San Francisco Chronicle Leads the Effort in "SF Homeless Project" to Highlight San Francisco's Homeless Epidemic

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- To shed light on the growing homelessness crisis in San Francisco, The San Francisco Chronicle will participate with more than 70 Bay Area news media organizations to provide a comprehensive look at homelessness in San Francisco. This unprecedented collaboration of news media organizations is part of The Chronicle's landmark event, the SF Homeless Project.

The goal of the SF Homeless Project includes spurring San Francisco government, business and civic leaders to take action to end homelessness.  The Project will take a hard look at homelessness in San Francisco, including examining the history, how the system has failed, what the problem looks like, and public misconceptions as well as solutions.

Chronicle coverage will commence on Sunday, June 26, building daily online momentum toward an unprecedented day of blanket coverage by Bay Area media organizations spanning radio, print, online and television news on Wednesday, June 29, and continuing its coverage through Sunday, July 3.

The participating media organizations include the following, listed alphabetically:

• 48 Hills
• AJ+
• AlterNet.org
• Bay Area Reporter
• Business Insider
• BuzzFeed News
• CALmatters
• Castro Valley Matters
• Central City Extra
• CityLab
• Commonwealth Club
• Cor Media
• East Bay Times
• El Tecolote
• Fortune
• Fusion
• Golden Gate Xpress
• Google News Lab
• HATCH Beat
• Hoodline
• Inc.
• Ingleside-Excelsior Light
• ITVS/OVEE
• KALW
• KGO 810
• KGO-TV/ABC7
• KKSF Talk 910
• KNTV
• KPIX-TV
• KQED
• KRON4-TV
• KTVU-TV
• Laney Tower
• Marina Times
• Mashable
• Medium
• Micro-documentaries
• Mid-Market News
• Mission Local
• Mother Jones
• New America Media
• Pop-Up Magazine
• Renaissance Journalism
• Richmond Review
• Ripple News
• San Francisco Business Times
• San Francisco Chronicle
• San Francisco Examiner
• San Francisco magazine
• San Francisco Neighborhood Newspaper Association
• San Francisco Public Press
• SF Weekly
• SFGATE
• SFist
• Sing Tao Daily
• Stories Behind the Fog
• Sunset Beacon
• TechCrunch
• Telemundo 48 KSTS
• The California Sunday Magazine
• The Castro Courier
• The Mercury News
• The Potrero View
• Timeline
• Univision 14 KDTV
• Wear Your Voice
• West Portal Monthly
• World Journal
• Youth Radio

"This is among the most significant media collaborations ever undertaken, and its cause is noble: to find solutions to the human catastrophe we see on our streets," said Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper. "Alone, we can make a difference, but together this region's media can inspire a revolution that will cause political, business and civic leaders to take more effective actions to aid the most helpless among us."

Cooper continued, "The Chronicle has thoughtfully covered this protracted crisis for decades. A decade ago we had journalists who slept on the streets as a major reporting project. Later, we investigated the myriad of programs and efforts undertaken by city leaders. This month we start a new front on this ongoing coverage effort – one that takes a serious look at what has worked elsewhere, what we could try here and what the consequences might be. Our goal is nothing less than complete civic engagement and understanding of the multiple causes and solutions to homelessness."

Throughout the week, SFChronicle.com/Homeless will publish interactive features and provide coverage across social media platforms. In addition, every story produced by every news outlet will be aggregated on SFGATE.com/Homeless. This will serve as an encyclopedic resource for everyone to easily access and read.

Follow the SF Homeless Project on social media via #sfhomelessproject.

About The San Francisco Chronicle
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About Hearst Newspapers
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About Hearst Corporation
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