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Knight, a former City Hall reporter, will work her last day at the Chronicle on July 28, internal Slack messages said.</p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>“It is always surprising when someone ascends to the heights that Heather did,” the Chronicle’s director of news, Demian Bulwa, announced the move in an internal message to newsroom staff. “She used <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/fentanyl-drug-overdose-hospital-18148799.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">individual stories</a> to hold the <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/s-f-toiletgate-noe-valley-get-cheaper-bathroom-17747381.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">powerful to account</a>. And she made a difference.”</p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>Chronicle staffers who did not wish to be named as they are not authorized to speak with other media about internal matters confirmed Knight’s departure from the news outlet.</p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>Knight has been with the Chronicle for over two decades, according to Bulwa’s message to staff. Her high school’s alumni page said she started with the newspaper in 1999.</p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>The Times confirmed on Twitter Monday morning Knight was joining its ranks. Knight tweeted herself that she would start her new role in September. </p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>“Thrilled—with more than a twinge of sadness—to announce I’m leaving the<br>@sfchronicle to become the @nytimes’ San Francisco bureau chief,” Knight wrote in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1680978737322676224?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tweet</a>.</p></div></div><figure class=" "><div class="flex justify-center "><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We're overjoyed to announce that Heather Knight (<a href="https://twitter.com/hknightsf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hknightsf</a>) is joining The Times as our San Francisco Bureau Chief, where she starts this September. <a href="https://t.co/5l6GEens2R">https://t.co/5l6GEens2R</a></p>— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYTimesPR/status/1680977174914801666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2023</a></blockquote></div></figure><div class="floats"><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>Between columns, Knight co-hosted the paper’s TotalSF podcast with Peter Hartlaub, which sought to document noteworthy figures, moments in time, and only-in-this-city events and happenings. Knight also made tour de forces on Twitter with stunts, including a <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Total-Muni-2018-a-reminder-of-how-amazing-SF-and-12886667.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">daylong ride</a> of all Muni bus routes, cable cars and trains.</p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>An <a href="https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/details/San-Francisco-Bureau-Chief_REQ-014064-1?locations=8f473596c45d01f9f64e0c35fb43b503" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">active listing</a> for the job Times position shows the company seeks a “self-starter” adept at sources, records and scoops and able to document the import of change within Northern California. The preferred candidate would be “someone who embraces a true range of stories and turnaround times and is eager to experiment with different forms of journalism.” A listed salary range falls between $139,700 and $163,000.</p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>“I’ll continue to be based out of California, reporting for the Times on a variety of topics both within and outside the state,” said Thomas Fuller, the current Times San Francisco bureau chief.</p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" id=""><p>On Monday, a “Chronicle Live” gathering at Mission District mainstay Manny’s Cafe for a two-hour conversation between Knight and Bulwa had been <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chronicle-live-at-mannys-an-evening-with-heather-knight-tickets-664732481747" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">postponed</a>, with tickets no longer available.</p></div><div class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left" 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Knight, a former City Hall reporter, will work her last day at the Chronicle on July 28, internal Slack messages said.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight will join the New York Times as its next San Francisco bureau chief, according to internal Chronicle messages seen by The Standard. Knight, a former City Hall reporter, will work her last day at the Chronicle on July 28, internal Slack messages said.\u003c/p\u003e","order":0,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight will join the New York Times as its next San Francisco bureau chief, according to internal Chronicle messages seen by The Standard. Knight, a former City Hall reporter, will work her last day at the Chronicle on July 28, internal Slack messages said.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003e“It is always surprising when someone ascends to the heights that Heather did,” the Chronicle's director of news, Demian Bulwa, announced the move in an internal message to newsroom staff.\u0026nbsp;“She used \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/fentanyl-drug-overdose-hospital-18148799.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eindividual stories\u003c/a\u003e to hold the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/s-f-toiletgate-noe-valley-get-cheaper-bathroom-17747381.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003epowerful to account\u003c/a\u003e. And she made a difference.”\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003e“It is always surprising when someone ascends to the heights that Heather did,” the Chronicle\u0026#8217;s director of news, Demian Bulwa, announced the move in an internal message to newsroom staff.\u0026nbsp;“She used \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/fentanyl-drug-overdose-hospital-18148799.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eindividual stories\u003c/a\u003e to hold the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/s-f-toiletgate-noe-valley-get-cheaper-bathroom-17747381.