Education & Service

Barbara Tannenbaum

Journalist

EDUCATION

University of California at Berkeley

CONTINUING EDUCATION

AWARDS

1996 National Magazine Award Finalist for Service Journalism, Editor: "The Real Truth About Breast Cancer," San Francisco Focus, October 1995

1996 William Allen White award for investigative journalism, Editor: "Aftershocks," San Francisco Focus, April 1995

1996 William Allen White gold award for general excellence, San Francisco Focus

1994 William Allen White award for public service journalism, Writer: "They Paved Paradise, Yosemite at the Crossroads," San Francisco Focus, January 1993

1994 William Allen White award for service to readers, Editor: "Special Women's Health Issue," San Francisco Focus, September 1993

1994 William Allen White gold award for general excellence, San Francisco Focus

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/PUBLIC SERVICE

California Studies Association, Steering Committee, 2002 through 2004

CSA conference organizer: 2003 at UC Davis, 2004 at Loyola Marymount University

Panelist/Speaker: 2002 CSA Conference at Dana Point, “Issues in California Fiction”

Panel Organizer/Moderator: 2004 CSA Conference at Loyola Marymount, “Farewell, My Lovely: Is Film Noir Dead? New Thoughts on a Dark Subject”

National Gay and Lesbian Journalist Association, SF Chapter Board Member, 2004

Marin County Humane Society, Volunteer, 2004 to present

Dog Behavior and Training Department and Pet Pal volunteer