In conjunction with the new membership drive, the B.A.R. also rolled out a revamped newsletter this week, hoping to increase reader engagement.As previously reported, the B.A.R.
was recently accepted for membership by the California News Publishers Association. During a conference call earlier this month Yamashita was appointed to the organization's board of directors by board chairman Simon Grieve.
Yamashita is filling a vacancy.Yamashita is believed to be the second out gay man to serve on the CNPA board. Chuck Champion with CNPA said that Ted Fang, a gay man and the former publisher of the San Francisco Examiner, served on the board about 20 years ago."We're delighted to have Mike on the board," Champion told the B.A.R.