About Mendocino Coast .News
All articles you read on this website are authored by Frank Hartzell, a senior-level journalist with over 40 years of experience.
Frank Hartzell’s first journalism job was in Texas in 1983. For 35 years, he worked for daily and weekly newspapers as prestigious as the Mendocino Beacon and as obscure as the Sacramento Bee. He owned his own newspapers at one time and was once managing editor of the Napa Valley Register for several years, but much prefers working security at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital. Frank is a regular contributor to the Mendocino Voice and loves ocean walks with dog Brutus and hanging out with wife Linda Little, her mom and their nephews Joel and Jack. He is a bookseller and chicken farmer and can be reached about any of this at frankhartzell@gmail.com
Frank Hartzell is a freelance journalist writing short-form insights. He is a veteran reporter and editor based in Northern California.
Frank has published more than 10,000 news articles since his first job in Houston in 1986. He won numerous awards for investigative reporting, environmental reporting and readership during 20 years as a reporter, editor and publisher mostly in daily newspapers including the Appeal-Democrat, Sacramento Bee, Newark Ohio Advocate and as managing editor of the Napa Valley Register. He worked in teaching at Yuba College, Ohio State and Dominican University of California. Then he came to Fort Bragg, CA to hang out with his aging mom and spent 12 years with the Advocate-News and Mendocino Beacon, covering stories ranging from original investigative groundbreaking reporting on wave energy and marine reserves to local politics and in depth features. He has been freelancing for the Mendocino Voice, covering issues of local and national concern. He has a BA in journalism from Humboldt State University and a master’s degree in journalism from The Ohio State University. He and his wife Linda, live in Cleone, CA.