General Information

Our focus

The State Hornet began in 1949 as a four-page mimeographed publication and has evolved into the official student-run newspaper of California State University, Sacramento.

The focus of The State Hornet is to inform students, faculty, staff and the community of events, issues and policies pertinent to their lives. In most cases, campus events and people serve as our primary news sources. The State Hornet informs readers about campus issues, explains why and how they occurred, and how those issues will affect students, faculty, staff or the university as a whole.

Editors will make efforts to balance coverage of special interest groups. Since The State Hornet focuses on the campus community, local and national events will not be included unless they have a local angle of interest to our community or serve as subjects for editorials, commentaries and analysis.

Our target readers

The State Hornet readership is the university community, including about 28,558 students, 140 administrators, 770 full-time faculty, 770 part-time faculty, and 1,130 full-time staff. The State Hornet is distributed campus-wide, as well as downtown and midtown. It is also read online by alumni and state officials.


Frequency of the paper

During the fall and spring semesters, the print edition of The State Hornet is published each Wednesday morning and appears 14 to 15 times during each semester.

The online edition, www.statehornet.com, carries the content of the print edition, posted Wednesday mornings, and publishes unique content to the site as generated by the staff. News alerts are sent out as appropriate.

During the summer, The State Hornet prints a freshman and transfer guide and other special sections as approved by the Publications Board. Statehornet.com is updated with wire content during the summer.

Tabloid supplements are also occasionally published for special events. Recent special publications have included career guides and a guide to the Olympics track and field event held on campus.


Distribution of the paper

During the fall and spring semesters, the paper is transmitted to the printer by noon Tuesday and is delivered to campus for distribution by 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Experience has shown that a press run of 12,000 copies of The State Hornet serves the campus readership well.