On August 13th, City on the Edge author and co-founder of The San Francisco Standard , Jonathan Weber, will join Straight to It for a live episode at KALW’s studio for the station's Bay Made Showcase event series!
The Financial Times calls Weber’s book “[a] fascinating look at how political mismanagement and the pursuit of boundless tech power have changed America’s counterculture heartland.”
Before co-founding the Standard, Jonathan was named the first-ever Silicon Valley reporter for the Los Angeles Times . He later served as editor-in-chief of The Industry Standard , known as the bible of the first dot-com boom.
Join us at 6:00 pm at 220 Montgomery Street for an interview on the modern history of San Francisco, the forces that have shaped it today, and what its future might hold!
Jonathan Weber was named the Los Angeles Times’s first-ever Silicon Valley reporter in 1990. He was later editor in chief of The Industry Standard, a chronicle of and bellwether for the first dot-com boom, and oversaw West Coast news and global technology coverage for Reuters. He was most recently the editor in chief of The San Francisco Standard.
Charlie Zeitlin is a high school student from Palo Alto, CA and currently a Youth Production Assistant at KALW. When Charlie was 11, he started the Straight to It podcast, which has hosted over 80 leaders in politics, media, academics, and business. Charlie is also a TEDx organizer, hosting TEDx Baylands Park Youth in 2024—and more recently, bringing TEDx to his school for an audience of 300+ people. In addition, Charlie is a youth advocate who serves as a member of the Palo Alto Youth Council and as Vice Chair of the California Association of Youth Commissions. In his spare time, Charlie loves reading (especially history), hiking, and spending time with his two dogs Bodhi and Sadie
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