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DISCOURSE
Passion Press
The Sacramento Observer President and Publisher Larry Lee
on the media and its role in the community
INTERVIEW BY Sena Christian PHOTO BY Ryan Angel Meza
Larry Lee became president and publisher of The
Sacramento Observer in 2015, after working for
the Sacramento-based family business in various
roles since childhood. He returned to the company in
1997 after earning his journalism degree from San Jose
State. The company publishes The Sacramento Observer,
which has a weekly print edition and a website and
has been named best Black newspaper in the country
six times by the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
Comstock’s spoke with Lee about his company’s
role in the Black community and in advocating for
a better future.
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