Richmond Post
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The Richmond Post is a newspaper
in Richmond, California
which featuring comics, world news, regional San Francisco Bay Area
news, local city of Richmond news, health, entertainment, and religious or "faith" sections in addition to an advertisements section. The paper has been printed and circulated since 1964 . It is the largest African American newspaper in North America. Published weekly, the paper is available in front of businesses throughout Richmond and neighboring neighboring North Richmond
. The Richmond Post is the largest free newspaper in the city.
The newspaper is headquartered in downtown Oakland, California
. It is one of five local Post Newspapers published by the Post News Group, along with the Oakland Post
, the Berkeley Tri-City Post, the San Francisco Post and the South County Post.
It's newly promoted editor, prominent African-American journalist Chauncey Bailey
, was killed by a gunman at close range on the morning August 2, 2007, as he was walking to his nearby work, around 7:30AM on 14th Street near Alice Street in Oakland, California
in what police described as "an assassination". Witnesses said a single gunman wearing dark clothing and a ski mask
approached Bailey, shot twice and ran away. In June 2007, Bailey had been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of all five Post newspapers.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in Richmond, California
Richmond, California
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...
which featuring comics, world news, regional San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
news, local city of Richmond news, health, entertainment, and religious or "faith" sections in addition to an advertisements section. The paper has been printed and circulated since 1964 . It is the largest African American newspaper in North America. Published weekly, the paper is available in front of businesses throughout Richmond and neighboring neighboring North Richmond
North Richmond, California
North Richmond is a community in Contra Costa County, California, a census-designated place of 3,717 adjacent to and nearly surrounded by the city Richmond, to which it is generally socially and culturally attached...
. The Richmond Post is the largest free newspaper in the city.
The newspaper is headquartered in downtown Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. It is one of five local Post Newspapers published by the Post News Group, along with the Oakland Post
Oakland Post (California newspaper)
The Oakland Post is the largest African-American weekly newspaper in northern California, founded in 1963 by Thomas L. Berkley and Velda M. Berkley. Headquartered in downtown Oakland, the weekly serves the San Francisco Bay Area communities of Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and San Francisco...
, the Berkeley Tri-City Post, the San Francisco Post and the South County Post.
It's newly promoted editor, prominent African-American journalist Chauncey Bailey
Chauncey Bailey
Chauncey Wendell Bailey, Jr. was an American journalist, noted for his work primarily on issues of the African-American community. He served as editor-in-chief of The Oakland Post from June 2007 until he was shot dead on August 2, 2007...
, was killed by a gunman at close range on the morning August 2, 2007, as he was walking to his nearby work, around 7:30AM on 14th Street near Alice Street in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
in what police described as "an assassination". Witnesses said a single gunman wearing dark clothing and a ski mask
approached Bailey, shot twice and ran away. In June 2007, Bailey had been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of all five Post newspapers.