Tri-City Herald to change print days as digital transition evolves
The Tri-City Herald’s journey toward a more digitally focused, sustainable future takes its biggest step yet later this year.
We will transition to a 24/7 digital product with two days of high-quality print editions beginning Oct. 23.
The print editions will publish Wednesdays and Sundays and continue to be delivered alongside your regular mail delivery. The Sunday newspaper will arrive on Saturday as it has since December. Single copies also will be available at select retail locations.
The eEdition will continue to publish seven days a week at Tricityherald.com and in our digital app. And we’ll continue to publish news digitally throughout the day, every day.
We’re also improving your digital experience. Over the next few months, we’re excited to launch a tablet program, new community calendar and portal for submissions, better eEdition navigation, a refreshed homepage that will provide unique experiences for our readers, and much more.
This is another key move for us within the digital transition of the news industry — and a vital step toward the sustainability of the Tri-City Herald.
We’ve been at the forefront of the digital transformation for many years. The Herald was one of the first newspapers in the nation to become fully paginated – using computers to build entire news pages rather than cutting and pasting them on paper.
Our first paginated edition was published in November 1994, and three years later we added digital photography.
By then, our website was already contributing to our legacy as the dominant source of news and information for the Tri-Cities and Mid-Columbia region for over 75 years.
Herald publishers and managers also have been key partners in helping shape this community, from serving on the boards of dozens of local organizations to playing pivotal roles in Washington State University’s decision to locate a branch campus here and the routing of the interstate highway that otherwise would have bypassed the Tri-Cities.
And we plan to be here for decades to come.
Increasingly, Mid-Columbia residents get their news from their phones, tablets and computers.
With that trend in mind, we’ve become much more digitally focused and have intensified that approach to where readers of Tricityherald.com or our eEdition often see our best work before our print readers. Since last year, our eEdition has included a new section of stories that were published after our print deadline or are scheduled to run in print at a later date.
For the Herald to continue to provide you with essential coverage of our community and unsparing investigative reporting, we must transform our business to thrive in 2023 and beyond.
We have, by far, the most experienced reporting team of any news organization in Southeast Washington.
We provide you with unparalleled coverage of the years-long challenge to clean up the Hanford nuclear site, as well as insight into the area’s breakneck economic development and struggles with crime, homelessness and the opioid crisis.
Our award-winning journalists’ commitment to the Tri-Cities community isn’t changing. We will continue to deliver in-depth reporting, investigative work and captivating stories about amazing Tri-Citians.
This year alone:
We won awards for our coverage of breaking news and editorials, including coverage of the Fred Meyer shooting and manhunt, as well as veteran photographer Bob Brawdy’s images from a plane crash and a devastating downtown fire.
Reporters Eric Rosane and Cameron Probert were honored for their months-long coverage of the effort to recall three Richland School Board members over their vote to defy a state COVID mask mandate.
We’ve continued to produce outstanding journalism this year, including Wendy Culverwell’s exclusive stories on the stalled opening of two Amazon warehouses and Costco’s proposal to add a 2nd store; Annette Cary’s reporting on the difficulties at the half-built vitrification plant; Cory McCoy’s coverage of the Cody Easterday “ghost cattle” scam; and Karlee Van de Venter’s informative, and often fun, reports packed with tips to help in your daily life.
If you’re already a subscriber, thank you for supporting the work we do and investing in local journalism and be sure to activate your digital access at tricityherald.com/activate.
If you aren’t a subscriber, please consider being a part of the solution. A growing community deserves a strong, independent local news source. The future of our community depends on it.
In the coming days, subscribers will receive correspondence from our customer service team regarding next steps. That team can be reached at 800-750-4967 or customerservice@tricityherald.com.
Laurie Williams is in her 12th year as editor of the Tri-City Herald and has been on staff for 39 years. Contact her at laurie.williams@tricityherald.com.
