Audrey McNamara is the executive news editor. Danyel Smith (born June 23, 1965) is an American magazine editor and journalist. All rights reserved. News, arts, and dining coverage for Oakland, Berkeley and the greater East Bay. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com Bay Area & State The weekly paper covers news and culture in the East Bay. The East Bay Express has been bought by Telegraph Media Group — ushering in new owners and ushering out editor in chief Nick Miller, who held the position for a little more than a year. 32 talking about this. 39 talking about this. 36 talking about this. Buel and his wife, Judith M. Gallman, also own Oakland Magazine, Alameda Magazine, the East Bay Monthly and Bay Woof. Copyright © 2021 The Daily Californian, The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. 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News, arts, and dining coverage for Oakland, Berkeley and the greater East Bay. Smith is a 2014 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. Owners of Telegraph Media, husband and wife Stephen Buel and Judith M. Gallman, have had a minority stake in the Express since 2007, overlapping with Buel’s own turn as Express editor in chief from 2001 to 2010. Oakland, CA. After the acquisition was announced, Miller took to Twitter in an 11-part thread explaining the news — via an East Bay Times article — and his thoughts on the transition. Copyright © 2021 Weeklys. “He is a smart, hard-working editor who has assembled a talented team during his short time at the paper,” Buel wrote of Miller. Dec 2010 – Jun 2014 3 years 7 months. The court ruling, which favored the employee, prevented the owners from selling the paper, according to Robert Gammon, editor for East Bay Express … Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com Return to Top Started in 1978, today the Express has an alternative reputation with a penchant for watchdog journalism. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com Return to Top An Oakland-based publishing company, Telegraph Media currently owns, in addition to the Express, Alameda and Oakland magazines, the East Bay Monthly, and Bay Woof — “news with bite.”. News, arts, and dining coverage for Oakland, Berkeley and the greater East Bay. The new acquisition was so swift that Telegraph Media has had little time to determine plans to distinguish between the linked publications. We're an independent, student-run newsroom. The East Bay Express is known for its investigative reporting as well as its coverage of arts, culture and music. D. Scot Miller is the founder of The Afrosurreal Arts Movement through his publication of The Afrosurreal Manifesto in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 20, 2009.. Arts Editor of The East Bay Express, Columnist-In-Residence at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Advisory Board Member of Nocturnes Journal of Literary Arts, and regular contributor to several websites and … Richards was most recently managing editor of the Stranger, a Seattle weekly. Find a copy of the latest issue here, and thanks for supporting local journalism! “He’s been a picture of composure during this obviously painful development.” Buel added that he hopes Miller will remain connected to the paper as a contributor. “They get to come back to the paper they love.”, After the acquisition was announced, Miller took to Twitter in an 11-part thread explaining the news — via an East Bay Times article — and his thoughts on the transition. Started in 1978, today the Express has an alternative reputation with a penchant for watchdog journalism. News, arts, and dining coverage for Oakland, Berkeley and the greater East Bay. The East Bay Express is an Oakland-based weekly newspaper serving the Berkeley, Oakland, and East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.It is distributed throughout Alameda County and parts of Contra Costa County every Wednesday. Co-Editor East Bay Express. News, arts, and dining coverage for Oakland, Berkeley and the greater East Bay. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate editor at East Bay Express and freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene. Buel and Gallman both described returning to the Express as a sort of homecoming. Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts Speaking on the difficulty of working in journalism, Carr said, “You get to … go out … find people more interesting than you, learn about something, come back and tell other people about it — that should be hard to get into.”. From the international populations that make Oakland and Richmond so dynamic, to the ideological diversity that separates Berkeley from Walnut Creek, our readers are united by their love of a region that is second to nowhere in beauty, livability, intellectual firepower, and cosmopolitan charm. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate editor at East Bay Express and freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene. The East Bay’s alt weekly. News, arts, and dining coverage for Oakland, Berkeley and the greater East Bay. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate editor at East Bay Express and freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene. East Bay restaurant owner with no health insurance fights for her life after cancer diagnosis ... Music; Theater; Art & Exhibits; ... managing editor at the East Bay Express… The Express is known for its investigative and longform news and feature stories, along with its award-winning arts, food, and wine coverage. She is also writing a history of African-American women in pop music. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com Return to Top Click here or scroll to the bottom of this page to learn more about the Bay Area’s leading alt-weekly. From our authoritative cover stories; to our in-depth local reporting, arts and dining coverage; to the area’s most comprehensive weekly calendar; the East Bay Express has been this vibrant region’s leading voice since 1978. