Your guide to The Charlotte Observer’s new print publication schedule, and new features
Charlotte Observer readers will notice several major changes in the printed newspaper beginning Monday. To help familiarize you with what’s on the horizon, including when and how you’ll get your paper and what to expect in each edition, here’s everything you need to know:
Print schedule: The Observer will publish newspapers on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, beginning Sept. 18. The papers will be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. The Sunday newspaper will arrive on Saturday. Single copies of the newspaper will also be available on those days at select retail locations.
Digital editions: All of our news content will continue to be published digitally throughout the day, seven days a week. The content will appear on the Observer app, on Charlotteobserver.com and in Edition, which can be accessed with your mobile phone or tablet. Top stories and all of the latest news will appear first on our digital platforms. Edition boasts late deadlines, a robust offering of local, national and global news, national sports, multimedia elements, games and puzzles.
How to find the free newsletters: If you haven’t signed up for our array of newsletters, now’s a good time to do it. Our new education newsletter, Study Guide, will launch soon. The newly-created and retooled Access Panthers newsletter lands in your inbox on Mondays and Saturdays with original content, links to all of our Panthers coverage and more. We also have CLT Politics, the AM and PM newsletter roundups, Inside Charlotte Arts, Kaleidoscope, High School Sports, NC Opinions, The Lake Norman Observer and the North Carolina Observer featuring statewide stories from Charlotte and the Raleigh News & Observer. From the Newsroom is a subscriber-exclusive newsletter, and national newsletters like The Point are also available.
To see all we have to offer, go to Charlotteobserver.com. Click on the drop down menu on the top left, scroll down to “Stay Connected” then click on Newsletters.
Where to find your favorite content
News: The print editions of the paper will have more pages of news and lifestyle content, and we’ll continue to place our top journalism in print. We know you love Charlotte Five food and dining coverage. The best of those stories will now appear in a Food & Drink section on Wednesdays. On Sundays, in addition to our award-winning local and statewide journalism, you’ll find health, wellness, personal finance and technology stories. As always, stories will appear online — on the website and often in the digital edition — before they are featured in the print sections.
Print replicas: You can still read the digital version of the print paper on the days the paper publishes. When you’re in the app or on the website, you can choose to view All Editions — the updated daily product — or Print Edition, which are exact replicas of the printed newspaper three days a week.
Puzzles: Puzzles will be published daily in the digital edition. The print editions will include puzzles from non-print days — so the Wednesday paper, for example, will have the Monday and Tuesday puzzles, too.
Comics: Comics will be published daily in the digital edition, and each print edition will include that day’s comics.
TV listings: TV listings, including the sports-specific listings, will be published daily in the digital editions. In print, you’ll see the listings for that specific day.
Weather: Weather will run daily in the digital edition and in each print edition. A weather graphic with a seven-day forecast will run on print days. On Sunday, the forecast will include the Saturday night forecast as well.
Obituaries and Death Notices: Obits and death notices will run daily in the digital edition and in each print edition.
Moving forward
These changes are significant. They point to an historic step forward for the Observer as a digital news organization well-positioned for growth, sustainability and continued relevance in our community’s bustling news ecosystem.
The essential daily coverage we provide is unmatched. Our in-depth investigations, accountability reporting, compelling storytelling and service journalism will continue to be delivered with the same expertise, urgency and context that help you feel connected and informed.
From local government, business, education, and growth and development to public safety, courts, sports, the arts, and food and dining, the Observer is comprehensive and distinctive. As an additional bonus, your Charlotte Observer login also allows you full access to the News & Observer in Raleigh, The Herald in Rock Hill, S.C., and all other McClatchy properties throughout the country.
We’re also continuing to evolve with new technology and digital innovation. We aren’t standing still. Our commenting platform is user-friendly and a safer space to engage with fellow readers. The new events calendar page allows users to browse events and add their own, too.
And we’ve hired several journalists to our staff this year, making us stronger in all areas, including multimedia, community engagement and reporting. We’re proud news partners with WSOC-TV and members of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative.
If you are already a subscriber, I encourage you to take full advantage of everything we have to offer and to visit often. We also welcome your feedback and ideas.
If you’re not yet a subscriber, consider joining us on this journey.
Thank you for your support and for embracing the importance of the work we do and the role journalism plays in our community.
If you have questions, you can contact customerservice@charlotteobserver.com
Rana L. Cash is executive editor of The Charlotte Observer and The Herald (Rock Hill)
