The ''North Bay Bohemian'' is a weekly newspaper published in the North Bay subregion of the

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, in

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, United States. The newspaper is distributed in Sonoma and Napa counties. The newspaper began publication in 1979 as ''The Paper'' in the Guerneville area of western Sonoma County by artist turned community journalist Nick Valentine and jazz pianist Bob Lucas. Elizabeth Poole bought the struggling publication with family money shortly after its 1979 debut and owned it until its 1990 purchase by John Boland and James Carroll. ''The Paper'' was renamed the ''Sonoma County Independent'' in 1993 and published every other week under Boland and Carroll, who moved its offices to

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. In 1994 the ''Independent'' was purchased by Weeklys, an independent group of three Bay Area alternative weeklies, and the publication frequency was changed to weekly. In 2000, the newspaper was rebranded as the ''North Bay Bohemian'' and the circulation area was expanded to Marin and Napa counties. In 2015, Weeklys acquired the ''Pacific Sun'', which covered Marin County, and the ''Bohemian'' withdrew from Marin County. In September 2018, Stett Holbrook resigned as the publication's

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. In fall of 2019, longtime contributor

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became the editor.

Logo

The ''Bohemian''s logo was originally designed by graphic designer Martin Venezky and later refined by typographer Jim Parkinson. It was based on the 19th Century wedge serif typeface Saracen as redrawn by

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Awards

The ''Bohemian'' has won numerous awards for its work. * California Journalism Awards (formerly Better Newspapers Contest): **Investigative Journalism, Second place, 2021 ** Agricultural Reporting, Second place, 2021 ** In-depth reporting, Second place, 2021 **Investigative Journalism, First place, 2019 **Editorial Comment, First place, 2013 **Investigative Journalism, second place, 2013 **Special Section, Blue Ribbon Finalist (Best Of issue), 2013 **Arts & Entertainment, second place, 2012 **Best Feature Story, second place, 2012 * Awards from the

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: **Music criticism, first place, 2012 **Best blog, first place, 2010 **Best special section (Best of the North Bay), second place, 2010 **Food writing (2008, 2007 and 2006) ***Including first place in 2007: Food Writing, for ''Swirl 'n' Spit'' by

** Special section (2009 and 2008) ** Music criticism (2005 and 2004) ** Photography (1999) ** Illustration (1998) * For investigative journalism: ** 2008 Project Censored Top 25 for ''Dianne Feinstein: A Question of Ethics'' by Peter Byrne This series was also a finalist for an award from the

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association. **Bohemian reporters Peter Byrne and Will Carruthers won the 2020 James Madison Freedom of Information Award in the Professional Journalist category from the Society of Professional Journalists' NorCal Chapter for ''Charity Case: Investigating PG&E-funded Rebuild North Bay Foundation''. ** First Place, Investigative Reporting, 2019, California Journalism Awards: Charity Case: Investigating PG&E-funded Rebuild North Bay Foundation,Peter Byrne, Will Carruthers Charity Case

References

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