The ''Athens News (stylized as NEWS)'' is an American free weekly, English-language

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published in

Athens, Ohio Athens is a city in Athens County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 23,849 at the 2020 United States census. Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about southeast of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, Athe ...

. It was founded in 1977, and serves the area that contains

Ohio University Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the United States Department of the Treasury#Re ...

. It was initial published weekly under the name ''Athena "A" News'' but was published every Monday and Thursday since 1982 before becomin
a weekly paper in 2019
Today, it publishes every Wednesday. It is one of three newspapers in Athens County, alongside ''

The Athens Messenger ''The Athens Messenger'' is a daily newspaper published in Athens, Ohio, United States, serving Athens and the surrounding communities of Athens County. History ''The Athens Messenger'' was established in 1848, and became a daily publication ...

'' and Ohio University's '' The Post''. In the fall of 2014, the ''News'' was acquired by

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, who had acquired the ''Messenger'' earlier that year., , Corinne Colbert currently serves as editor of the publication and Cole Behrens serves as Associate Editor. The Athens NEWS was founded in 1977 as an alternative publication to the local media environment, which included The Athens Messenger and The OU Post — but in the 1980s The Athens NEWS became a staple for local news in Athens due to its focus on the city and investigative content. The Athens NEWS recently celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017 and commemorated the occasion by publishing a book "40 Years on the Bricks: A History of The Athens NEWS." Microfilmed issues of the Athens News issues from 1977 to 1990 and paper issues from 2000 to present are located at the Ohio University Alden Library Annex.

History

* ''Athens "A" News'' ( thens, Ohio 1977-1978, * ''The Athens News'' (Athens, Ohio) 1979-current,

References

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