COVID-19

NNA welcomes light shined on newspaper delivery woes

Jan 4, 2021

NNA Chair Brett Wesner, president of Wesner Publications in Cordell, Oklahoma, today expressed his thanks to the Washington Post and its postal beat expert Jacob Bogage for a revealing look at the problems ...

Local Journalism Sustainability Act

House leaders introduce appropriation to help US Postal Service

May 27, 2020

Reps Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee; and Gerald Connolly, D-Virginia, chair of the Government Operations Subcommittee, said they believed the coronavirus ...

There is no good reason to allow USPS to falter

Apr 14, 2020

Hold Congress accountable, newspaper people! There is no good reason to allow USPS to falter.

Help communities navigate the vaccination process

Mar 1, 2021

Throughout [my mother's] scramble to find an appointment, which included being turned away at a county vaccination site after erroneously thinking she had made one, I kept wondering what role local news ...

‘I’m planning on it’: Ad series promotes vaccines

Mar 1, 2021

At the Gazette, our publisher developed a series of ads that spell out the importance of vaccinations. I recommend your paper take this idea and make it your own.

Running on faith and passion, Deone McWilliams finds her way

Mar 1, 2021

Northside Vibes, a “good news” newspaper, is now entering its 7th year in business, Deone McWilliams says, and she credits her grandson NyRiian Jiggetts with giving her the idea that would ...

The pandemic has made Americans more interested in health issues

Mar 1, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic could actually make America healthier in the long run by prompting reinvestment in its eroded public-health system, Joanne Kenen, executive health-care editor of Politico, wrote ...