Contact Us

San Diego Reader office hours are 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday. The office is closed on major holidays.

  • Phone:
  • 619-235-3000 for Reader editorial & display advertising.
  • 619-235-8200 for Reader classifieds advertising (including Reader Jobs and Reader Rentals).
  • Street Address:
  • 1703 India Street (at Date Street) in Little Italy, San Diego, 92101
  • Mailing Address:
  • P.O. Box 85803, San Diego, CA 92186-5803

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Find a Reader

Readers can be found at 7/11, AM/PM, Circle K, Vons, Albertsons, Ralphs, Stater Bros., Food4Less and CVS. Call the Reader at 619-235-3000 for other locations.

Distribute the Reader

Request to be a distribution outlet or let us know where you’d like us to add one. 619-235-3000.

Article Submission

Submit a CD review or concert review.

Submit a neighborhood blog entry.

Submit a neighborhood news story.

Submit a travel story.

Submit a cover story:

The Reader is primarily interested in articles about the San Diego region, which we consider to include Imperial County and Baja. Stories of national scope are rarely published. If a story idea has already received publicity in other local publications or news media, our interest is diminished.

We are not interested in receiving fiction, poetry, commentary, weekly columns, or critiques of film, theater or restaurants. We will consider articles that range from 1200 to 6500 words. Payment schedules vary. In most cases, once a story has been purchased, we will make arrangements for a photographer or illustrator.

Email manuscripts to Reader.Manuscripts@gmail.com. Include your name, address, and phone number. We no longer accept paper manuscripts.

Event Submission

Submit an event.

You may also fax to 619-881-2401 or mail to P.O. Box 85803, San Diego, CA 92186-5803.

Listing will be printed the Thursday immediately prior to your event and will also be posted on this website. Events must be submitted by 5pm Friday, the week prior to publication.

Submissions must include: a complete description, date(s), time, cost, place and address where it will be held, a contact name and number in case we have questions, and a phone number (including area code) for our readers to call for more information. We reserve the right to edit or refuse any listing due to inappropriate content or space limitations.

Subscriptions

If you would like the print edition of Reader mailed to you, subscriptions are available as follows:

First-class is $175 for six months or $299 for one year. Third-class (mailed as Bound Printed Matter) is $65 for six months or $125 for one year. You may also request a single copy for $10. To subscribe, send your payment with a note that outlines your request and specifies your address. Mail to:

San Diego Reader Subscriptions
PO Box 85803
San Diego, CA 92186-5803

Job Openings

We do not have an internship program; we will not be implementing one.

We rarely (almost never) hire graphic artists or photographers.

Writers are encouraged to get their feet in the door by submitting neighborhood news, neighborhood blog entries, CD & concert reviews, or travel stories. Woo us with actual reporting, not a cover letter written to impress your creative-writing teacher.

Sales reps with significant experience selling advertising, both print and online, are encouraged to submit their resumes along with a cover letter.

Due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we cannot notify you when your resume arrives or send you a "sorry" letter. If you hear from us, we're interested. If you don't, we're sorry.

  • E-mail: hrdept@sandiegoreader.com
  • Mail: Human Resources, P.O. Box 85803, San Diego, CA, 92186-5803
  • Fax: ATTN: Human Resources, Online Sales, 619-231-0489

History

The first issue of the San Diego Reader came out on October 4, 1972. The 12-page black-and-white tabloid was laid out on the dining room table of a 1-bedroom apartment on Mission Boulevard in Mission Beach, and 20,000 copies were printed at Western Offset on State and Market streets.

Copies were delivered to central San Diego, beaches, and college campuses.

Among the early writers for the paper were Kathleen Woodward (ex-wife of Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward); Jonathan Saville, literature professor at UCSD; Eleanor Widmer, who taught at UCSD and San Diego State; Jeff Weinstein, who went on to review restaurants at the Village Voice; Connie Bruck, who later wrote for the New Yorker; Duncan Shepherd, a graduate student in visual arts at UCSD; and Jeff Smith, a graduate student in literature at UCSD.

The offices of the paper moved to India and Date streets in the Little Italy section of downtown San Diego in the summer of 1989.

The paper went to a short tabloid (from 17" tall to 14" tall) with spot color in 1998, to trimmed, stapled, and 4-color in 2002, and to glossy cover in 2004. A perfect-bound magazine format was introduced with the first issue of 2010.