Newspaper/postal service partnership on the brink

Cecile Wehrman, Executive Director for the North Dakota Newspaper Association reached out to me late in the week prior and urged me to attend. She cited the importance of the meeting, which we viewed as an opportunity for us to have our voices heard and to advocate for better service on behalf of our readers. I looked forward to a productive discussion, and a chance to introduce myself to people in the Postal Service and open a dialogue about what we can do to improve delivery in our rural places.

We’ve even had entire print runs go missing for days, this happening with both the Independent and Transcript in the past year. For readers of the Independent, it happened just a few weeks ago.