February 13, 2019 Powerful Patrons Bankroll Silicon Valley Newsgathering Startups By The Fly As ads play a diminishing role in the media biz, news outlets are increasingly trying to get by on some blend of paywalls and auxiliary revenue. Read More 9
January 3, 2018 Mercury News’ City Hall Reporter Poised to Sue over Loss of Job By The Fly The Mercury News lost a slew of longtime journalists in 2017, and the year ended with word of yet another notable departure. Read More 22
November 29, 2017 Santa Clara Mayor, Merc Still at Odds over Report on PR Flack (Who Got the Story Changed) By The Fly Mayor Lisa Gillmor admits she was wrong to block a reporter on Twitter after an unflattering report, but still claims the article is full of errors. Read More 15
April 11, 2017 Op-Ed: San Jose Needs to Protect Tenants from Unfair Evictions By Robert Mayer and Anne Sherman What we need in San Jose is a “just cause” protection, which would prevent landlords form ousting renters unless they had good reason to do so. Read More 20
June 10, 2016 Incumbent Loses Lead in San Jose’s District 4 Council Race By Jennifer Wadsworth Councilman Manh Nguyen lost his lead to two-time challenger Lan Diep, who surpassed the District 4 incumbent by a 12-vote margin Friday. Read More 3
January 20, 2016 Mercury News Continues to Spin Darcie Green’s False Narrative By The Fly San Jose’s daily newspaper seems to have no intention of giving its readers the raw truth about state Assembly candidate Darcie Green and her husband. Read More 37
October 14, 2015 Taxi Op-Ed Sparks Contention between Mayor, Merc Reporter By The Fly The sausage-making process of political reporting is rarely clean and often requires unsatisfying, unreported compromises. Read More 9