The ''News & Review'' is a group of free

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newspapers published by Chico Community Publishing, Inc. of

Chico, California Chico ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 United Sta ...

. The company publishes the ''Chico News & Review'' in

, the ''Sacramento News & Review'' in

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, and, through January 30, 2022, the ''Reno News & Review'' in

Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, ...

. On January 31, 2022, the ''Reno News & Review'' was sold to Coachella Valley Independent LLC. The chain started out as an on-campus newspaper for

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called ''The Wildcat'', but after a dispute with the administration, the newspaper moved off campus to become an independent publication. Print publication of the newspapers was temporarily suspended after publisher Jeff vonKaenel told employees on March 16, 2020, that the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

led to a drastic downturn in advertising revenue that had already been in decline. Although a digital presence was maintained on the three newspapers' websites, much of the staff was laid off with the publication of editions dated March 19, 2020. However, beginning in July 2020, the S''acramento News & Review'' and ''Chico News & Review'' returned to newsstands with monthly issues. The ''Sacramento News & Review'' was forced to suspend print publication once again in January 2021. The ''Chico News & Review'' continued printing monthly issues until announcing in December 2023 that its last physical edition will be printed January 11, 2024. Afterward its content will strictly run online. The ''Sacramento News & Review'' remains online-only. The ''Reno News & Review'' resumed print publication as a monthly starting with the June 2022 issue.

''Chico News & Review''

The ''Chico News & Review'' (CN&R) is the first of the three News & Review papers, founded in 1977. The ''Chico News & Review'' is noted as one of the few alternative papers to out-circulate its local daily paper, the

Chico Enterprise-Record The ''Chico Enterprise-Record'' is the daily newspaper of Chico, California. Also known as the E-R, the newspaper was first published in Bidwell Bar, California as the Butte Record in 1853 and is now part of the MediaNews Group corporation, who ...

, with a cumulative readership of over 100,000, according to the Circulation Verification Council's 2015 report. The founding editor was Robert Speer, and the current editor is Jason Cassidy. In 2016, a partnership with the North Valley Community Foundation, and matching small community donations helped support investigative journalism in

Butte County, California Butte County () is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of California. In the 2020 census, its population was 211,632. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County comprises the Chico, California, metropolitan stat ...

. After the decline of advertising support in March 2020, community members began supporting the paper through contributions made on their website. The CN&R's most well-known annual issues are: * Best of Chico, annual issue with the results of a readers' poll and editors' choices of the best places, people and things in Chico * Keep Chico Weird, annual issue coinciding with the Keep Chico Weird event * Goin' Chico, annual student guide to welcome new

students to the area * Cammies (Chico Area Music Awards), annual issue profiling the readers' and critics' choice for best bands and musicians

Events

In 2005, the ''Chico News & Review'' started the Chico Area Music Celebration (CAMMIES) to honor the vibrant, eclectic music scene in

. Winners are selected by CN&R readers in a list of musical genres, including Singer-songwriter,

Hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

Metal A metal () is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electrical resistivity and conductivity, electricity and thermal conductivity, heat relatively well. These properties are all associated wit ...

Blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

Jam Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread. There are many varieties of fruit preserves globally, distinguished by the meth ...

/ R&B/

Funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...

Rap Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backin ...

Punk Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...

Ska Ska (; , ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a w ...

and others. Critics vote for winners in more specific areas, e.g. Best Male/Female vocalist, Best Guitarist, Best Drummer, Best Local CD, Local Badass, etc. Keep Chico Weird is an annual event to honor the weird of Chico and Butte County, who help foster an environment of tolerance and creativity. CN&R produces a Keep Chico Weird Art Show and a Keep Chico Weird Talent Show, that highlights a wide range of artists and art, including

sword swallowers Sword swallowing is a skill in which the performer passes a sword A sword is an edged and bladed weapons, edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can ...

mimes A mime artist, or simply mime (from Greek , , "imitator, actor"), is a person who uses ''mime'' (also called ''pantomime'' outside of Britain), the acting out of a story through body motions without the use of speech, as a theatrical medium o ...

, spelling-bee champs,

organ grinder A street organ ( or ) played by an organ grinder is a French automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street. The two most commonly seen types are the smaller German and the larger Dutch street or ...

s, etc. Chico Beer Week is another annual event celebrating craft beer in Chico and is coordinated with local breweries, bars, restaurants and retailers responsible for the area's local craft-beer scene. The continuation of these annual events is unclear due to the limitations the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on the paper.

