South County Newspapers

Infobox_Company
company_name = South County Newspapers
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = October 16, 1997
location = 10 High Street, Suite H, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879 USA
key_people = Betty J. Cotter, managing editor
industry = Newspapers
products = Two weekly newspapers in Rhode Island
homepage = [http://www.scindependent.com/ scindependent.com] |

South County Newspapers is an independent publisher of two weekly newspapers, "North East Independent" and "South County Independent", in Washington County, Rhode Island.

The company was founded by veteran newspaper publisher Frederick J. Wilson III in 1997, seeking to "produce a weekly newspaper that would not be beholden to corporate interests." Wilson is no longer involved with the company.

South County Newspapers shares advertising resources with "The Newport Daily News" and its sister weeklies (including the "Ocean State Independent"), although the Newport-based papers are owned separately.

Both "Independents" are published on Thursdays and are based in Wakefield, Rhode Island.

;"North East Independent" :Launched in 1999, the North East paper takes its name from its two-town coverage area, North Kingstown and East Greenwich. The "North East Independent" won first place for general excellence from the New England Press Association in 2001 and 2005.

;"South County Independent" :The first of Wilson's papers, founded in 1997, the "South County Independent" was a New England Newspaper Association Newspaper of the Year in 2000 and 2001, and an NEPA general excellence winner in 2004. The South County paper covers South Kingstown (including the villages of Kingston, Peace Dale and Wakefield), Narragansett and Charlestown, Rhode Island.

;"South County Living" :The newspapers' companion magazine, founded in 1998, publishes seven times a year.

References

* [http://www.neindependent.com "North East Independent" Website]
* [http://www.scindependent.com/ "South County Independent" Website]
* [http://scindependent.com/about_us/ South County Independent: About Us] , accessed March 8, 2007.