Journalist | Nuala Bishari

ABOUT ME

I'm Nuala Bishari, an award-winning journalist and editor based in San Francisco, California.

WHAT I DO

I'm working on a year-long investigative journalism fellowship in 2021 with the San Francisco Public Press and ProPublica.

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WHAT I'VE DONE

My work has appeared in SF Public Press, In These Times, and the San Francisco Examiner. I was SF Weekly's news editor from 2016 to 2019.

PORTFOLIO

SF Resumes Parking Enforcement, Towing for Vehicle Dwellers
A temporary suspension of ticketing and a moratorium on towing has come to an end.

May 5, 2021

1 in 10 Housing Units for the Homeless Sit Empty
More than 750 permanent supportive housing units sat vacant, even as 1,200 people are on the waitlist

Feb. 12, 2021

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Bernie's Strategy To Win

California—And Everywhere

Sanders is taking a risk no one has before: banking on new voters

Feb. 20, 2020

S.F. Sees New Success in Treating Homeless People with Hep C

Creative outreach and treatment plans have revolutionized health care for one of the city’s most vulnerable populations

Aug. 21, 2019

Mental Health, Homelessness, and

Civil Rights: San Francisco's

Crisis of Conscience

A state Senate bill on mental health conservatorship is dividing San Francisco

March 16, 2019

Drug Users Face Extra Health Challenges With Uptick in

Homeless Sweeps

As city employees continue to seize homeless people’s property, life-saving health supplies often get lost in the shuffle

July 25, 2019

Fentanyl Rising in S.F.'s

Drug Supply

S.F. saw a steep spike in overdose deaths in September. But while the drug supply has changed,

it’s not all to blame

October 11, 2018

A Radical Reversal

San Francisco has one of the lowest fatal-overdose rates in the U.S.

Here's why

April 4, 2018

What Will S.F. Do if Costa-Hawkins is Overturned?

The rent is too damn high, but the biggest tenants’ rights bill in decades comes before voters this November

September 12, 2018

Where is Arianna Fitts?

The brutal, mysterious killing of a San Francisco woman remains unsolved, and two years later, her young daughter

is still missing

July 26, 2018