The Courier Herald unveils new website, launches first newsletter

The Courier Herald launched a new website and announced its first newsletter on Thursday, delivering dedicated local reporting to a digital audience. 

The website will feature work from The Courier Herald newsroom, as well as online-exclusive content and a weekly newsletter to subscribers. Sign up to become a member here, and sign up for the free newsletter here. 

The new website is integral to the ongoing transformation efforts from the Georgia Trust for Local News, which recently acquired The Courier Herald and 17 other newspapers across Middle, South and West Georgia. The website will offer new advertising opportunities in Dublin and across the Georgia Trust that can reach up to a million Georgians.

“It’s very exciting to expand the reach of our newspaper,” GTLN executive director DuBose Porter said. “We will deliver news in whatever way our readers prefer: online, via newsletters and or in print. This is a giant leap forward for The Courier Herald.”

The website was built by Indiegraf, a company that specializes in websites and digital products for independent, local news companies. The Courier Herald will continue to publish three print editions each week.

“No one covers Dublin/Laurens County like we do,” GTLN executive editor Caleb Slinkard said. “Now, our local community news coverage will be available to thousands of new readers.”

The Georgia Trust for Local News is part of the National Trust for Local News, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening community news by working with communities to make the at-scale, transformational changes needed for established community news organizations to thrive and remain deeply grounded in their communities.

The Georgia Trust for Local News is supported by partners such as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, and the Marguerite Casey Foundation. NTLN operates state-level trusts in Colorado and Maine, in addition to Georgia.