The Milton Unbiased is coming again as a month-to-month print publication on Friday, Oct. 11.
The O’Rourke Media Group staff is happy for the chance to raised serve the Milton neighborhood with a hyper-local print publication that will likely be mailed to 100% of households, plus further copies delivered to high-traffic places.
The Unbiased will proceed to interact readers with every day and well timed information posted to its web site, e mail e-newsletter and social media.
Again in April 2020, the Unbiased stopped printing and have become digital-only in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of some prime advertisers.
“Like nearly each different enterprise, we have been compelled to make choices to maintain our enterprise viable throughout the pandemic. In hindsight, discontinuing print was the unsuitable choice,” mentioned Jim O’Rourke, CEO-owner of O’Rourke Media Group. “We’ve an amazing staff in Vermont, which actually makes this continued growth potential. And, readers and native companies actually supported us with bringing print again to the Essex market final 12 months; we’re optimistic about incomes the identical degree of help in Milton.”
Revealed the second Friday of each month, the redesigned paper will ship the native information and data you want together with protection of native authorities, colleges, companies and occasions.
The paper may also embrace longer investigative items, eye-catching pictures, obituaries, letters to the editor, community-contributed content material, native promoting and extra.
Shannon Gunderson will proceed to be the Milton Unbiased’s lead employees reporter and Bridget Higdon its writer. OMG’s different Vermont reporters, together with Jean McBride, Josh Ellerbrock, Aidan Schonbrun, Ella Ruehsen and Jackie DiBartolomeo may also contribute reporting.
Attain the newsroom at [email protected].
“I began my journalism profession as a reporter for the Unbiased, so it’s particularly significant for my first undertaking as writer to be bringing print again,” Higdon mentioned. “You’ve requested again and again, and we’ve listened. Native journalism is alive and effectively in Northwest Vermont.”
Promoting and advertising in Milton will likely be spearheaded by Heather Younger, Jeff Abbott, Cullen Foley and Suzanne Lynn (earlier proprietor). OMG can also be all the time recruiting for added gross sales professionals to affix the staff. candidates ought to ship their resume to Bridget Higdon at [email protected].
Trying forward, O’Rourke Media Group will proceed to broaden with its month-to-month print and digital technique all through Chittenden County, serving readers and advertisers on the hyper-local degree whereas constructing a strong, regional presence.
Concerning the Firm
O’Rourke Media Group is a family-owned, diversified media firm that was shaped in 2018. Initially only a holding firm that owned a couple of newspapers, O’Rourke Media Group (OMG) has established itself as an industry-leading, digital media firm comprising a leading edge digital company and a powerful group of award-winning, hyper-local print newspapers and area of interest magazines. OMG now operates in 9 states and 38 markets with 51 publications and hyper-local web sites.