WS Chronicle

A Message to Our Readers, Advertisers, and Community Partners

Dear Friends of The Chronicle,

For over five decades, The Winston-Salem Chronicle has been your voice — your trusted source for local news and your partner in building a stronger, more informed community. We’ve shared in your triumphs, your challenges, and your hopes for the future of Winston-Salem and the surrounding region.

Clarifying Our Print Future

In our August 28, 2025 issue, you may have read that The Winston-Salem Chronicle would be “ending” its print edition.

We want to clarify and share our plan with full transparency.

Like many local newspapers across the country, we’ve faced real financial challenges. But as a small, locally owned news organization, those challenges can feel even steeper. Over the past year, we have been re-evaluating our operations and transforming into a truly multimedia news organization — one that delivers stories through print, digital, video, audio, and social platforms.

Previous operational decisions and recent challenges in day-to-day management made that transition more difficult. As a result, it became necessary to temporarily scale back our printing schedule.

But let us be clear — we are not disappearing from print.

Here’s What’s Happening

• We will publish special print editions in November and December 2025 to celebrate our community and mark the close of another meaningful year.

• Then, beginning January 2026, The Chronicle will return to its regular weekly print schedule, with strategic delivery to on-street news racks across Winston-Salem.

A new, easy-to-use location map will be available to help you find where to pick up a copy if you’re not a subscriber.

This is not the end of an era — it’s a short pause to strengthen our foundation and ensure The Chronicle’s legacy continues for generations to come.

Investing in Our Future — Together

While we prepare to bring back weekly print in January 2026, we are also making significant investments in our digital presence to better serve you every day.

We’re upgrading our website, expanding our video and podcast storytelling, launching new digital newsletters, and improving the way you access local stories across every platform.

This is a time of both challenge and opportunity. As a locally owned and operated newspaper, we don’t have the financial backing of hedge funds or billionaires.

What we do have is you — a community that believes in truth, connection, and the power of local journalism.

We ask for your patience, your partnership, and your belief in us during this transformation. Every subscription, every advertisement, every share, and every encouraging word helps sustain this work.

Together, we can build a stronger, more sustainable Chronicle that will continue informing, uplifting, and uniting Winston-Salem for years to

How You Can Help and Join Us

• Subscribe or renew your subscription today — print or digital.

• Gift a subscription to a family member or friend who values community news.

• Encourage local businesses to advertise with The Chronicle — remind them that supporting local news strengthens the local economy.

• Share our stories online, forward our newsletters, and send us your ideas. Tell us what matters most in your neighborhoods.

Our Promise

Even as we evolve, one thing will never change: our commitment to being your storyteller, your watchdog, and your bridge to one another.

We believe in the power of local journalism.

We believe in this community.

And we believe — with your partnership — that The Chronicle will continue to matter, to serve, and to thrive.

With gratitude and resolve,

The Winston-Salem Chronicle