Yalonda “Yoshi” James is an award-winning photojournalist, video producer, and documentary filmmaker who joined The San Francisco Chronicle in June 2018. Her passion is documenting stories concentrating on social justice issues. Yoshi previously worked at The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, TN, and The Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, NC. During her tenure at the CO, Yoshi was a 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalist with her Observer team for a project called, ‘Sold a Nightmare,’ which earned them a second place Gold Medal for Public Service. Yoshi currently has two short documentary films making their rounds in the film festival circuit: “The BLM (Black Lives Matter) Bridge Protest: One Year Later,” and “Singing for KING.”