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About

Mission Loc@l believes that by covering a neighborhood fairly and thoroughly, we can build community and a sustainable model for quality journalism.

As part of that effort, we seek collaboration and experimentation that will serve the community we cover and journalism. In the Mission District that means being a bilingual site and using print, multimedia and video to deliver information that offers diverse residents a way to connect and stay informed.

The site launched in October 2008, opened an office in the Mission District in January and many of us are Mission residents.

Our aim is to become a self-sustaining model for public private partnerships that involve journalism schools, private foundations and community supporters.

You can find links to our stories on SFGate’s In Mission blog (story excerpts.) You can connect with Mission Loc@l on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter

Our staff includes reporters from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, San Francisco State, City College and the community. We also receive and welcome an array of other community contributors.

All contributor content is reviewed for accuracy and edited by a Mission Loc@l editor before it is published.

Correction Policy

Our readers keep us honest and we respond immediately to questions about accuracy.  Once we see an error, we make the correction and note at the bottom of a story that it has been corrected.

Recent Press

Streetfightmag.com Mission Local: A Hyperlocal Does it Right,  By Alex Salkever, September 9, 2011

The New York Times and the Bay Citizen, Hispanics Rank High on Digital Divide By Scott James, June 17, 2011.

Mission Loc@l Wins First Place for On Line News Writing in Region 11 and Mission Loc@l reporter JJ Barrow wins second place for on line feature writing for Region 11. 2010

Mission Loc@l is national finalist for On Line News Writing. 2010

San Francisco Magazine mentions Misson Loc@l, November 2010.

KQED on Mission Loc@l August 2, 2009.

Mission Loc@l Picks up a Webby Award Summer, 2009.

Contact

Submit Stories, complaints, tips, ideas to staff [at] missionlocal.org. Please keep in touch! — The staff of Mission Loc@l

Mission Local is part of an initiative in hyper-local coverage developed by UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and supported by the school and the Ford Foundation. The funding allows the school to hire two full-time multimedia instructors to teach multimedia skills during the reporting classes and oversee the development of Mission Loc@l as well as two sites in the East Bay – Richmond Confidential and Oakland North.

The funding, however, does not pay for the Mission District office or for training and paying community and student reporters during the winter and summer breaks. These funds are raised independently and even a small $25 donation from a reader can help to improve the Mission’s local coverage. Connect community and encourage civic engagement by supporting Mission Loc@l. Click here to make a donation.