Until April 14th, 2009 we, at The Sacramento Press, had been lax in enforcing our policies. As of that date we have begun to more strictly enforce our policies. We strive to be the best source of local news and information in the Sacramento area. We aim to do that with a mix of paid reporting, and contributions from the Sacramento community. However our site is primarily written by community volunteers who submit their content without direct contact with The Sacramento Press Anyone who lives in Sacramento is welcome to sign up and write for our site with no editorial approval prior to posting. It is a very free system, the only caveat is that you abide by the rules and policies of the si

I wrote this document a couple of years ago when Geoff and I were just developing a set of ideas that would eventually lead to The Sacramento Press. it is our vision. We are working hard every day to make this a reality. And so far, with your help, we are getting there. Compare the words news and information. News is a form of information. It is quick, disposable, always up to date, decimated from a few to many; it is new. Information is much broader. It can be old or new, it can flow in any direction (between people and organizations in webs and bursts). Disregard the traditional parameters of a newspaper. Imagine instead a greater variety of information. There is more of it now; it is f

 A traditional newspaper is a one way street. They write, you read. This policy has worked out pretty well since the first American newspaper was published in 1690. The publishers of newspapers were the primary gatekeepers of daily news and information. They chose what content you saw, and what content you didn't, but they also made pledges to fact check their content and be held accountable for what they wrote. Thus reporting was something for the professionals and best left at that.   Then in the early 1990's the world became acquainted with the World Wide Web, and the Internet caught the world's attention. The Internet was and remains the land of the amateur, the place where anything

The Sacramento Press will be the most comprehensive, local news source and information center for the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. We are a strictly online newspaper. Our writers are primarily volunteer Community Contributors. We combined the best tools on the web and built an outstanding platform from scratch. This platform enables people to tell stories about their neighborhoods and have thoughtful conversations about these stories. Then our editors place the best content on the front page and section pages to highlight great work. The casual experience is like a traditional newspaper. We take pride in putting the content front and center. We also take pride in making our tools for r