Press

For general press inquiries, or if you are a filmmaker, photographer, editor or other media producer who’d like to cover our organization, please send a note to press@lighthouse-sf.org.

LightHouse in the News

Sometimes eggs go chirp. Accessible egg hunt brings joy to visually impaired children – Tri City Voice

Where to See Vernal Pools This Spring – Bay Nature

Sony Interactive Marks 200 Apprentices in Career Program – Sony Interactive

Rotary Club of Napa Puts Service into Action. Supporting Enchanted Hills Cycle for Sight – Patch

Bay Area nonprofit helps people who are blind, raise guide dogs – ABC 7 News

How Comcast and SF’s LightHouse for the Blind are championing digital accessibility – San Francisco Standard

SF nonprofit ensures voters with disabilities aren’t overlooked this election – San Francisco Examiner

Press Releases

LightHouse ECO and PRIDE Industries Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration, Set Precedent for Inclusive Employment

LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Announces Launch of LightHouse ECO

Charting a New Path: Earle Baum Center and LightHouse Unite

Notable Historic News Stories

Faced With Inaccessible Systems, SF’s LightHouse Launches Vaccine Pop-Up for Disability Community – KQED

Listen to 2019 Holman Prizewinner, Dr. Mona Minkara On Her Global Public Transport Experiences – BBC Radio, In Touch

Watch this BBC World news report about how LightHouse Industries staff who are blind and have low vision are providing essential products to help fight COVID-19 during the pandemic. – BBC World Services

LightHouse Industries photo essay.

Vital Coronavirus Information Is Failing the Blind and Visually Impaired – Vice News

Why Do Some Crosswalks Make a Machine Gun Sound? – KQED News

California Sounds: An Architect Who Listens to Buildings – KQED News

“Cane Trainer” – The Specialist Podcast

“Visually Impaired Musicians Overcome Obstacles with Technology at Napa Camp” – Napa Valley Register

“Travelers in the Dark” – The New York Times provides a look into our flagship blindness skills immersion program

“Forbes Honors Two LightHouse Mentors in Annual ’30 Under 30′” – LightHouse

Coverage of Donald Sirkin’s historic bequest on KQED’s The Leap Podcast, NPR Weekend Edition, KQED Forum, KTVU News, and in the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

“40 Years After Acid Attack, a Life Well-Lived,” profile of board past-president Josh Miele in the New York Times