013 - 6:40pm

Catherine Plato

NorCal Chapter Co-President

norcal@nlgja.org

Freelance Journalist

2012

Catherine Plato is a freelance journalist and the former editor of Bay Family Digest, Curve Magazine and $pread Magazine. She currently lives in Oakland and has been involved in NLGJA for three years.

Updated: April 11, 2012 - 3:53pm