<div id="subtitle">Bay Area's nonprofit news project hires CEO and editor-in-chief, confirms deal with NY Times</div><div><p>A new nonprofit media group created to cover San Francisco Bay area news is a step closer to launch.</p><p>The Bay Area News Project said Thursday it hired a CEO and editor-in-chief. The project also announced an agreement with The New York Times to supply news for the Times' Bay Area section.</p><p>New CEO Lisa Frazier is a partner at the consulting firm McKinsey and Co., where she specializes in media. Editor-in-chief Jonathan Weber co-founded The Industry Standard and spent eight years at the Los Angeles Times.</p><p>Financier Warren Hellman spearheaded the project, which involves KQED public radio and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.</p><p>The endeavor will use paid reporters, editors and students to produce stories for the Web, radio, television and print.</p><p>___</p><p>On the Net:</p><p>http://www.bayareanewsproject.org</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67466986&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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