Editor in Chief /Fiction Writer and Web Editor
Jay Barmann is the Editor in Chief, Fiction Writer, and Web Editor at SFist. He covers a diverse range of topics including food and beverages, culture and society, as well as regional and world news, with a particular focus on political and social issues like elections, public policy, and cultural movements. Jay's work has been featured in SFist LLC.
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San Francisco, United States (Local)
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Jay’s coverage is very local and highly event-driven, so outreach will land best when it’s tied to timely Bay Area developments, neighborhood issues, or San Francisco happenings with clear public interest. He seems especially responsive to pitches with concrete news value, quick-turn angles, or access to on-the-ground details.
He also covers a mix of culture and civic issues, so sources with direct insight into local events, business moves, public safety incidents, or notable community moments are likely a strong fit. His work suggests he favors stories that are immediately relevant to readers rather than broad trend pieces.
Given his San Francisco and broader California focus, keep pitches tightly rooted in that geography.
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The first person in San Francisco to die from an accidental overdose of the kratom-derived MGM-15
Bay Area officials are taking steps to prepare, but this winter's super-strength El Niño could end up being a major inconvenience or worse, flooding major roadways and potentially impacting San Francisco International Airport.
Jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three co-defendants heard some evidence Wednesday that had not been made public previously.
By: Jay Barmann
Progress is being made on an ambitious project to create a new art and design museum in Novato, spearheaded by the nonprofit that was founded by the family of late design pioneers Charles and Ray Eames.
Local: Some still unexplained police activity at Embarcadero Station led to BART trains bypassing the station Wednesday afternoon until around 2 pm, causing residual delays throughout the BART system. [ KRON4 ]
The Golden State Valkryies and the Atlanta Dream just tipped off at State Farm Arena in Atlanta for this absurdly early Game 6 in the Finals.
A San Francisco-based delivery giant is in the making as DoorDash announces it has struck a deal to acquire grocery-delivery app Instacart for $17 billion.
By: Jay Barmann
The Atlanta Dream have proven to be formidable opponents for this year's stellar Golden State Valkyries squad. But with the insultingly and inconveniently scheduled Game 6 now out of the way, it's back to Ballhalla with home court advantage for a historic Game 7.
Bess Wohl's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play 'Liberation,' written as a "memory play about things I don't remember," brilliantly delves into the conflicts within second-wave feminism, and its triumphs as well.
By: Jay Barmann
A 38-year-old San Francisco man with a prior history of home burglaries has been arrested and charged in a series of ten so-called hot prowl burglaries targeting wealthy neighborhoods in the city over the last month.
