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Geoffrey King

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  • Executive Editor, Open Vallejo
  • Chief Executive Officer, Informed California Foundation
  • Lecturer, UC Berkeley
San Francisco, Vallejo
As seen in: Open Vallejo, Medium, The Guardian, PBS, New York Magazine, SFGate, Mother Jones, Committee to Protect Journalists, The Bakersfield Californian, Echo (Essex), Freedom of the Press Foundation and
Covers:  Corruption, public safety, local government.
Founder, @OpenVallejo and @Informed_CA. Fellow, @StanfordCIS. Former: Fellow, @JSKStanford; Lecturer, @UCBerkeley. Vallejo, CA native. I disclaim err thang.

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Geoffrey King is an attorney and journalist with a focus on free expression, open government, press freedom and privacy.

From 2013–2016, Geoffrey led the global technology policy and advocacy program at the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization that advocates for press freedom worldwide. Before that, he served as a First Amendment litigator, representing journalists, activists and artists in free expression and open government matters.

Geoffrey served as co-ch…

Geoffrey King’s Journalist Portfolio

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Senior officials ordered destruction of Vallejo police shooting evidence

Senior officials ordered destruction of Vallejo police shooting evidence

The Vallejo city attorney's office has long resisted public scrutiny of the police department's frequent shoo…

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Shake-up looms as Vallejo police chief takes time off

Shake-up looms as Vallejo police chief takes time off

The Vallejo Police Department is hiring a new deputy chief, promoting multiple officers to the upper echelons…

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Footage of Sean Monterrosa's killing by police was 'overwritten.' Here is what we know about that...

Footage of Sean Monterrosa's killing by police was 'overwritten.' Here is what we know about that...

As Vallejo moves to fire the detective who killed Monterrosa, newly-released records raise questions over off…

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Claim alleges false testimony by Vallejo police chief

Claim alleges false testimony by Vallejo police chief

Former Lt. Herman Robinson, Vallejo's longest-serving police officer, accused Chief Shawny Williams of making…

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Detective on leave over Sean Monterrosa shooting

Detective on leave over Sean Monterrosa shooting

An outside investigation found that Vallejo police Det. Jarrett Tonn violated department use of force policie…

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'Domestic violence bordering on torture': records reveal years of allegations against Vallejo cou...

'Domestic violence bordering on torture': records reveal years of allegations against Vallejo cou...

Deputy Sam Machado pulled off of County Road 88, a cracked strip of asphalt running through unincorporated Yo…

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Vallejo city manager steps down after less than two years

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By Geoffrey King 
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Vallejo City Manager Andrew Murray stands in an elevator at Vallejo City Hall on Oct. 22, 2024 in Vallejo, Calif. (Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo) Vallejo City Manager Andrew Murray announced Wednesday that he will leave his position later this month, ending a tenure of less than two years leading a city still in the early stages of a sweeping police reform effort imposed by the California Department of Justice. Neither Murray nor the city of Vallejo provided a specific reason for his departure.
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Vallejo to pay $8.5 million over killing of Sean Monterrosa

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By Geoffrey King 
| Open Vallejo
The Walgreens on Redwood Street where Sean Monterrosa was killed on June 2, 2020, is seen from above on Nov. 21, 2021 in Vallejo, Calif. (Noah Berger / Special to Open Vallejo) The city of Vallejo has agreed to pay a record $8.5 million to the family of Sean Monterrosa, a 22-year-old San Francisco man killed by a detective in June 2020. The payment is Vallejo’s largest civil rights settlement in at least 20 years. It resolves a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and Det.
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UAE-backed paramilitary forces abduct political commentator in southwestern Yemen  - Committee to Protect Journalists

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By Geoffrey King , Tom Lowenthal
| Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., December 2, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of political commentator Adel al-Nazili, who rights groups and a family member say was abducted on November 18 from his home in Al-Mokha, southwestern Yemen, by the National Resistance Forces (NRF), paramilitary forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government and backed by the United Arab Emirates.
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Awards

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Selden Ring Special Citation for Investigative Reporting

2021
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Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Excellence in Journalism Award

2021 - Community Journalism

For the past 36 years, the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has selected from among the Bay Area’s best of the best for its acclaimed Excellence in Journalism Awards. These awards honor the journalists whose outstanding work embodies SPJ’s ideals of initiative, integrity, talent and compassion. The Community Journalism Award honors journalists and organizations whose primary focus is coverage of a community or neighborhood.

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Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California James Madison Freedom of Information Award

2021 - Community News
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California Public Defenders Association Gideon’s Media Award

2021
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Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting (Semifinalist)

2021
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Sacramento Press Club Award (Finalist)

2021 - Impact
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Institute for Nonprofit News Community Champion Award

2021
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Institute for Nonprofit News Investigative Journalism Award (Honorable Mention)

2021
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LION Publishers Investigative Report of the Year Award

2021
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LION Publishers New Publisher of the Year Award (Finalist)

2021
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Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California James Madison Freedom of Information Award

2020 - Citizen
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