Laura Wenus
Verified
As seen in:
The Tenderloin Voice,
Apple Podcasts,
SFGate,
KQED-FM (San Francisco, CA),
KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA),
San Francisco Chronicle,
Mission Local,
KALW-FM (San Francisco, CA),
San Francisco Public Press,
Civic
Covers:
San Francisco
Elections
Governance
Public Health
Housing
Homelessness
Youth
Community events
Doesn't Cover:
Pop culture
Tech
Science
Finance
Mainly on Bluesky.
Journalist, editor. Co-founder, News Relay Network + Tenderloin Voice. Previously: @FifthandMission; @sfnext; @SFPublicPress; @kalw; @MLNow.
Laura Wenus’s Biography
Laura is one of the co-founders of the Tenderloin Voice, a publication that collaborates with readers to produce coverage.
She has covered San Francisco and the Bay Area through writing, audio and video for about a decade. Her roles have included reporting, producing, editing, event production and project management in various media. She’s launched and hosted several civic engagement-focused news podcasts for local newsrooms including the San Francisco Public Press and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her reporting has centered community needs and leadership on beats like homelessness and housing as well as elections and governance.