Tom Molanphy

Freelance Journalist

Tom Molanphy's journalism has appeared in 48 Hills, USA Today Travel.com, The Frisc, Earth Island Journal, and The San Francisco Chronicle. His essay "The Road Less: John Huston, Blue-Footed Boobies and Me" earned a 2017 BATW award, and his short story "Of Subareas and Public Bathrooms" was included in the California Prose Directory. His memoir "Loud Memories Of A Quiet Life" is available through OutPost19 Press. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and teaches journalism, creative writing and composition at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Articles

Volunteers prune an olive tree

Environment & Climate

Greening Bayview, one tree at a time

Friends of the Urban Forest tries slowly to restore an urban canopy in a neighborhood with little greenery.

A gathering listening to a conversation in a cafe

Community & Public Health

Nourished by art in the Bayview, rooted in love

After a busy farmers' market at the Southeast Community Center, artist Malik Seneferu described how his hard past helped paint a brighter future.

Image of a dockyard

What I learned about reporting on the massive cleanup of SF’s Hunters Point Shipyard

Tom Molanphy is writing about his journalism takeaways.

Person holding a large map of shipyard

Environment & Climate

This land is whose land?

The developer and the city insist the Hunters Point Shipyard is safe for development. There's a lot of data that says otherwise. Part III of a series.

Environmental Health

Aerial photo of Navy dock.

Community & Public Health

Part 1: The tragic toxic legacy of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

The one-time economic engine of the 'Harlem of the West' has become an environmental disaster area—and the city isn't taking it seriously.

Community Safety

Title Image

Community & Public Health

The Hunters Point Shipyard: Art survives amid toxic waste

Part II: As artists move into the former base, the level of contamination reaches the point where 'if it can't be cleaned, stay the hell out.'

Environmental Health

Community & Public Health

The tragic toxic legacy of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

Part One: The one-time economic engine of the 'Harlem of the West' has become an environmental disaster area—and the city isn't taking it seriously.

The land making up the Hunters Point Naval Shipyards has long been eyed for housing redevelopment in San Francisco, but the toxi

The toxic legacy of San Francisco’s Hunters Point Naval Shipyards

A Superfund site in San Francisco has long been eyed for future affordable housing. But is the land safe to build on?

Artist Marti McKee at Shipyard Studios

Children & Families

Community & Public Health

Health Equity & Social Justice

Healthcare Systems & Policy

At Shipyard Studios, a vanished past reflected in art of the present

A childhood in Soviet Ukraine, a toxic military site, the former Mount Avisadero— multitude of histories in work of 300 artists

Environmental Health