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003epowerful to account\u003c/a\u003e. And she made a difference.”\u003c/p\u003e","order":1,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"“It is always surprising when someone ascends to the heights that Heather did,” the Chronicle\u0026#8217;s director of news, Demian Bulwa, announced the move in an internal message to newsroom staff.\u0026nbsp;“She used \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/fentanyl-drug-overdose-hospital-18148799.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eindividual stories\u003c/a\u003e to hold the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/s-f-toiletgate-noe-valley-get-cheaper-bathroom-17747381.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003epowerful to account\u003c/a\u003e. And she made a difference.”","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003eChronicle staffers who did not wish to be named as they are not authorized to speak with other media about internal matters confirmed Knight's departure from the news outlet.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003eChronicle staffers who did not wish to be named as they are not authorized to speak with other media about internal matters confirmed Knight\u0026#8217;s departure from the news outlet.\u003c/p\u003e","order":2,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"Chronicle staffers who did not wish to be named as they are not authorized to speak with other media about internal matters confirmed Knight\u0026#8217;s departure from the news outlet.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003eKnight has been with the Chronicle for over two decades, according to Bulwa's message to staff. Her high school's alumni page said she started with the newspaper in 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003eKnight has been with the Chronicle for over two decades, according to Bulwa\u0026#8217;s message to staff. Her high school\u0026#8217;s alumni page said she started with the newspaper in 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","order":3,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"Knight has been with the Chronicle for over two decades, according to Bulwa\u0026#8217;s message to staff. Her high school\u0026#8217;s alumni page said she started with the newspaper in 1999.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003eThe Times confirmed on Twitter Monday morning Knight was joining its ranks. Knight tweeted herself that she would start her new role in September. \u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003eThe Times confirmed on Twitter Monday morning Knight was joining its ranks. Knight tweeted herself that she would start her new role in September. \u003c/p\u003e","order":4,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"The Times confirmed on Twitter Monday morning Knight was joining its ranks. Knight tweeted herself that she would start her new role in September.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003e\"Thrilled—with more than a twinge of sadness—to announce I'm leaving the\u003cbr\u003e@sfchronicle to become the @nytimes' San Francisco bureau chief,\" Knight wrote in the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1680978737322676224?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003etweet\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026#8220;Thrilled—with more than a twinge of sadness—to announce I\u0026#8217;m leaving the\u003cbr\u003e@sfchronicle to become the @nytimes\u0026#8217; San Francisco bureau chief,\u0026#8221; Knight wrote in the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1680978737322676224?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003etweet\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","order":5,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"\u0026#8220;Thrilled—with more than a twinge of sadness—to announce I\u0026#8217;m leaving the\u003cbr\u003e@sfchronicle to become the @nytimes\u0026#8217; San Francisco bureau chief,\u0026#8221; Knight wrote in the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1680978737322676224?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003etweet\u003c/a\u003e.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/embed","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"\u003e\nhttps://twitter.com/NYTimesPR/status/1680977174914801666?s=20\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe\u0026#39;re overjoyed to announce that Heather Knight (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hknightsf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e@hknightsf\u003c/a\u003e) is joining The Times as our San Francisco Bureau Chief, where she starts this September. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/5l6GEens2R\"\u003ehttps://t.co/5l6GEens2R\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NYTimesPR/status/1680977174914801666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eJuly 17, 2023\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e","order":6,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"caption":"","allowResponsive":true,"responsive":true,"previewable":true,"sfsBlockId":"","url":"https://twitter.com/NYTimesPR/status/1680977174914801666?s=20","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","content":""},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003eBetween columns, Knight co-hosted the paper's TotalSF podcast with Peter Hartlaub, which sought to document noteworthy figures, moments in time, and only-in-this-city events and happenings. Knight also made tour de forces on Twitter with stunts, including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Total-Muni-2018-a-reminder-of-how-amazing-SF-and-12886667.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003edaylong ride\u003c/a\u003e of all Muni bus routes, cable cars and trains.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003eBetween columns, Knight co-hosted the paper\u0026#8217;s TotalSF podcast with Peter Hartlaub, which sought to document noteworthy figures, moments in time, and only-in-this-city events and happenings. Knight also made tour de forces on Twitter with stunts, including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Total-Muni-2018-a-reminder-of-how-amazing-SF-and-12886667.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003edaylong ride\u003c/a\u003e of all Muni bus routes, cable cars and trains.