Noted stories

* Iraq War for Dummies, 2003: Days before the United States invaded Iraq, this cover story warned that it might take "many years and cost hundreds of billions of dollars" to build a new nation in

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

* Lack of Oversight, 2001: When Jack Nickerson Jr. was killed after a gas tank exploded, this story revealed that government agents' negligence was a major factor in his death * The Bidwell Bungle, 1995: After purchasing 1,380 acres of land on the south side of Big Chico Creek, CN&R discovered that the city of Chico had been flummoxed by the sellers and had overpaid by as much as $1 million * The Kids Society Forgot, 1990: Multi-story issue on the foster-care system, illuminating the lives of 700 Butte County children who were taken away from their parents * Boys of the Valley, 1988: Special issue on chronicling the lives of every one of the 66 area soldiers killed in the Vietnam war

Selected awards

* 1st place in Public Service (Camp Fire water contamination, Meredith J. Cooper & Melissa Daugherty) in 2019 https://cnpa.com/cja/2019print/ * 1st place in Coverage of Business News in 2019 (post-Camp Fire, Meredith J. Cooper, Melissa Daugherty, Tina Flynn, Ashiah Scharaga) https://cnpa.com/cja/2019print/ * 1st place in Columns (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty) in 2018 * 1st place in Columns in 2014 (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty)

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* 1st place in Page Layout & Design (Tabloid), 2nd place in Coverage of Education, Special Section in 2013 * 1st place in 1st Best Feature Story in 2012, California Newspaper Publishers Association * 1st place in Best Front Page-Tabloid in 2012, California Newspaper Publishers Association * 1st place in Best Writing in 2012, California Newspaper Publishers Association * 1st place in Coverage of Local Government in 2011, California Newspaper Publishers Association * 1st place in Editorial Pages in 2009, California Newspapers Publishers Association * 1st place in Special Issue in 2009, California Newspapers Publishers Association * 1st place in Public Service in 2008, California Newspapers Publishers Association * 1st place in Editorial Pages in 2008, California Newspapers Publishers Association * 1st place in Editorial Comment in 2008, California Newspapers Publishers Association * 1st place in Business/Financial Story in 2008, California Newspapers Publishers Association * 1st place in Writing, Editorial Pages and Feature Story in 2006,

* 1st place in General Excellence in 2004,

''Sacramento News & Review''

The ''Sacramento News & Review'' (SN&R), founded in 1989, was the largest of the three News & Review papers prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a cumulative readership of roughly 330,000 people, according to the Winter 2015 Media Audit Report, run by International Demographics. The founding editor was Melinda Welsh; Scott Anderson is currently acting news editor. Its most well-known annual issues are: * Best of Sacramento, annual issue with the results of a readers' poll and editors' choices of the best places, people and things in Sacramento * Summer Guide & Winter Guide, seasonal guides about what to do during each season in and around Sacramento * Sammies (Sacramento Area Music Awards), annual issue profiling the readers' and critics' choice for best bands and musicians These annual issues have been suspended in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2013, a grant from the Sacramento Emergency Foodlink allowed the SN&R to conduct independent research, reporting and distribution of articles on the subject of poverty in the Sacramento region from November 2012 to October 2013. The paper is noted as the last place of employment of investigative journalist

Gary Webb Gary Stephen Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) was an American investigative journalist. He began his career working for newspapers in Kentucky and Ohio, winning numerous awards, and building a reputation for investigative writing. ...

, who began working at the paper after the Dark Alliance scandal. Webb allegedly

committed suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Risk factors for suicide include mental disorders, physical disorders, and substance abuse. Some suicides are impulsive acts driven by stress (such as from financial or acad ...

while working for the paper.

Events

Sacramento Area Music Awards

In 1992, the ''Sacramento News & Review'' started the Sacramento Area Music Awards (SAMMIES) to honor and promote the growing music scene in Sacramento. Winners are selected by SN&R readers in a list of musical genres, including

Folk rock Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music re ...

and many more. Critics vote for winners in more specific areas, e.g. Male/Female vocalist, Keyboardist, Bassist, etc. Winners of the SAMMIES include

Cake (band) Cake is an American rock music, rock band from Sacramento, California, consisting of singer John McCrea (musician), John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Daniel McCallum, and drummer Todd Roper. The band has been ...

Deftones Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. They were formed by frontman Chino Moreno, lead guitarist Stephen Carpenter and drummer Abe Cunningham, with bassist Chi Cheng and keyboardist and tu ...

Oleander (band) Oleander is a post-grunge band from Sacramento, California, US. Its name is derived from the poisonous flowering shrub oleander, which line the highways of Northern California. In their nine years of activity, the band released four studio album ...

and others.

