California Watch

Bio

Melanie Sill is executive editor of the Sacramento Bee. She joined the Bee in 2007 after nearly 25 years at the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., most recently as executive editor and senior vice president. Prior to working for the News & Observer, she worked as a reporter at the Transylvania Times in Brevard, N.C. and in the state capital bureau of United Press International. She is a member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Investigative Reporters and Editors, and the National Freedom of Information Coalition. She is a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.