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NY Times names Knight San Francisco bureau chief

Heather Knight

The New York Times has appointed Heather Knight to serve as its San Francisco bureau chief. She begins in September.

Knight will join from the San Francisco Chronicle, where she has worked for more than two decades. There, she reported on politics, homelessness, family flight and the quirks of living in San Francisco.

She also helped launched and co-hosted “Total SF,” the Chronicle’s podcast that celebrates the city’s culture.

She also won the Scripps Howard Excellence in Opinion Writing national award in 2022 and has been named the top columnist in the California News Publishers Association and the Best of the West journalism competitions several times.

Knight graduated from Stanford University.

Be sure to congratulate Knight on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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