North Dakota Newspaper Association & NDNA Education Foundation

09/26/2025

One of our printers shows how Kid Scoop is published. Contact NDNA to support this program in our push to serve the whole state.

09/23/2025

Kid Scoop News ND was featured on KFYR-TV. This is all supported by donations. Contact [email protected] for details.

Western North Dakota has a kids’ newspaper that is expanding to the eastern part of the state.

09/17/2025

Speaking of newspapers…

"If people don't like to read, newspapers don't have anything for them," Cecile Wehrman, executive director of the North Dakota Newspaper Association, said on this episode of Plain Talk.

09/12/2025

08/25/2025

NDNA's READ Local presentation is great for schools, Kiwanis, Rotary, Chamber or other groups around the state. Contact [email protected] to book a talk!

Founded in 1885, NDNA acts on behalf of all of ND's newspapers. NDNA represents its members/the public in legislative affairs -- protecting the public's right-to-know. NDNA also places advertising/other services in ND newspapers.

08/13/2025

KFYR shared this story featuring GS Publishing's Jill Friesz and efforts to prevent news deserts in ND.

The Rural Development Finance Corporation and the North Dakota Newspaper Association are partnering to lead a statewide effort to help small communities preserve their access to reliable local news.

08/12/2025

Reprieve!

Veteran Wyoming News Execs Announce Agreement To Save 8 Newspapers

BUFFALO – Robb and Jen Hicks and Rob Mortimore announced Tuesday they have reached an agreement in principle with News Media Corporation to purchase the company’s Wyoming publications and resume publication immediately.
The announcement comes six days after News Media Corporation suddenly announced the immediate closure of all of its publications, including eight publications in Niobrara, Goshen, Platte, Sublette and Uinta counties.
Robb Hicks said the agreement includes rehiring all of the newspapers’ staff members and immediately resuming publication of all titles..
“We are honored to assume stewardship of these legacy community newspapers,” Robb Hicks said. “Our foremost priority has been to ensure that these counties are not left without a credible, enduring source of local journalism.”
“We also owe an immense debt of gratitude to JJ Thompkins,” added Mortimore. “It would have been far simpler for him to yield to the demands of creditors. Instead, he chose to work with us to safeguard the future of these Wyoming communities, to preserve their newspapers, and to ensure that every employee was paid and retained.”
Both Hicks and Mortimore also extended their appreciation to the newspapers’ staff for their dedication, professionalism, and steadfast belief that a solution could be secured to revive these publications.
“We are equally grateful to community members for their unwavering support,” said Hicks. “A newspaper is the lifeblood of a community, but it can only thrive when the community it serves invests in its survival.”
On Aug. 6, Tompkins, CEO of News Media Corporation, announced that the company’s eight publications in five Wyoming counties, as well as its newspapers in other states, would close immediately. Citing a “significant economic slowdown impacting our industry” and a recent failed attempt to sell the company, Tompkins said he had made the “difficult decision” to shutter the company’s newspapers immediately.
The news of the papers’ closure was met with shock and sadness in the communities the papers serve. In Facebook comments, community members lamented the loss to their communities and questioned whether there might be options to reopen the publications.
Mortimore has more than two decades of experience in the news industry and he was the group publisher of News Media Corporation’s Wyoming publications prior to the company closing those papers. He will continue to serve as group publisher. He and his wife Shaylee reside in Torrington.
Robb and Jen Hicks have owned and operated the Buffalo Bulletin (Johnson County, Wyoming) since 1996. The Hicks family has multigenerational ties to Wyoming newspapers that dates back over seven decades.

07/24/2025

NDNA’s READ Local program was featured on Prairie Public yesterday.

News at Risk, Food with Heart, and a Forecast That’s Partially Dry

07/22/2025

Last night in Grand Forks Jill Denning Gackle received her NDNA Hall of Fame Award. Look for more on the story in NDNA’s August Bulletin.

06/11/2025

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/09/parting-thoughts-veteran-journalist-chuck-haga-remembered-for-his-craft-curiosity-and-heart

Chuck Haga had a knack for storytelling. And although his curious mind took him around the world, he never lost his interest in small town life and everyday people.

06/06/2025

A Championship Moment, Captured!

Shout-out to The Bismarck Tribune Photojournalist Tanner Ecker, who earned Photo of the Year honors from the North Dakota Newspaper Association & NDNA Education Foundation
for this incredible shot of our Bismarck State College Volleyball Mystics team celebrating their NJCAA Region XIII championship win over the NDSCS Wildcats! 🎉👏

It’s an honor to have been part of your award-winning moment, Tanner—and for you to be part of ours.

Check out the full story from The Bismarck Tribune here 👉 bismarcktribune.com/news/state-regional/article_1bb90814-c146-4351-8f53-62a172809fa7.html

📷: Tanner Ecker | The Bismarck Tribune
🏆: North Dakota Newspaper Association & NDNA Education Foundation

06/06/2025

I think Alli Olimb and I had more fun than the students did!