San Jose Inside
Type of site | News and opinion |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founded | January 9, 2005 |
| Area served | San Jose / Silicon Valley |
| Owner | Metro Newspapers |
| Editor | Jennifer Wadsworth |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank | 154,846 (December 2016[update])[1] |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | January 9, 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
San Jose Inside is a political reporting and commentary website in San Jose, California known for its investigative reporting.
It was founded in 2005 by former San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery with political consultant Jude Barry and Kevin Bayley, who at the time was working at Barry’s firm, Catapult Strategies.[2] [3] It was sold to San Jose-based newspaper group Metro Newspapers in 2008, and coverage was broadened to encompass original reporting in addition to opinion and commentary.[4] The site’s regular columnists included city councilman Pierluigi Oliverio and educator Joseph DiSalvo.
In 2013, San Jose Inside was the first to report allegations about illegal activities by Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa that ultimately led to his resignation and conviction on charges of stealing money from political donors and the county.[5] The site continued to break stories about campaign activities involving Shirakawa, California Assemblywoman Nora Campos and her brother, San Jose City Councilman Xavier Campos, who was subsequently defeated for re-election after invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a grand jury investigating election fraud and illegal campaign contributions. [6][7]
In September 2014, San Jose Inside published emails between the chief of staff to eight-term Silicon Valley Congressman Mike Honda and his campaign manager that discussed providing access to potential donors for an official United States State Department function.[8] The pay-to-play allegations sparked an investigation by the Congressional Office of Ethics.[9] [10] [11] Honda was voted out of office in the wake of the allegations and investigation. [12]
In February 2018, San Jose Inside writer Jennifer Wadsworth received a James Madison Freedom of Information Award from the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists after Wadsworth exposed misuse of public funds by the Milpitas city manager to fund a personal lawsuit. [13] The California Newspaper Publishers Association recognized San Jose Inside’s team for Best Investigative Reporting for the print versions of stories that appeared on San Jose Inside.[14]
On May 2 and 8, 2018, San Jose Inside broke stories on multiple instances of sexual misconduct by 43-year-old Santa Clara High civics teacher, Santa Clara City Councilman and Santa Clara County Supervisor Candidate Dominic Caserta. Caserta resigned from office and abandoned his supervisor bid following the allegations, and investigations were opened by the Santa Clara Unified School District and the Santa Clara Police Department.[15] [16] [17] [18]
References[edit]
- ↑ "SanJoseInside.com". Site Info | publisher= Alexa Internet |accessdate= December 30, 2016 (US, December 2016)}
- ↑ Molina, Josh (October 27, 2007). "Cyberspace battle makes San Jose politics hotter". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ "Kevin Bayley LinkedIn profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ↑ "It was Tom McEnery's Web site, but where's McEnery?". San Jose Mercury News. January 24, 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ Josh, Koehn (September 26, 2012). "Supervisor George Shirakawa Breaks Law by Hiding Campaign Disclosure Documents". San Jose Inside. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ Josh, Koehn (November 13, 2013). "Xavier Campos Takes the Fifth". San Jose Inside. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ Josh, Koehn (September 26, 2012). "Nora Campos Paid Shirakawa $5000 Shortly After Illegal Campaign Mailer". San Jose Inside. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ Josh, Koehn (September 24, 2014). "Internal Emails Show Mike Honda Staff, Campaign Broke Laws". San Jose Inside. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Marcos, Cristina; Wilson, Megan (September 3, 2015). "Watchdog: Rep. Honda likely violated House rules". The Hill. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Noah, Bierman (September 2, 2015). "Deadline looming on ethics inquiry of San Jose Rep. Mike Honda". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Hannah, Hess (July 20, 2015). "Ethics Investigators Reviewing Mike Honda (Updated)". Roll Call. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Kurhi, Eric (November 20, 2016). "Khanna crusher: Honda concedes big defeat". Mercury News. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ "SPJ NorCal Honors 2018 James Madison Freedom of Information Award Winners". Mercury News. February 21, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ "Metro Silicon Valley Receives 6 Journalism Awards from CNPA". San Jose Inside. April 17, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Deruy, Emily (May 8, 2018). "Calls for removing or reprimanding Councilman Dominic Caserta after allegations are mistakenly revealed". Mercury News. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Handa, Robert (May 9, 2018). "Santa Clara County Supervisor Candidate Responds to Sexual Harassment Allegations". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Wadsworth, Jennifer (May 15, 2018). "Dominic Caserta Resigns From Santa Clara Council Amid Mounting Harassment Claims". San Jose Inside. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Mara, Janis (May 18, 2018). "Santa Clara teacher Dominic Caserta on leave as sexual harassment claims investigated". Fox KTVU. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
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