\u003c/p\u003e","order":7,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"Between columns, Knight co-hosted the paper\u0026#8217;s TotalSF podcast with Peter Hartlaub, which sought to document noteworthy figures, moments in time, and only-in-this-city events and happenings. Knight also made tour de forces on Twitter with stunts, including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Total-Muni-2018-a-reminder-of-how-amazing-SF-and-12886667.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003edaylong ride\u003c/a\u003e of all Muni bus routes, cable cars and trains.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003eAn \u003ca href=\"https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/details/San-Francisco-Bureau-Chief_REQ-014064-1?locations=8f473596c45d01f9f64e0c35fb43b503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eactive listing\u003c/a\u003e for the job Times position shows the company seeks a \"self-starter\" adept at sources, records and scoops and able to document the import of change within Northern California. The preferred candidate would be \"someone who embraces a true range of stories and turnaround times and is eager to experiment with different forms of journalism.\" A listed salary range falls between $139,700 and $163,000.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003eAn \u003ca href=\"https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/details/San-Francisco-Bureau-Chief_REQ-014064-1?locations=8f473596c45d01f9f64e0c35fb43b503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eactive listing\u003c/a\u003e for the job Times position shows the company seeks a \u0026#8220;self-starter\u0026#8221; adept at sources, records and scoops and able to document the import of change within Northern California. The preferred candidate would be \u0026#8220;someone who embraces a true range of stories and turnaround times and is eager to experiment with different forms of journalism.\u0026#8221; A listed salary range falls between $139,700 and $163,000.\u003c/p\u003e","order":8,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"An \u003ca href=\"https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/details/San-Francisco-Bureau-Chief_REQ-014064-1?locations=8f473596c45d01f9f64e0c35fb43b503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eactive listing\u003c/a\u003e for the job Times position shows the company seeks a \u0026#8220;self-starter\u0026#8221; adept at sources, records and scoops and able to document the import of change within Northern California. The preferred candidate would be \u0026#8220;someone who embraces a true range of stories and turnaround times and is eager to experiment with different forms of journalism.\u0026#8221; A listed salary range falls between $139,700 and $163,000.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003e\"I'll continue to be based out of California, reporting for the Times on a variety of topics both within and outside the state,\" said Thomas Fuller, the current Times San Francisco bureau chief.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026#8220;I\u0026#8217;ll continue to be based out of California, reporting for the Times on a variety of topics both within and outside the state,\u0026#8221; said Thomas Fuller, the current Times San Francisco bureau chief.\u003c/p\u003e","order":9,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"\u0026#8220;I\u0026#8217;ll continue to be based out of California, reporting for the Times on a variety of topics both within and outside the state,\u0026#8221; said Thomas Fuller, the current Times San Francisco bureau chief.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003eOn Monday, a \"Chronicle Live\" gathering at Mission District mainstay Manny's Cafe\u0026nbsp;for a two-hour conversation between Knight and Bulwa had been \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chronicle-live-at-mannys-an-evening-with-heather-knight-tickets-664732481747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003epostponed\u003c/a\u003e, with tickets no longer available.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003eOn Monday, a \u0026#8220;Chronicle Live\u0026#8221; gathering at Mission District mainstay Manny\u0026#8217;s Cafe\u0026nbsp;for a two-hour conversation between Knight and Bulwa had been \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chronicle-live-at-mannys-an-evening-with-heather-knight-tickets-664732481747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003epostponed\u003c/a\u003e, with tickets no longer available.\u003c/p\u003e","order":10,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"On Monday, a \u0026#8220;Chronicle Live\u0026#8221; gathering at Mission District mainstay Manny\u0026#8217;s Cafe\u0026nbsp;for a two-hour conversation between Knight and Bulwa had been \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chronicle-live-at-mannys-an-evening-with-heather-knight-tickets-664732481747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003epostponed\u003c/a\u003e, with tickets no longer available.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null},{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core/paragraph","postId":182549,"blockType":[],"originalContent":"\u003cp\u003eKnight and Bulwa did not respond to requests for comment by publication time.\u003c/p\u003e","saveContent":"\u003cp\u003eKnight and Bulwa did not respond to requests for comment by publication time.\u003c/p\u003e","order":11,"get_parent":{},"attributes":{"content":"Knight and Bulwa did not respond to requests for comment by publication time.","dropCap":false,"sfsBlockId":"","anchor":"","links":[]},"attributesType":[],"dynamicContent":null}],"content":"\n\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight will join the New York Times as its next San Francisco bureau chief, according to internal Chronicle messages seen by The Standard. Knight, a former City Hall reporter, will work her last day at the Chronicle on July 28, internal Slack messages said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“It is always surprising when someone ascends to the heights that Heather did,” the Chronicle\u0026#8217;s director of news, Demian Bulwa, announced the move in an internal message to newsroom staff.\u0026nbsp;“She used \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/fentanyl-drug-overdose-hospital-18148799.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eindividual stories\u003c/a\u003e to hold the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/s-f-toiletgate-noe-valley-get-cheaper-bathroom-17747381.