To promote journalistic transparency, The Sacramento Press assigns identity badges to community contributors writing
in an official capacity (such as city employees or police officers), as well as to contributors associated with The
Sacramento Press, including staff writers. Additional transparency is added by awarding the Verified Community
Contributor badge, which designates that a writer is using her real identity on our site. Community contributors are
individuals who have signed up to write for our website. Identity badges will appear next to a given community
contributor's name any time that name is displayed on the website. Below is the complete list of identity badges
found on The Sacramento Press website. Click on each badge for more information. You also can look at our list of
merit badges.