Nancy Weaver Teichert is an American journalist. A graduate of the

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, in 2014 she was a former ''

The Sacramento Bee ''The Sacramento Bee'' is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Since its foundation in 1857, ''The Bee'' has become the largest newspaper in Sacramento, the fifth largest newspaper in California, and the 2 ...

'' reporter. Weaver was part of a reporting team that won the

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for the ''

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'' in

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. The newspaper received the award for a series of articles supporting legislation to reform the public education system in Mississippi. For ''The Bee,'' she was a member of the reporting team whose series "A Madness Called Meth" won the 2001 Nancy Dickerson White Award for reporting on drug issues. Teichert has also received the Roy Howard Public Service Award and the World Hunger Award. In 2004, Weaver was awarded the local and regional media award by the American Society on Aging for her body of work, in-depth aging knowledge, and sensitivity to ageism American Society on Agin
Award Winners 2004
Teichert has also served on the staff of the ''

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''. * Teichert, Nancy Weaver.
The Wreck of the Washoe:The Worst Maritime Disaster on the Sacramento River
' Sacramento Pioneer Association, 2014

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