Interfaith

On the first anniversary of

September 11 Events Pre-1600 * 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hu ...

, the Sacramento News & Review brought together musical acts from different faith groups around Sacramento for a Call For Unity Event to symbolize the city's acceptance of racial and religious diversity. Every year someone in the region was honored with a Building Unity Award for their interfaith work in Sacramento, until 2008, when the last Call for Unity event was held. In December 2015, the News & Review, in partnership with Sacramento's local

Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or Habitat, is a U.S. non-governmental, and tax-exempt 501(C)(3) Christian nonprofit organization which seeks to build affordable housing. The international ...

, began a Build for Unity project, where Muslims, Christians, and other faith groups came together to build Habitat houses, in part as a response to the anti-Muslim rhetoric of national politics. The project was funded in large part by generous donations from a wide range of faith groups.

Noted stories

* Heart of the (Gray) Matter, 2004: Joel Davis was diagnosed with

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor system, motor and non-motor systems. Symptoms typically develop gradually and non-motor issues become ...

, and wrote an award-winning first-person account of the brain surgery he underwent while conscious * Breaking Away, 2002: News & Review led 30 weeklies in a national effort to cover the issue of priests who leave the Catholic Church because they can no longer live with the celibacy requirements * Poor America, 1997: News & Review led a national effort of 90 weekly newspapers around the country in a conversation about welfare reform and extreme poverty in the nation * Mainstream Newspapers, R.I.P., 1996: Cover story predicting the decline of daily newspapers by 2006, a prediction which has largely come true * What's Up Chuck, 1996: Award-winning investigative story about the curious relationship between big insurance and the California Insurance Commissioner

Chuck Quackenbush Charles Quackenbush (born April 20, 1954) is an American former politician and Florida law enforcement officer. A Republican, he served as Insurance Commissioner of California from 1995 to 2000 and as a California State Assemblyman representing ...

* Free Speech, 1994: This issue is the culmination of a five-month censorship battle with right-wing group,

American Family Association The American Family Association (AFA) is a conservative and Christian fundamentalist 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States.

Selected awards

* 1st place in Best Feature Story, Best Page Layout in 2014,

* 1st place in Feature Writing, Arts & Entertainment Coverage, Business/Financial Story, Sports Story, Special Issue in 2011,

* 1st place in General Excellence, Freedom of Information, Best Website, Editorial Cartoon, Writing in 2008,

* 1st place in Illustration in 2005,

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* 2nd place in Cover Design in 2004,

* 1st place in Investigative Reporting in 1996 for the story ''California's Secret Stash'' by Curt Guyette,

Controversy

In 2015, after learning that Mayor Kevin Johnson primarily used a private email account with his staff while in public office, the Sacramento News & Review issued a Freedom of Information request to gain access to (then) Mayor Kevin Johnson's emails. An attorney for the city deemed the emails public property, but instead of handing them over, the Mayor moved to sue the Sacramento News & Review and the city of Sacramento. In response to the lawsuit, the Sacramento News & Review published a cover story where, according to their statement, a cartoon depicts Kevin Johnson as "sweaty and nervous while reading about his lawsuit against this paper and allegations of email misuse." Betty Williams, the former president of Sacramento's local

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and a longtime associate of Kevin Johnson, released a statement criticizing the paper for its "racially biased news coverage" of the mayor, mainly referring to the cartoon portrayal of the mayor. The lawsuit and the allegations of racially biased news coverage attracted the attention of

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who began covering the story, bringing national attention to the many allegations against Kevin Johnson, including allegations of sexual assault and harassment. This national attention put pressure on

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

to not air a film praising Kevin Johnson's work in

Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...

with the

Sacramento Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Confere ...

and their new downtown arena. Almost immediately after

pulled the film, Kevin Johnson announced that he would not be seeking another term as Mayor of the City of Sacramento. In March 2016, the News & Review was recognized by the

James Madison Freedom of Information Award The James Madison Freedom of Information Award is a San Francisco Bay Area honor given to individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the advancement of freedom of expression, particularly freedom of information (as in ...

s for its significant contributions to advancing freedom of information for this legal battle to obtain Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's emails.

Solving Sacramento collaborative

In June 2022, the Sacramento News & Review, along with the Sacramento Observer, Sacramento's African American weekly newspaper, brought together seven Sacramento news organizations into a collaborative called Solving Sacramento. In addition to the Observer and the Sacramento News & Review, the Sacramento Business Journal, Russian American Media (a three-publication media company), Outword Magazine (an LGBTQ+ publication), Sacramento's NPR station Capital Public Radio, and Univision Sacramento joined the collaborative effort, working together to produce and share news stories on issues that most impact the Sacramento region. The initial focus was on affordable housing and rebooting the arts. This collaborative was initially funded through a grant from Solutions Journalism Network, and is fiscally sponsored by Local Media Foundation.

