Bill Johnson and Duffy Carolan (Photo by Nicole Wong)
Members of CNPA last week elected Palo Alto Weekly Publisher William S. “Bill” Johnson as 2017-18 president of the 129-year-old organization.
John Burns, 2012 CNPA president, installed Johnson May 18 at the CNPA Press Summit in Santa Monica. Johnson succeeds Michelle Chantry, The Bakersfield Californian, who will serve as immediate past-president on the board.
Johnson, who was chair of the committee that planned the Summit, is shown moderating a session featuring attorney Duffy Carolan on take-down requests.
Johnson is the founder and publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly and president and CEO of Embarcadero Media, an independent media company that operates four community newspapers, six community websites and publishes specialty publications and digital media enterprises on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the East Bay.
Other 2017-18 officers are Ron Hasse, Southern California News Group, president-elect; and Paulette Brown-Hinds, Black Voice News, Riverside, vice president, secretary-treasurer.
