The Observer-Reporter is a locally-focused media company that provides news and information for the communities we serve. The Observer Publishing Co. Acheson.
Washington, PA
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The Observer-Reporter was formed on July 24,1902, by John L. (Jack) Stewart and E.F. Acheson. The O-R is currently owned and operated by members of the third and fourth generations of the Jack Stewart family. Thomas P. Northrop, Jack Stewart's great-grandson, is president and publisher. Our circulation reaches readers in Washington, Greene and southern Allegheny counties. In addition to The Observer-Reporter, the company publishes The Almanac, numerous monthly magazines and other special-interest publications, as well as several digital properties and related websites. The Observer-Reporter has always focused on the community, whether through the pages of its newspapers or through its employee and family charitable commitments. Those include service to the Washington, Waynesburg and McMurray Rotary clubs; Washington & Jefferson and Waynesburg colleges; the United Way of Washington and Greene counties; Washington Hospital Board of Directors and Foundation; and the Washington Community Foundation, as well as numerous events and community outreach programs such as our Newspaper in Education program, which offers educators within the newspaper's circulation area The Observer-Reporter as an in-classroom tool. There is also a long commitment to the newspaper industry through its alliance with the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and other journalism and media organizations.
