October 4-10 marks the 86th celebration of National Newspaper Week, a weeklong promotion of the newspaper industry in the United States and Canada.
In small towns, suburbs and cities across America, local newspapers are there for the moments that matter — elections and ballgames, new businesses and school decisions, celebrations and tragedies.
How we deliver the news has changed. Why we do it hasn’t. Newspapers inform our communities, hold government accountable, and tell the stories no one else will. That commitment is at the heart of National Newspaper Week 2026 and this year’s theme: “Rooted in Community, Committed to Truth.”
Two words in particular in the sentence above epitomize what drives me to do what I do - community and truth. In this world of AI and “fake news,” the combination of …