About this Event
Join us at The Clift Royal Sonesta San Francisco for “Making History Fun Again,” exploring the history and future of the city’s performing arts.
The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel, a San Francisco landmark since 1915, continues its monthly speaker series, “Making History Fun Again,” designed to honor the city’s legendary past through lively storytelling and unforgettable personalities.
Up Next: Thursday, November 19
Heather Knight, San Francisco bureau chief for The New York Times, will moderate a panel featuring Will Hearst, editor and publisher of Alta Journal; award-winning television journalist Wendy Tokuda; political reporter Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez of The San Francisco Standard; and radio host and political commentator John F. Rothmann.
From newspaper dispatches to television broadcasts, radio conversations and news delivered through smartphones, San Francisco’s media have chronicled a city defined by reinvention. Earthquakes, local politics, cultural movements, housing challenges and unforgettable personalities have provided generations of journalists with stories that resonate far beyond the Bay Area.
Bringing together perspectives from print, television, digital news and radio, the evening will explore how the city’s stories reach audiences, how journalism has changed and what endures as new technologies reshape the media landscape. Guests will hear from people who have brought Bay Area news into homes, onto doorsteps, over the airwaves and into the palm of a hand.
Thu, November 19, 2026
🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
San Francisco’s Media Evolution
Info: Heather Knight, San Francisco bureau chief for The New York Times, will moderate a panel featuring Will Hearst, editor and publisher of Alta Journal; award-winning television journalist Wendy Tokuda; political reporter Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez of The San Francisco Standard; and radio host and political commentator John F. Rothmann.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel, 495 Geary Street, San Francisco, United States
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups — all the happenings, one place.