''Reno News & Review''

The ''Reno News & Review'' (RN&R) was founded in 1995, when News & Review purchased the assets of ''Nevada Weekly,'' changing the name and creating the third News & Review paper. The ''Reno News & Review'' has a cumulative readership of roughly 90,000, according to the Winter 2015 Media Audit Report, run by International Demographics. Longtime editor D. Brian Burghart stepped down in 2016 to focus on his national project, Fatal Encounters, which uses crowd sourced data to estimate the number of

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in the United States. The paper's current editor is Frank X. Mullen, who came out of retirement in 2020 to write for the paper. On January 31, 2022, the assets of the newspaper were sold to Coachella Valley Independent LLC, a company owned by Reno native and former RN&R editor Jimmy Boegle, who also publishes the Coachella Valley Independent in Palm Springs, California. Boegle announced the paper would be launching a new website, RenoNR.com, and said he had a goal of bringing the paper back to print as a monthly sometime in 2022. In April, the RN&R announced it would resume print publication as a monthly starting with a June 2022 issue. The June 2022 issue began hitting streets over Memorial Day weekend. Its most well-known annual issues are: * Best of Reno, annual issue with the results of a readers' poll and editors' choices of the best places, people and things in Northern Nevada * Summer, Fall & Winter Guide, seasonal guides to what to do in Northern Nevada * Prep for the Playa, annual guide for people who plan to make the trek to Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert

Events

Rollin' on the River began in 1996 as a community concert series, and has evolved into one of Reno's largest free summer music events. Rollin' on the River is held in Wingfield Park, an island amphitheater on the

Truckee River The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 20, 2012 Th ...

, during the month of July and features both local and regional touring artists.

Noted stories

* Stewart Indian School's 200 unmarked graves, 2021: RN&R investigation on the illnesses, accidents and epidemics that took their toll on native students at Nevada's Stewart Indian School, and that resulted in the deaths of around 200 children * Fatal Encounters, 2014: Roughly yearlong series focused on the six specific areas of "When law enforcement kills," this series and the accompanying Fatal Encounters website brought national attention to the current editor, D. Brian Burghart, who appeared on

The Daily Show ''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk show, late-night talk and news satire television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States, with extended episodes released shortly after on Paramount+ ...

and whose writings and research were featured in

Gawker ''Gawker'' was an American blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers that was based in New York City and focused on celebrities and the media industry. According to SimilarWeb, the site had over 23 million visits per month in 2015. Fo ...

and other news outlets * Showdown in Crescent Valley, 2003: Cover story about the 30-year battle of two Western

Shoshone The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ), also known by the endonym Newe, are an Native Americans in the United States, Indigenous people of the United States with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: * Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming * Northern Shoshon ...

grandmothers trying to live and raise cattle on their ancestral lands * Living through chemistry, 2002: Two Reno men talk about what it's like to maintain their lives with a lifelong drug addiction * Mind over madness, 2001: Exposé about missing money and leadership problems at Nevada Mental Health Institute yet-to-be-opened hospital * Paying Debts, 1999: RN&R investigation of the campaign finances of Reno City Councilwoman Sherrie Doyle resulted in 16 felony indictments

Selected awards

* The University of Nevada, Reno Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism in partnership with Nevada Humanities selected Editor Frank X. Mullen as the 2021 Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer in November 2021. *Editor Frank X. Mullen inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame in September 2021 *Former Reno News & Review news editor and reporter Dennis Myers, who died in 2019 at age 70, was inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame in September 2020. * Inaugural Eddie Scott/Bertha Woodard Human Rights Advocacy Award for "Fatal Encounters," "On Paper" and "When Hate Comes to Town" in 2015, The

Reno-Sparks Branch No. 1112 * Freedom of the Press Award in 2015,

* 1st place in Story of the Year, Freedom of the Press, Best Explanatory Journalism, Community Service, Best Investigative/In-depth Story or Series, Best Spot News Story, Best Non-staff Story, Best Information Graphic, Best Local Non-Staff Column in 2015,

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* 1st place in Freedom of the Press in the Urban Weeklies category, Best Spot News Story, Silver Star Award, Best Non-staff Story, Best Business Feature, Best Non-staff Column, Best Sports Feature, Best Entertainment Writing, Best Critical Writing, Best Page One Design, Best Large Space Ad, Best Special Section or Campaign Advertising, Best Online Writing in 2014,

