San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
| Editor | David Lewis |
|---|---|
| Staff writers | Sam Whiting |
| Categories | Sunday magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 292,459 |
| First issue | November 26, 2000 |
| Company | San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Publications |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | San Francisco |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://www.sfgate.com/magazine/ |
The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine is a Sunday magazine published on the first Sunday of every month as an insert in the San Francisco Chronicle. The current magazine was born out of the ashes of The San Francisco Examiner Magazine when the staff of the Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner were combined in 2000 following the sale of the Examiner.
Prior to the creation of the magazine, the first issue of which appeared Sunday, November 26, 2000, readers of the San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner were served by The San Francisco Examiner Magazine, included in the Sunday edition of the papers which were produced jointly under the JOA that the two papers operated under. The San Francisco Examiner Magazine was preceded by Image Magazine, which was in turn preceded by California Living Magazine.
The San Francisco Chronicle was the first newspaper in the country to introduce a Sunday magazine when it did so in 1869 with the aim of providing a "literary dimension" to the newspaper. That magazine, however, ended sometime prior to the Chronicle's absorption of the Examiner staff and the creation of the current San Francisco Chronicle Magazine.
The San Francisco Examiner Magazine, also known as Examiner Magazine, had won various awards in the years preceding its absorption by the Chronicle. In 2000, "India: Land of Marx and Maharjahs," by free-lance writer Adam Hochschild was given the Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in magazine reporting by the Society of Professional Journalists and a bronze medal from the Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Awards for magazine writing on foreign travel. Also in 2000, the magazine was given several awards by the Sunday Magazine Editors Association: Second place in the essay category for "Boy's Life," by Theodore Roszak; third place in the overall design for Examiner Magazine art directors Josephine Rigg and Zahid Sardar; second place in the single spread design category for "Tale of the Tapes," about the Kennedy/Nixon tapes, went to Examiner artist Andrew Skwish; third place in the illustration category for "Boy's Life," Colin Johnson's illustration of Roszack's piece. At the time of these awards, Executive Editor of the Examiner Phil Bronstein said, "The San Francisco Examiner Magazine has become one of the top Sunday newspaper magazines in the country, offering our readers well-written and provocative articles accompanied by attractive, witty and sophisticated graphics." In 1999, the Examiner's magazine won several awards as part of the annual Gold Ink Awards: the magazine's fall "Destinations" issues won the Silver Award; the magazine's two spring and fall Home Design issues and a spring "Destinations" issue, edited by John Flinn, each won Pewter awards. The Gold Ink Awards are given for quality of printing. In 1998, the Examiner's magazine won four SunMag awards from the Sunday Magazine Editors Association: first place in Best Use of Illustration to Art Director Josephine Rigg and freelance illustrator Adam McCauley for a Bay to Breakers Race Day Map; third place in Overall Design to Rigg and Associate Art Director Zahid Sardar; Honorable Mention to Examiner Science Writer Keay Davidson for "Weird Science," about the 50th anniversary of the first "UFO sighting"'; Honorable Mention to writer Neal Gabler for a cover story about Walter Winchell and Herb Caen. Alluding the fact that many newspapers were cutting back or eliminating their Sunday magazines, Bronstein said at the time of the 1998 awards, "The Examiner bucked the national trend when we decided to revitalize our Sunday Magazine to provide more for our readers. We're honored to... [be] recognized by our peers from across the nation."
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