ABOUT
Will Carruthers is an award-winning editor and reporter based in Northern California. He currently serves as news editor of the North Bay Bohemian and Pacific Sun, two beloved alternative weekly newspapers known for their investigative reporting. His journalism career started in San Francisco, where he studied at San Francisco State University and wrote about the city’s southern neighborhoods for the Ingleside-Excelsior Light newspaper and Hoodline, a hyper-local news site.
Will has written about the gentrification of San Francisco’s Broad-Randolf corridor, environmental pollution by North Bay agricultural interests, PG&E’s political influence efforts, and conflicts of interest held by the owners of a local newspaper chain. In 2020, his work with Peter Byrne won a James Madison Freedom of Information Award from the Society of Professional Journalists’ NorCal Chapter.
He currently reports on education, labor organizing and local politics. Will’s work has been featured by Project Censored, Politico’s California Playbook and IRE’s Local Matters weekly newsletter.
During his time off, Will enjoys used bookstores, local hikes, group bike rides and rock climbing.
He is available for freelance assignments. You can reach him at wrcarruthers (at) gmail.com.
WORK
In California, Climate Change Fuels Disasters—and a Push For More Farmworker Protections | Modern Farmer
Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls tours Sonoma County | North Bay Bohemian
Petaluma Copperfield’s Books workers launch union effort | North Bay Bohemian
Freight Railroaded — Behind the Scene’s of SMART’s Freight Takeover | North Bay Bohemian and Pacific Sun
Train Lines — How Two Press Democrat Owners Finessed a Petaluma Real Estate Deal | North Bay Bohemian and Pacific Sun
Cream and Punishment — Tracking A Dairy Man’s History of Code Violations | North Bay Bohemian
Report: Santa Rosa Police Violated Human Rights During Black Lives Matter Protests | North Bay Bohemian
Charity Case — Investigating PG&E-funded Rebuild North Bay Foundation | with Peter Byrne | North Bay Bohemian
Juiced — PG&E poured $2 million into the Rebuild Northbay Foundation as the utility ramped up its political machine after 2017 wildfires | North Bay Bohemian
Blue in the Face — Stung by sexual misconduct charges, state Democrats meet this week to pick new leader | North Bay Bohemian
At 92, San Francisco’s Last Abstract Expressionist Keeps Painting | Hoodline
Facing Store’s Closure, Sunset Bookseller Reflects On Profession | Hoodline
‘Vision Zero’ Has Yet To Reduce San Francisco Traffic Fatalities | Hoodline
AWARDS
2021
2020 (with Chelsea Kurnick)
2019 (with Peter Byrne)
