Richmond Free Press Announce End of 34 Year Run

Posted to Richmond Free Press Facebook

This chapter in the life of the Richmond Free Press has come to a close. As we prepare to pivot, we want to express our profound gratitude to our loyal readers.

Thank you for being part of our journey as we persevered through harsh economic times.

All goodbyes are not forever.

And this may be.

Or not.

We know for sure that we do not have the advertising support to continue. The Free Press was founded on the principles of truth-telling, robust debate and giving voice to those who need a champion for their righteous causes.

When our visionary founder, Raymond H. Boone, my deceased husband, decided in 1992 to step away from a comfortable and consequential position as professor of journalism at Howard University, he stepped out on faith and conviction. And I believed in our combined energy and vision. One offspring in college, the other poised to enter college. We made it work for more than 30 years. Our team has worked as hard and as smart as we know how.

We have given our advertisers a high-quality environment to place their advertising to our responsive readers.

Each week our advertising lineage has diminished.

Yet the quality remains.

Payment has become slower and slower.

Is it racism?

Is the Free Press no longer relevant?

And so, this chapter ends.

Perhaps, dear Reader, we’ll meet again.

Let us hear from you.