This year marks the ninth year the Johnson City News & Neighbor has been serving the Johnson City area. The two-time General
Excellence award winning community newspaper started publishing April 12, 1998.
“We are very proud of our accomplishments in the community. With the day to day
grind of work it
’s easy to miss the joy of what your company has accomplished. On the occasion of
our anniversary we are tooting our horn a little. Very, very few newspapers
like ours start publishing. Even fewer survive in the first few years,
” said Bill and Judy Derby, publishers.
“As a community paper grows and becomes more and more a part of the lives of our
readers, the paper actually becomes
“their” newspaper. That’s what a good community newspaper is supposed to do. From the first day we
started publishing the newspaper, we decided not to print bad or controversial
news. We leave that to the daily or electronic media. People get depressed
reading and hearing negative news. We wanted to showcase our wonderful
community and especially the people in it with positive news that leaves a good
feeling. We also want to put our community's best foot forward for new
businesses and people moving here,
” the publishers added.
The News & Neighbor just received its fourth circulation report and readership survey from
the Circulation Verification Council (CVC) showing a 99.1% market receivership
with a regular increase in readership and growth.
“Each year we have increased revenue and readership, the most vital benchmarks of
success in this industry. It shows people enjoy reading our paper and that our
customers are successful in marketing their products and services in their
advertising,
” Derby said.
“We have a great staff. They work very hard for their customers and love to share
the success stories and great things they hear in the community about our
paper. Our graphic artists have won numerous awards for their creative work. It
’s a team effort and we are proud of their ability and dedication to excellence,” said Judy Derby. “Beverly Green, our executive editor, does double duty as an advertising sales
person and is also a veteran news person. She loves both.
”
Bill Derby, a 30 year newspaper veteran said, “We have many new and exciting plans for the coming year. We recently added Roy
Jenkins as our circulation manager. He brings over nine years of newspaper
circulation experience to our company. He is now converting some of our postal
route delivery to private carrier delivery due to new changes and increases in
the U.S. Postal rates coming May 14. We also plan to expand our distribution
programs to add valuable circulation and readers for our advertising customers.
And we will always be a free newspaper for our readers.
”
"Our other staff members include Leslie Haas, Sharon Clark, Jeff Derby and Jamie Bailey in sales and marketing. Judd Shaw is our Production Manager and graphic
artist. Sherri G Pugh is our graphic artist and web designer."
Derby added, "We have also just expanded our website at
www.newsandneighboronline.com so out of town readers can read stories about
their friends and family back home."
"Local Faces...Local Places" is the Johnson City News & Neighbor's motto. Our award winning local news
coverage focuses on the wonderful events happening in our community and the
people behind them. Both
photography and editorial coverage make our newspaper an easy and comfortable
read in today's fast pace.
The News & Neighbor is Johnson City and Washington County's largest circulation local
newspaper
delivered by direct delivered each Saturday into 30,500 homes giving customers
99.1% market penetration. Our readership and circulation are audited and
verified on a regular basis by Circulation Verification Council.
If you want the coverage and readership to expand your market, we have the
solution.
For advertising information, please see our downloads section under Media
Packet or call us at 423.979.1300.
