Camryn Dadey

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My name is Camryn Dadey and I am the Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova accountability reporter for The Sacramento Bee.

I graduated from California State University, Sacramento in 2022 with a Bachelor’s degree in political science and journalism.

Previously, I have worked as an audience journalist at McClatchy/The Sacramento Bee, a California editorial intern at POLITICO and as the news editor for The State Hornet, Sacramento State’s student news organization. I also was president of Sacramento State’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova Accountability Journalist

The Sacramento Bee
January 2026 – present

  • Write daily and enterprise accountability stories on Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova city government, including policy and finance decisions.
  • Cover the region’s largest school district, Elk Grove Unified School District, including how policy and finance decisions impact students.
  • Write weekly hyperlocal newsletters covering Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova, growing and building trust with subscribers.
  • Interview political candidates and investigate their campaign finances, culminating in stories for The Bee’s voter guide and other election coverage. 

Audience Journalist

McClatchy/The Sacramento Bee
July 2022 – December 2025

  • Write daily newsletters for five California McClatchy websites, focusing on politics and local and statewide news. During elections, write weekly election newsletter. Also, write weekly service journalism newsletter and contribute service journalism stories.
  • Write and edit SEO for stories.
  • Deliver weekly and monthly analytics reports to editors on pageview trends, subscriber activity and social media clicks.
  • Use AI to analyze data, generate SEO and identify trends.
  • Manage social media for five McClatchy sites, including Instagram, X and TikTok.
  • Plan and execute live events, including mayoral candidate debates and political Q&As.

California Editorial Intern

POLITICO
June 2021 – September 2021

  • Report and write content regarding California politics for daily California Playbook newsletter, including topics such as COVID-19 and the 2021 gubernatorial recall election.
  • Gather news from around the state and summarize article’s contents in the newsletter, as well as organizing content based on topic.
  • Work with team to coordinate production and composition of newsletter, as well as coverage of events in the Sacramento area.

News Editor

The State Hornet
August 2020 – December 2021

  • Manage team of up to 15 staff writers and responsible for editing approximately 10 articles per week, complete with visual elements and graphics.
  • Generate story ideas and plan coverage regarding the 2020 election, COVID-19, crime, student government and higher education, as well as coordinating coverage for breaking news.
  • Coordinate with the editorial board to create content for social networking platforms, including YouTube, Twitter and Instagram in order to keep our student audience informed.
  • Promoted to deputy news editor after 2 months at the State Hornet and promoted to news editor after 6 months.
  • Covered breaking news, student government, education and COVID-19 as staff writer.

President
Society of Professional Journalists at Sac State
August 2021 – May 2022

  • Lead club in meetings to discuss SPJ ethics, current events and upcoming club events.
  • Plan and moderate events such as guest speaker panels, networking with other journalists and organizations to create these events.
  • Promote upcoming events and create flyers and posts for different platforms. 
  • Previously worked as vice president of communications and was responsible for managing all social media for club, including Instagram, Twitter and WordPress website. 

Sacramento Breeze
Intern editor of high school county newspaper
August 2016 – May 2018

  • Worked as student editor in partnership with the Sacramento Bee and Sacramento County Office of Education to produce high school newspaper Sacramento Breeze.
  • Manage a team of writers and communicate with program directors to produce content about campus activities, politics, mental health and sports. 
  • Provide supplemental photography and art as necessary.

Awards:

California Journalism Awards
2024 Second Place, Best Newsletter
2024 Fifth Place, Best Newsletter

Associated Collegiate Press
2020 Seventh Place Election Reporting

Sacramento County Office of Education and Sacramento High School Journalism Network
2018 Journalist of the Year
2017 and 2018 Outstanding Student Newspaper Editor
2017 First Place Best Editorial Writing
2018 Third Place Best News Writing
2018 Third Place Best Editorial Writing