Staff
The people behind San Francisco’s historic Black newspaper — Since 1944
Dr. Amelia Ashley-Ward
Publisher and CEO
Dr. Ashley-Ward joined the Sun-Reporter as an intern in 1979, was hired as a reporter by founder Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett, and rose to managing editor and publisher before acquiring the company in 1997. A native of Magnolia, Mississippi, raised in San Francisco, she graduated from San Jose State University in journalism and photojournalism, and in 2021 her alma mater awarded her an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
She created the Sun-Reporter’s annual Talented 25 editions in 2014, was named Publisher of the Year by the National Newspaper Publishers Association in 1998, and founded the Sun-Reporter Foundation in 2004.
Our Newsroom
Our news staff publishes a new Digital Edition every morning and the Sun-Reporter in print every week, covering San Francisco and the Bay Area: local government, housing, public health, faith, sports, arts and the stories of our community. Opinion pieces come from the paper’s editorial board and from contributing columnists, and every story is reviewed by our editors before it runs.
Our Partners
State and statewide news comes to our readers through our partnership with California Black Media, published with the original byline and credit.
Our Founders
Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett and Thomas C. Fleming launched the Sun-Reporter in 1944, so that no good cause would lack a champion. Read our history.
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