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Yousef Baig is the California Voices Editor for CalMatters, managing the nation’s first-ever opinion section offered by a state-level nonprofit newsroom. Its mission is to elevate writers on the ground floor of California’s most pressing issues.
He manages columnists, contributors and op-ed writers but also produces his own work. In recent years, Yousef’s most impactful reporting has focused on regional growth and sustainability in California, highlighted by in-depth coverage of high-speed rail’s potential in the Central Valley and a monthslong investigation that helped sink a road-building Sacramento ballot measure pursued by powerful special interests.
Yousef was previously the Assistant Opinion Editor at The Sacramento Bee where he authored award-winning editorials and columns covering a variety of state and local issues. Prior to that, he spent nearly six years working for newspapers in the Bay Area, working in the news, features or sports sections at The Press Democrat, Petaluma Argus-Courier and Napa Valley Register, exploring California communities up close.
His journalism has been recognized by the California News Publishers Association, Sacramento Press Club and others. He is a Poynter fellow, Asian American Journalists Association member and studied journalism and sociology at the University of Georgia.
