| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Diane Chiddister and Robert Hasek |
| Publisher | Diane Chiddister |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Headquarters | 253-1/2 Xenia Ave. Yellow Springs, Ohio[1] |
| Circulation | 1,800 |
| Official website | ysnews.com |
Yellow Springs News is an independently owned weekly newspaper that serves the community of Yellow Springs, Ohio. It has a weekly circulation of approximately 1,800.
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Yellow Springs News was founded in 1880. It was purchased by Arthur Morgan in the early 1940s and was briefly a part of the Antioch Bookplate Company.[2]
Today it is co-owned by editor Diane Chiddister, advertising manager Robert Hasek and designer Matt Minde.[3]
Yellow Springs News runs columns on local news, lists of upcoming events, editorials, letters to the editor, classifieds, and obituaries. The back page is devoted to local sports. Other regular columns include:
The Osman C. Hooper Awards are distributed annually by the Ohio Newspaper Association. Yellow Springs News won the general excellence award for its division in 1985, 2006, and 2008.[4] In 2009 it won first prize among all member weeklies for its editorial writing.[5]