Oakland Post (California newspaper)
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| The Oakland Post | |
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Paul Cobb |
| Publisher | Post News Group |
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| Headquarters | 405 14th Street, Suite 1215, Oakland, CA |
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| Website: http://www.postnewsgroup.com/ | |
The Oakland Post in Oakland, California is the largest African-American weekly newspaper in northern California serving Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and San Francisco. The newspaper is headquarted in downtown Oakland. It is one of five local Post Newspapers published by the Post News Group, along with the Berkeley Tri-City Post, the Richmond Post, the San Francisco Post and the South County Post.[1]
Its 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 [2] in what police described as "an assassination".[2] Witnesses said a single gunman wearing dark clothing and a ski mask [3] approached Bailey, shot twice and ran away.[2] In June 2007, Bailey had been promoted to Editor-in-Chief of all five Post newspapers. [4]
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- ^ The Oakland Post
- ^ a b c Christopher Heredia, Leslie Fulbright and Marisa Lagos (2007-08-02). Hit man kills newspaper editor on Oakland street. San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Veteran Reporter Gunned Down In Oakland. KTVU (2007-08-02).
- ^ CHAUNCEY BAILEY, Oakland Post, BY C. DIANNE HOWELL AND POST STAFF, cached 2007-08-03
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