David Talbot comes to the Chronicle: A note to our readers
Every retirement of a beloved staffer is a sad occasion, but it’s also a time to reflect on what they have brought to The Chronicle. Chuck has served as a steadfast advocate, calling out politicians and activists when he thought they didn’t have the city’s best interests at heart, moving us to tears with stories around the struggle for marriage equality, and routinely championing the underdog. David is a longtime San Franciscan, journalist and author. Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America’s Secret Government was a New York Times bestseller. David founded the pioneering online news site Salon, was an editor at the Hearst-owned San Francisco Examiner and has been published in the New Yorker, Time, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times and many other publications.