The Press Democrat
Raquel Issenberg is an accomplished editor and community manager currently serving as the Editor in Chief for La Prensa Sonoma at The Press Democrat since March 2024. Issenberg founded The Imperfect Pose LLC, where a focus on cultivating foundational and somatic awareness in yoga and meditation is emphasized through compelling content. Previous experience includes teaching yoga with a trauma-sensitive approach at Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council and offering various yoga styles at institutions like the Jewish Educational Alliance and the Yoga Hive. Issenberg also has a strong background in journalism, having held key editorial roles at El Horizonte Newspaper, Residente. Cultura Culinaria, Publimetro México, and Grupo Reforma, significantly enhancing reader engagement and overseeing editorial teams. Educated at Tecnológico de Monterrey with a Bachelor's degree in Communication and Media Studies, Issenberg combines extensive media experience with a deep understanding of wellness practices.
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The Press Democrat
The very first newspaper in Santa Rosa, the parent of today's Press Democrat, was begun in 1857, just three years after Santa Rosa was chosen as the seat of Sonoma County and seven years after California became a part of the United States. Called the Sonoma Democrat this newspaper was a four-page weekly. Its name reflected the politicsof the Santa Rosa and Russian River valleys, which were settled in the 1840s and '50s by farmers from Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee. The founding publisher was Alpheus Russell, a merchant with some newspaper experience who came to open a general store on Third Street. John Taylor, a prosperous rancher south of the new town, encouraged Russell to establish the paper, giving him a five-dollar gold piece for the first subscription. At the end of a year, Russell sold the paper to printer E.R. Budd, who sold it again in 1860. The new owner was Thomas Thompson, a young Virginian who had edited Petaluma's Sonoma County Journal five years earlier at the age of 17.