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) California Newspaper Publishers Association 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, California Newspaper Publishers Association 1st place in General Excellence in 2004, California Newspaper Publishers Association Sacramento News and 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, who began working at the paper after the Dark Alliance scandal. Webb allegedly committed suicide