''The Sacramento Bee'' is a daily newspaper published in

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, 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 27th largest paper in the U.S. It is distributed in the upper Sacramento Valley, with a total circulation area that spans about : south to Stockton, California, north to the

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border, east to

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, and west to the

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.History of ''The Sacramento Bee''
from the newspaper's website ''The Bee'' is the flagship of the nationwide McClatchy Company. Its "Scoopy Bee" mascot, created by

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in 1943, has been used by all three ''Bee'' newspapers (in Sacramento, Modesto, and Fresno).

History

Under the name ''The Daily Bee'', the first issue of the newspaper was published on February 3, 1857, proudly boasting that "the object of this newspaper is not only independence, but permanence". At this time, ''The Bee'' was in competition with the '' Sacramento Union'', a newspaper founded in 1851. Although ''The Bee'' soon surpassed the ''Union'' in popularity, the ''Union'' survived until its closure in 1994, leaving ''The Sacramento Bee'' to be the longest-running newspaper in the city's history. The first editor of ''The Sacramento Bee'' was John Rollin Ridge, but James McClatchy took over the position by the end of the first week. Also within a week of its creation, ''The Bee'' uncovered a state scandal which led to the impeachment of Know-Nothing

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Henry Bates.

21st century

On March 13, 2006, The McClatchy Company announced its agreement to purchase Knight Ridder, the United States' second-largest chain of daily newspapers. The purchase price of $4.5 billion in cash and stock gave McClatchy 32 daily newspapers in 29 markets, with a total circulation of 3.3 million. On February 3, 2007, the paper celebrated its 150th anniversary, and a copy of the original issue was included in every newspaper. On February 4, 2007, a 120-page section was included about the paper's history from its founding to today. In 2008, ''The Sacramento Bee'' redesigned and changed its layout.

Recognition

''The Sacramento Bee'' has won six Pulitzer Prizes in its history. It has won numerous other awards, including many for its progressive public service campaigns promoting free speech (the ''Bee'' often criticized government policy, and uncovered many scandals hurting Californians), anti-racism (''The Bee'' supported the Union during the

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and publicly denounced the

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), worker's rights (''The Bee'' has a strong history of supporting unionization), and

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(leading numerous tree-planting campaigns and fighting against environmental destruction in the Sierra Nevada).

Notable people

* Deborah Blum – science writer * Renée C. Byer – photojournalist * Gil Duran – California opinion editor and former Press Secretary for California governor

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. * Jack Ohman – cartoonist * Nick Peters – baseball writer * Paul Avery – journalist who reported on the Zodiac killer *

Nancy Weaver Teichert Nancy Weaver Teichert is an American journalist. A graduate of the Indiana University, in 2014 she was a former '' The Sacramento Bee'' reporter . Weaver was part of a reporting team that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the ''J ...

– former reporter

References

External links

''The Sacramento Bee''

CapitolAlert.com
Capitol politics by ''The Sacramento Bee''
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- Sacramento LocalWiki * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sacramento Bee, The Daily newspapers published in California Mass media in Sacramento, California Mass media in Sacramento County, California Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers Newspapers established in 1857 McClatchy publications 1857 establishments in California Pulitzer Prize for Public Service winners