* 1st place in Freedom of the Press, Best Local Non-Staff Column, Best Investigative/In-depth Story or Series, Best News Feature Story, Best Spot News Story, Best Special Section or Campaign (Advertising), Best Editorial Writing, Best-In-House Promotion, Best Illustration, Best Information Graphic, Best Non-staff story, Editorial of the Year, Best Online Writing in 2013,

* 1st place in Illustration in 2005,

* 1st place in Cover Design 2003,

* 1st place in Editorial Layout in 2003,

N&R Publications

N&R Publications was founded in 2010 as a separate division of the company that produces client publications for nonprofit organizations, government agencies and businesses. The publications, which are distributed both in print and digitally, use a journalistic approach to tell stories that communicate the messages of the client organizations. The custom publications cover many topics, including health, education, environment, social justice, child support, mosquito & vector control, disabilities, veterans and housing. N&R Publication Editor is Thea Rood. The division has produced more than 675 publications for clients across the country.

Projects

In 2002, in cooperation with

AlterNet AlterNet is a left-leaning news website based in the United States. It was launched by the Independent Media Institute. In 2018, the website was acquired by owners of '' Raw Story''. Coverage Coverage is divided into several special sections re ...

, the News & Review led a national project with more than 30 weeklies nationwide to cover the story of married priests and the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

reform movement. In 2007, the News & Review, with the help of a small grant from the

, led 53 alternative weeklies across the country in a joint cover project marking the 10-year anniversary of the Kyoto Accord, the first international attempt to bring world leaders together to

combat climate change Climate change mitigation (or decarbonisation) is action to limit the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause climate change. Climate change mitigation actions include conserving energy and replacing fossil fuels with clean energy sour ...

. In 2012, the News & Review received a grant from the Sierra Health Foundation to help fund stories throughout California about the state's low rates of participation in

CalFresh CalFresh is the California implementation of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp program, which provides Welfare in California, financial assistance for purchasing food to low-income Calif ...

, colloquially known as food stamps. In 2015, the News & Review led a nationwide project, Letters to the Future, asking authors, artists, scientists and other to write to future generations predicting the success or failure of the 2015 U.N. Climate Talks in Paris. Hundreds of letters were collected and presented to diplomats present in Paris, including letters penned by

Michael Pollan Michael Kevin Pollan (; born February 6, 1955) is an American journalist who is a professor and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University. Concurrently, he is the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism and the ...

Jane Smiley Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel ''A Thousand Acres'' (1991). Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a subu ...

Stephen Robinson Stephen Kern "Steve" Robinson (born October 26, 1955) is an American former NASA astronaut. Education He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, where he achieved its second-highest rank, Life Scout. Robinson graduated from Campolindo High ...

Aisha Kahlil Sweet Honey in the Rock are an all-woman, African-American a cappella ensemble. They are a three-time Grammy Award–nominated troupe who express their history as black women through song, dance, and sign language. Originally a four-person en ...

, T. C. Boyle,

Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has ...

Annie Leonard Annie Marie Leonard (born 1964) is an American proponent of sustainability and a critic of consumerism. She created the animated film '' The Story of Stuff'' (2007), which describes the life cycle of material goods. In 2014, she became the execut ...

Roxana Robinson Roxana Robinson (née Barry; born 30 November 1946) is an American novelist and biographer whose fiction explores the complexity of familial bonds and fault lines. She is best known for her 2008 novel, ''Cost'', which was named one of the Five Be ...

Jack Miles John R. Miles (born July 30, 1942) is an American author. He is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the MacArthur Fellowship. His writings on religion, politics, and culture have appeared in numerous national publication ...

, Pam Houston,

Geraldine Brooks (writer) Geraldine Brooks (born 14 September 1955) is an Australian Americans, Australian American journalist and novelist whose 2005 novel ''March (novel), March'' won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Early life A native of Sydney, Geraldine Brooks g ...

Rebecca Goldstein Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (born February 23, 1950) is an American philosopher, novelist, and public intellectual. She has written ten books, both fiction and non-fiction. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy of science from Princeton University, and ...

Lois Wolk Lois Wolk (born May 12, 1946) is an American politician and former member of the California State Senate. A Democrat, she represented the 3rd Senate District, which encompasses the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta region and portions of ...

Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...

Brent Bourgeois Brent Thomas Bourgeois (born June 16, 1958) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and producer. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg with Larry Tagg, and has released several solo albums. His later work has been classified in the gen ...

and others.

References

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