AAN Publishers

Congratulations to the AAN Publishers members who received Press Forward's $100,000 "Closing Local Coverage Gaps" grants, which were announced today. They include Black Belt News Network, TucsonSentinel.com, LOOKOUT, BenitoLink.com, Watermark Publishing Group, Inc., Canopy Atlanta, Windy City Times, The Current Media Inc., The Lens NOLA, Baltimore Beat, Planet Detroit, The Jersey Vindicator, The Daily Catch, Epicenter NYC, Eugene Weekly, Erie Reader, DallasVoice, Deceleration and THE JOLT - The Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater Great job y'all! https://lnkd.in/gGNfcH82

Announcing the AAN Publishers Revenue Recovery Fund... Can you help us help our members in Western North Carolina? https://lnkd.in/gMPYN_HE Mountain XPress and Smoky Mountain News are two publications in Western North Carolina whose advertising revenues have been decimated by the closure of local businesses and organizations due to widespread water and electrical outages. With state and federal relief efforts ongoing, we ask that everyone donate to the fund and promote it as widely as possible to help these publications continue serving their communities and supporting their staff members and families during this crisis. Thanks!

Despite challenges with power, water and flooded roads, Smoky Mountain News (https://lnkd.in/gf-qij2m) and?Mountain Xpress?(https://www.mountainx.com) continue to work to keep their communities informed. We're proud to have them as members.

Thanks to Brian Joseph and Nonprofit Quarterly for this piece acknowledging the growth we've seen at AAN Publishers and the amazing partnership with the National Association of Hispanic Publications Inc (NAHP), the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the Google News Initiative. We appreciate the ink! https://lnkd.in/gYCt2xz4

Excited to see Baltimore Beat founder Lisa Snowden-McCray at LION: Local Independent Online News Publishers Summit. We’re proud to have Baltimore Beat as a new member this year of AAN Publishers!

AAN is pleased to be in Chicago to attend the LION: Local Independent Online News Publishers Sunmit this week. Looking forward to fabulous content and great networking. Go Cubs! (At least this week ;)

At our annual convention earlier in July, the board of directors of AAN Publishers revealed a new name for our Lifetime Achievement Award?and awarded it posthumously to its namesake, John Heaston. Here's the video of the dedication of the John William Heaston Lifetime Achievement Award from our awards luncheon in Charleston, S.C.

We don't just thank these folks for making the CharlestAAN conference happen—we encourage local media outlets everywhere to explore what they offer and how they can help you sustain and thrive!

Thanks to Andy Brack and Charleston City Paper for this fun wrap-up of the AAN Publishers convention, which focused specifically on what some of our members thought of their time in Charleston, S.C. Enjoy!

Shoutout to Mississippi Free Press for this fantastic opening session to the 2024 CharlestAAN conference this year. Great work by their team to get us all thinking first thing. We'll have some summaries and updates from this work to come.