3 ways to support The Sacramento Bee

Big Day of Giving on Thursday may prove critical to the over 600 Sacramento-area organizations ready to accept donations.

This is more true during the coronavirus pandemic. We reported in our Tipping Point series how the coronavirus crisis has crushed Sacramento arts and charity groups, and how they’re worried donations will continue to dry up.

These groups rely on their communities for support.

The Bee contributed to more than a dozen local nonprofits. We’re doing what we can: Telling the stories that matter to our region, reporting the information you need to know to stay safe, and giving back to our community.

If you see value in what we do, there are many ways you can help support The Sacramento Bee’s tireless effort to cover this event that has changed our nation.

Subscribe to The Bee

Our long-term sustainability is supported first and foremost by our loyal subscribers. These are the readers who have “taken The Bee” for 60 years or six months.

A subscription will give you unlimited access to the stories, photographs and videos we are producing nearly 24 hours a day.

Support local journalists with a digital subscription at sacbee.com/subscribe.

Donate to support The Bee’s COVID-19 coverage

If you’re already a subscriber, we can’t thank you enough. And if you’re looking for another way to support our work, please consider a new campaign we recently launched asking for tax-deductible donations to directly fund our newsroom’s coverage of the coronavirus.

Through the COVID-19 Local News Fund, and in partnership with the Local Media Foundation, you can help ensure that our reporters and photographers can continue bringing you essential news in a time when most media companies are being forced to make cuts.

Donate at https://givebutter.com/sacbee.

Fund Journalism: Report for America

The Bee was recently honored to be awarded two journalists through the Report for America program.

Ashley Wong and Kimberly Bojorquez will join us next month. Wong will cover Asian American issues in the Sacramento area; Bojorquez will join our Capitol Bureau to report on Latino communities.

Report for America is a valued partner for The Bee and other newsrooms around the country.

If you’d like to help support our coverage of Asian American and Latino communities, you can donate here.

Thank you for all you do for us, Sacramento. Your readership and continued support sustains us as we strive to bring you the stories that matter.

Here are just a few examples of the coverage we provide with your support:

• Exclusive: Sacramento has the lowest coronavirus infection rate of any large U.S. metro area

• Rural California counties move to defy Newsom’s shutdown order. Here’s who may open next

• Photos from Capitol protests against coronavirus stay-at-home order in California

This story was originally published May 5, 2020 at 10:14 AM.