San Francisco (magazine)

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San Francisco
[[Image:\|200px]] Cover from 2006
Editor in Chief	Bruce Kelley
Categories	Culture
Frequency	monthly
Publisher	Modern Luxury
First Issue
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	www.sanfranmag.com
ISSN	unknown

This article is about the magazine. For other uses, see San Francisco magazine (disambiguation).

San Francisco is an American magazine devoted to San Francisco culture that is published monthly.

1 The Beginning
2 President
3 Editor in Chief
4 Publisher
5 Awards
6 Contributors
7 People who have appeared on the cover

[edit] The Beginning

Fomerly published by KQED, San Francisco is a monthly glossy magazine which covers arts, food, and entertainment in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by Modern Luxury publications.

[edit] President

Fifth-generation San Franciscan Steven Dinkelspiel stepped to the head of San Francisco magazine in March 1999 after working as both circulation director and general counsel for the magazine. With a B.A. from Yale University and a law degree from Stanford, he was a local district attorney for seven years, as well as a private business consultant specializing in libel law.

[edit] Editor in Chief

Prior to joining San Francisco as editor-in-chief in July 2000, Bruce was executive editor at Health magazine, where he worked since 1992. His regional editing experience spanned Sunset and California magazines. He has also written for publications such as the Los Angeles Times magazine, the New York Times, and Mother Jones.

[edit] Publisher

Modern Luxury is a publisher of regional luxury lifestyle magazines in America. Catering to the affluent and savvy, their magazines capture the smart metropolitan lifestyle of some of the nation's most trendsetting communities: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Napa-Sonoma, and Washington D.C.

[edit] Awards

American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME)
ASME'S "Ellie" Awards are the Oscars of Publishing
Finalist, Public Interest: "Innocence Lost," by Nina Martin, November 2004
Finalist, Public Interest: "Trouble in the Presidio," by Kerry Tremain, December 2001

City & Regional Magazine Awards (CRMA)
The CRMA's annual awards honor the best city and regional publications throughout the country.

Gold Award, Civic Journalism: "Innocence Lost," by Nina Martin, November 2004
Bronze Award, General Excellence, 2003
Bronze Award, Reporting: "The Brobeck Mutiny," July 2003
Bronze Award, Special Issue: "Think Green," June 2003
Silver Award, Special Issue: "Our Dot-com Decade: What Really Happened," April 2002
Bronze Award, Reporting: "What Just Happened Here?," April 2002
Bronze Award, Food and Dining Criticism: Josh Sens's monthly review "Critical Dish" ("The Best Restaurant," July 2002; "Now We're Not Cooking," September 2002; "A Maison of His Own," November 2002)
Bronze Award for General Criticism: Dana Goia's classical music criticism ("Good Lord!," December 2001; "Glass Appeal," October 2002; "Moulin Rogue," September 2002)

Maggie Awards
The Western Publications Association honors the "Best in the West" in editorial and design excellence in magazine, periodical, and online publishing.

Best Feature Article/Consumer: "What it Really Means to be Green," June 2003
Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Consumer: "City Journal"
Best City & Metropolitan/Consumer: April 2006

James Beard Awards
These are the highest honors in the land for food journalism.

Finalist, Best Feature Writing, "King of the Mall," Maile Carpenter, August 2004
Winner, Best Feature Writing, "Eating in Michael Bauer's Town," Maile Carpenter, August 2001