By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Wednesday, November 4 2009 - 9:26 am
When a major storm roared through our region Oct. 13, hundreds of people traded questions and answers live on sacbee.com.
Updated: Wednesday, November 4 2009 - 9:26 am
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, October 25 2009 - 12:00 am
When I meet people these days, whatever the setting, I usually end up hearing how they get their news.
By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Monday, October 19 2009 - 9:20 am
After I asked readers a few weeks ago to comment on public distrust of American news media, I heard mostly from people who echoed the bitter sentiment reflected in recent surveys.
By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Sunday, September 27 2009 - 4:56 pm
A newspaper editor could get depressed about recent public opinion surveys on media, but instead I wanted to share some observations and ask what readers think.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, September 20 2009 - 12:00 am
I thought readers would appreciate the back stories on two major Bee efforts: Phillip Reese's deep look at lobbyists' gifts to legislators and other government officials, published last Sunday; and the "Going Broke" series on California's cash-flow woes (by Steve Wiegand and Reese) that begins today.
By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Sunday, September 13 2009 - 9:58 am
Behind recent coverage of Jaycee Lee Dugard's release from captivity is another story about how some "news organizations" are erasing ethical and journalistic boundaries.
By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Monday, August 24 2009 - 8:10 am
Dozens of readers e-mailed, called or posted online comments in response to last Sunday's column in which I argued that debate among Americans these days relies too much on name-calling.
By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Monday, August 24 2009 - 8:10 am
Investigative reporter Charles Piller was doing research and interviewing for his piece on Sacramento's water use when he did what all good reporters do: He went out to see some of the activity that was showing up in the numbers he was reviewing.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, August 9 2009 - 12:00 am
Next weekend, you'll find a new features section in your Sunday Bee: Living Here Sunday.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, July 19 2009 - 12:00 am
A reader wrote the other day to ask if The Sacramento Bee was no longer "a Democrat" in its leanings.
By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Monday, July 6 2009 - 1:47 pm
Around July Fourth weekend of 1933, the year that unemployment in the United States soared near 25 percent, you might have expected the columns of The Sacramento Bee to be filled with despair and hardship.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, June 21 2009 - 12:00 am
Our search for a new editorial page editor at The Bee offers an opportunity for a broader conversation about opinion coverage, and here's your chance to weigh in.
By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Sunday, June 14 2009 - 10:05 am
Sacbee.com's live webcast of an interview with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave the public a front-row seat to the sometimes rambling, but always fascinating celebrity governor.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, June 7 2009 - 12:00 am
David Holwerk has no trouble remembering his first Monday on the job as The Bee's editorial page editor: Sept. 10, 2001, the day before the terrorist attacks on the United States.
By Melanie Sill -
Updated: Sunday, May 31 2009 - 11:15 am
If it's Thursday morning, Jon Ortiz is bound to be on the phone talking with readers about that day's edition of "The State Worker" column.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, May 24 2009 - 12:00 am
As elected leaders get back to work on balancing California's budget, voters who rejected their last try have a chance to be heard before the deal is done, not afterward.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, May 10 2009 - 12:00 am
Few parts of the paper divide readers as much as The Bee's ONTV guide: Those who use it rely on it, and others skip it entirely.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, May 3 2009 - 12:00 am
I don't know about you, but when someone tells me they're looking out for my financial interests, I put my hand on my wallet.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, April 19 2009 - 12:00 am
The woman who left me a phone message the other day echoed a familiar theme when she exhorted The Bee not to abandon print readers in favor of our online edition.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, April 12 2009 - 12:00 am
Most mornings before work, I run out to the patio to check on the tiny fruit beginning to form on my "improved Meyer lemon," the first citrus tree I've ever grown.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, April 5 2009 - 12:00 am
Tired of the recession? You have company.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, March 29 2009 - 12:00 am
You'll see some changes in The Bee this week as we adjust the paper to reduce expenses amid the ongoing recession.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, March 22 2009 - 12:00 am
We expect strong reaction to today's front-page story about people with criminal pasts working in Sacramento's Child Protective Services division.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, March 15 2009 - 12:00 am
A few years ago I was invited to a meeting meant to get citizens involved in debating the future of journalism. Few showed up.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, March 8 2009 - 2:00 am
The Bee has covered countless disasters and crises in its 152 years, and amid the great recession of 2009 we're returning to a fundamental idea: How can we help people get through these tough times?
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, February 22 2009 - 12:00 am
Until recently, the future of newspapers has been debated mostly on the Internet and in industry publications but not in newspapers themselves.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, February 15 2009 - 12:00 am
Rarely in our lifetimes have decisions by government seemed so closely and immediately linked to the well-being of ordinary families and communities.
By Melanie Sill -
Published: Sunday, February 8 2009 - 12:00 am
Dozens of readers and Bee news staffers responded to my column a few weeks ago posing various journalism ethics questions.