Lila LaHood

Notable work and positions

San Francisco Public Press — Executive Director and Co-Founder (2024– ); former Publisher (2009–2024)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Former business writer

Biography

Lila LaHood is executive director and co-founder of the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization publishing at sfpublicpress.org and broadcasting on community radio station KSFP 102.5 FM. She co-founded the organization in 2009 and served as its publisher for 15 years before being appointed executive director in February 2024, succeeding co-founder Michael Stoll, who shifted his focus to reporting as senior editor. Before the Public Press, LaHood was a business writer at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, covering retail and real estate, and has also worked as a freelance writer, editor, and nonprofit consultant. She holds an M.S. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University. LaHood is a current member and past president of the board of directors of the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and chairs the Compliance and Amendments Committee of the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance Task Force.