Episode 13 | Peter-Astrid Kane

Peter-Astrid Kane is a freelance journalist and communications manager at S.F. Pride. Their work has appeared in the Guardian, 48Hills, the S.F. Bay Times, the S.F. Examiner, SFGate, The Infatuation and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other outlets. From 2015 to 2019, Peter-Astrid worked for SF Weekly, ultimately becoming its editor. On Sept. 14, in response to the news that SF Weekly would be shutting down for an “indefinite hiatus,” Peter-Astrid wrote a farewell column for 48Hills about SF Weekly’s legacy and what it was like to be the leader of a newsroom where resources kept dwindling every year. Here’s a great paragraph towards the end of the piece that reflects on Peter-Astrid’s time there: I got to eat very well for a number of years, and these are the anecdotes I’ll be dining out on forever. Above all else, I am proud of what my colleagues and I accomplished during the last phase of maddening foreshadow, a full quarter-century since Craigslist started chipping away at the business model’s viability. Back then, I think there was even an assistant calendar editor, a luxury as unfathomable now as a newspaper erecting its own Art Deco mid-rise, or staples. Peter-Astrid gave a shoutout to Nuala Bishari of the S.F. Public Press and a fellow at ProPublica. They also mentioned Chris Roberts, a New York-based freelance journalist. Please follow them and read their work! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amdipodcast.substack.com