Smashing Stereotypes through Storytelling
SeniorBeat is an online magazine profiling San Francisco’s older adults, whose activities and backgrounds contribute to the diverse community life of this world-famous city. SeniorBeat is an initiative of the San Francisco Community Living Campaign. Our writers are from its SF ReServe program. We aspire to a society in which people of all ages see, hear, and benefit from one another. – Robin Evans, Editor
The Staff
Editor/Website Manager Robin Evans has had a long career as a reporter, editor, and newsroom manager. In recent years, she added graphic and web design to her repertoire. She spent nine years at the San Jose Mercury News, including as San Francisco Bureau Chief and Religion Writer/Editor. Her previous positions include editor of the West County Times in Richmond, Calif., editorial writer for the Contra Costa Times, and online content developer for Yahoo and Redwood Age. She retired in 2016 after six years as marketing manager and graphic designer for the JSK (John S. Knight) Journalism Fellowships program at Stanford.
Contact her at robinevans@sfseniorbeat.com.
Writer/Associate Editor Bill Snyder is a longtime San Francisco freelance journalist and educator. He’s worked as a reporter, editor, and columnist for newspapers, national magazines, and websites. He’s written about a wide variety of issues related to technology, business, and more recently, the lives of Bay Area seniors. He’s an editor and mentor at Bay News Rising, an internship program for journalism students sponsored by the Pacific Media Workers Guild. He was the lead writer for SeniorBeat’s Reframing Aging Project.
Contact him at billsnyder@sfseniorbeat.com
Writer Myra Krieger started “Success Story,” a business and creative writing service, with the intention of bringing out the best in people. She wrote resumes, proposals, and marketing materials and co-wrote memoirs, scripts and nonfiction. Concurrently, she was a consumer counselor for 18 years at a local television station, where she problem-solved complaints and assisted reporters in driving stories to broadcast. She has also worked for nonprofits and played an instrumental role in helping low-income seniors get unsubsidized employment.
Contact her at myrakrieger@sfseniorbeat.com
Writer Kathi Wheater is a longtime writer, editor, documentary filmmaker, and educator. Her features have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Image Magazine, FiberArts, Piecework, Fitness Now, Explore Cruise Magazine, and San Francisco Travel’s online visitor’s guide. She also has decades of experience writing grants, video scripts, and marketing materials for educators, nonprofits, startups, and companies in the Bay Area and beyond. She co-founded “The SAY! Project,” an in-class media literacy and arts-in-education program for San Francisco students, and currently tutors union organizers and staff participating in an annual 30-week development program designed to diversify union leadership.
Contact her at kathiwheater@sfseniorbeat.com
Photographer Colin Campbell started out capturing images of construction works for engineers, builders and preservation architects after the 1989 earthquake. Working closely with preservationists, he documented the devastation and building failures then the reconstruction of the Civic Center area, including City Hall and the Customs House building on Sansome Street. He has also done feature photography for the Scholastic magazine group and is a contributing photographer to Getty Images. His photos of the Nov. 9, 1989, fall of the Berlin Wall have been widely exhibited.
Writer Mary Anne Lewis has decades of experience as a radio reporter, anchor, and talk show host at stations in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Florida. She was a reporter for the Pittsburg Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. She has a degree in journalism and communications from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, and a Master of Science in Telecommunications from Syracuse University. She also was an adjunct professor in English, journalism, and public relations at several universities in the Pittsburg area.
Contact her at maryannelewis@sfseniorbeat.com.
