MadTimes.com
Title
Madison Times Weekly Newspaper
Description
The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper is a minority-owned community newspaper distributed in Madison, Wisconsin and neighboring areas. Reintroduced to the Madison community in 1991 by the late civil-rights activist Betty Franklin-Hammonds, former president of the Urban League of Greater Madison (ULGM) and secretary of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the paper has a circulation of 8,500 and an estimated readership of more than 22,000.
The Madison Times has received national and local awards and recognition, for journalistic excellence and photography from the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)- 2000 & 2003; and for community service from the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, the United Way of Dane County, the Madison-area Urban Ministry (coalition of faith-based social justice groups), Joining Forces for Families, and several neighborhood and community associations.
The Madison Times focuses on positive and success stories in the African American, Latino, Southeast Asian, and American Indian communities, as well as other multicultural communities and disadvantaged sectors. It delivers fresh reports and analyses/commentaries on issues important to the lives of these communities, such as civil and human rights, education, economic and development opportunities, housing, employment opportunities, indigenous rights, environmental concerns, health care, and others. The paper also stresses positive social and personal values, family and community unity, and most importantly, encourages minority youth to aim high and make a difference in their lives and the lives of others.
Languages
English
