Sacramento Bee names new business editor

The Sacramento Bee has named Mary Lynne Vellinga, a former Sacramento Bee business, political and development reporter, as its new business editor.

Vellinga rejoins the Bee to replace former business editor, Wayne Davis.
Vellinga originally joined The Bee in 1991 as a business writer and moved to The Bee's Capitol Bureau in 1995.

Since 1999 she reported on regional growth and land development issues and is co-author of a 1990 book published by Barron's on potential profits and pitfalls of investing in low-priced stocks.
She will begin her post as editor July 6.

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European media covering U.S. housing collapse

European media from Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands have been asking The Sacramento Bee for help in covering the collapsed housing market in California.
More and more of these news organizations time zones away are trying to show the repercussions of America's faltering housing industry on their struggling banks.
This is a sign business journalists more than ever need to think about coverage on a global level.
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