Scott Wiener says harassment forced him to leave SF Trans March
Key Points:
- St. John "Sinjin" Barned-Smith joined The San Francisco Chronicle in 2022 and currently covers City Hall.
- He previously worked at The Houston Chronicle, focusing on law enforcement reporting.
- Barned-Smith began his journalism career at the Philadelphia Daily News and has experience working in Paraguay with the Peace Corps and at the Montgomery Gazette in Maryland.
- Since joining Hearst Newspapers in 2014, his reporting on floods, mass shootings, and police misconduct has earned multiple state and national awards.
- He resides in San Francisco with his dog, Scoop.