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003epowerful to account\u003c/a\u003e. And she made a difference.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eChronicle staffers who did not wish to be named as they are not authorized to speak with other media about internal matters confirmed Knight\u0026#8217;s departure from the news outlet.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnight has been with the Chronicle for over two decades, according to Bulwa\u0026#8217;s message to staff. Her high school\u0026#8217;s alumni page said she started with the newspaper in 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Times confirmed on Twitter Monday morning Knight was joining its ranks. Knight tweeted herself that she would start her new role in September. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#8220;Thrilled—with more than a twinge of sadness—to announce I\u0026#8217;m leaving the\u003cbr\u003e@sfchronicle to become the @nytimes\u0026#8217; San Francisco bureau chief,\u0026#8221; Knight wrote in the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1680978737322676224?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003etweet\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe\u0026#39;re overjoyed to announce that Heather Knight (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hknightsf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e@hknightsf\u003c/a\u003e) is joining The Times as our San Francisco Bureau Chief, where she starts this September. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/5l6GEens2R\"\u003ehttps://t.co/5l6GEens2R\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NYTimesPR/status/1680977174914801666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eJuly 17, 2023\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween columns, Knight co-hosted the paper\u0026#8217;s TotalSF podcast with Peter Hartlaub, which sought to document noteworthy figures, moments in time, and only-in-this-city events and happenings. Knight also made tour de forces on Twitter with stunts, including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Total-Muni-2018-a-reminder-of-how-amazing-SF-and-12886667.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003edaylong ride\u003c/a\u003e of all Muni bus routes, cable cars and trains.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn \u003ca href=\"https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/details/San-Francisco-Bureau-Chief_REQ-014064-1?locations=8f473596c45d01f9f64e0c35fb43b503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003eactive listing\u003c/a\u003e for the job Times position shows the company seeks a \u0026#8220;self-starter\u0026#8221; adept at sources, records and scoops and able to document the import of change within Northern California. The preferred candidate would be \u0026#8220;someone who embraces a true range of stories and turnaround times and is eager to experiment with different forms of journalism.\u0026#8221; A listed salary range falls between $139,700 and $163,000.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#8220;I\u0026#8217;ll continue to be based out of California, reporting for the Times on a variety of topics both within and outside the state,\u0026#8221; said Thomas Fuller, the current Times San Francisco bureau chief.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn Monday, a \u0026#8220;Chronicle Live\u0026#8221; gathering at Mission District mainstay Manny\u0026#8217;s Cafe\u0026nbsp;for a two-hour conversation between Knight and Bulwa had been \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chronicle-live-at-mannys-an-evening-with-heather-knight-tickets-664732481747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003epostponed\u003c/a\u003e, with tickets no longer available.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnight and Bulwa did not respond to requests for comment by publication time.\u003c/p\u003e\n","featuredImageOrientationOnMobile":"original","titleImage":{"caption":"San Francisco Chronicle reporter Heather Knight looks at a cable she and cable car staff decorated at the San Francisco Cable Car Barn \u0026#038; Powerhouse at 1201 Mason St. on Dec. 11, 2018.","credit":"Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images","alt":"","height":1265,"width":1897,"src":"https://content.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FEATURED_HeatherKnightNYT.jpg","focalPoint":null},"articleImage":{"caption":"San Francisco Chronicle reporter Heather Knight looks at a cable she and cable car staff decorated at the San Francisco Cable Car Barn \u0026#038; Powerhouse at 1201 Mason St. on Dec. 11, 2018.","credit":"Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images","alt":"","height":1265,"width":1897,"src":"https://content.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FEATURED_HeatherKnightNYT.jpg","focalPoint":null},"articleFeaturedVideo":{"hasFeaturedVideo":false,"src":"","poster":""},"focalPoints":{"website":null,"article":null,"facebook":null,"twitter":null,"mobile":null},"postSources":[],"layoutOptions":{"categoriesStyle":"default","customLayout":""},"categories":[{"id":161,"title":"Business","url":"/business/"},{"id":5944,"title":"News","url":"/news/"}],"tags":[{"name":"New York Times","slug":"new-york-times","hidden":false}],"meta":{"preloadImageSizes":"","preloadImageSrc":"","preloadScript":"","hideImage":false,"primaryCategory":{"id":161,"title":"Business","url":"/business/"},"style":"style1","headlinePlacement":"bottom","isSponsored":false,"sponsoredUrl":null,"sponsoredImage":null,"showLastUpdated":true,"video":"","videoCaption":"","videoCredit":"","additionalCredits":"","dek":"","subLabel":null,"authorShortBio":null,"kicker":"none","accessLevel":"METERED","commentsService":""},"authorTwitter":"https://twitter.com/allaboutgeorge","disableProfilePage":false,"id":182549,"publishedAt":"2023-07-17T09:50:49","authors":[{"id":180272,"email":"gkelly@sfstandard.com","url":"https://sfstandard.com/author/george-kelly/","title":"George Kelly","social":[{"network":"url","url":"https://www.georgekelly.com/"},{"network":"twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/allaboutgeorge"},{"network":"linkedin","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/allaboutgeorge"}],"titleImage":{"node":{"alt":"","src":"https://content.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/george_final.jpg"}},"disableProfilePage":false}],"mostPopular":[{"cleanTitle":"Her job is to remove homeless people from SF’s parks. 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