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com Top shopping picks ... managing editor at the East Bay Express, and arts & culture editor … Advertising, Editorial, Sales, Production, Circulation & Business. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate editor at East Bay Express and freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene. Use desktop site by default. 30 talking about this. The East Bay Express has been bought by Telegraph Media Group — ushering in new owners and ushering out editor in chief Nick Miller, who … distributing 40,000 papers every Wednesday throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Under Miller’s leadership the paper has sustained extensive and in-depth coverage of local news making national headlines, such as the 2015 Oakland Police Department sex abuse scandal that continues to tear through OPD. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com Return to Top Gallman has edited Oakland and Alameda magazines since 2003 and will continue in the role with the acquisition of the Express. East Bay Express... Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts The East Bay Express has been sold and is joining a new group of alternative weeklies, anchored by the Metro Silicon Valley weekly, outgoing Express Editor and Publisher Stephen Buel said. Published since 1978 on the east shores of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Express features original local news reporting and coverage of events, music, arts and restaurants in Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and other parts of the vibrant East Bay, a cultural epicenter of Northern California. Contact her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at @McNamaraAud. As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. All rights reserved. Mobile site. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate editor at East Bay Express and freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene. An Oakland-based publishing company, Telegraph Media currently owns, in addition to the Express, Alameda and Oakland magazines, the East Bay Monthly, and Bay Woof. 30 talking about this. Smith is also the former editor of Billboard and the first African-American editor of the magazine. “I can’t help but be happy for Steve and Judy and Bob and Kathleen because I know how it feels to love a community and a paper and they get to come back to it,” Miller said. 45 talking about this. (East Bay Express) By Brittny Mejia Staff Writer The weekly paper covers news and culture in the East Bay, distributing 40,000 papers every Wednesday throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Miller wrote, “It’s disappointing that I will not be able to see through my vision and oversee all the badass changes in the pipeline.”, Miller concluded his thread by giving former New York Times culture columnist David Carr the final word. “By bringing back (Richards), I am realizing my dream, but dashing Nick’s in the process.”. Team Billy Bragg (though truth be told it feels weird to even type their names in the same sentence): This week's cover story of the East Bay Express, by music editor (and former SF Weekly … And just as these East Bay counties are different from the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area, the East Bay Express is a different paper. 32 talking about this. Buel used the word in front of East Bay Express staff when critiquing an article written by former associate editor Azucena Rasilla that … Former co-editor in chief of the Express Kathleen Richards, who shared the role with Robert Gammon after Buel left it, will now be taking back the position in full. ... web editor, social media manager, and music editor and reporter. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage. While we're debating the merits of Steve Albini's thoughts on the music industry vs. Garth Brooks's thoughts on the music industry and taking sides on Team Taylor Swift vs. News, arts, and dining coverage for Oakland, Berkeley and the greater East Bay. “In the seven years since I last worked at the Express, I have often dreamed about reassembling the editorial team that worked alongside me in 2010,” Buel said in an email. Copyright © 2021 The Daily Californian, The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. Buel, however, said in the email that their “extremely initial impulse is that the Express will be newsier, the magazines will be more narrative and the Monthly might become a bit more readerly and essay-focused.”. The Express is normally delivered to more than 600 locations, from Richmond to San Leandro and in-between. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate editor at East Bay Express and freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene. Also, she is the former chief content officer of Vibe Media … Privacy Policy. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage. Music; Theater; Art & Exhibits ... Italy's tough-to-find regional snacks are the focus of a new East Bay restaurant. Please visit our Privacy Policy for information regarding how we use this information. Every week, the Express provides these well-educated world travelers the only medium dedicated exclusively to them. Miller wrote, “, It’s disappointing that I will not be able to see through my vision and oversee all the badass changes in the pipeline.”. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com Return to Top Published since 1978 on the east shores of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Express features original local news reporting and coverage of events, music… Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts If one mayor represented all of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, that person’s 2.8 million constituents would live in the country’s third-largest city, behind only New York and Los Angeles. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate editor at East Bay Express and freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene.