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A history of struggles and challenges, but El Tecolote, its founder and City College journalism chair persisted

January 2, 2022 All Posts

Juan Gonzales doesn’t discourage easily. His high school guidance counselor didn’t think he was a candidate for college. The faculty at San Francisco State University didn’t think he had what it takes to teach journalism. And the Spanish language press in San Francisco’s Mission District didn’t think publishing a bilingual newspaper would be a success. ...

Never did one writer have so much fun: Carl Nolte’s career put him up close and personal with the good, the bad and the ugly

September 24, 2021 All Posts 1 Comment

Journalism, these days, is a young person’s game. As newspapers fold or reduce their staffs, veteran reporters, editors and photographers are laid off, pushed into early retirement, or simply give up on the business they love. But not Carl Nolte. At 88, the San Francisco Chronicle columnist is likely the oldest working journalist in the ...

From the Kennedy assassination to New Age practices to medical issues to San Francisco and the Coast, Lithuanian emigree covered it all

July 14, 2020 All Posts

Rasa Gustaitis was among 900 other displaced persons who arrived in America in September 1947 on the SS Ernie Pyle. With her own long career in journalism, it now appears serendipitous that she entered the country on a ship named for a Pulitzer-winning war correspondent. Gustaitis touched all the bases in her journalism career —she ...

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