Houston Home Journal unveils new website and launches its first newsletter

PERRY — The Houston Home Journal launched a new website and announced its first newsletter on Wednesday, delivering dedicated local reporting to a digital audience. 

The website will feature work from the Houston Home Journal newsroom, as well as online-exclusive content and a weekly newsletter to subscribers. Sign up to become a member here, and sign up for the free newsletter here. 

The new website is integral to the ongoing transformation efforts from the Georgia Trust for Local News, which recently acquired the Houston Home Journal and 17 other newspapers across Middle, South and West Georgia.

“It’s very exciting to expand the reach of our newspaper,” GTLN executive director DuBose Porter said. “We will deliver news in whatever way our readers prefer: online, via newsletters and or in print. This is a giant leap forward for the Houston Home Journal.”

The website was built by Indiegraf, a company that specializes in websites and digital products for independent, local news companies. The HHJ will continue to publish two print editions each week.

“Our newsroom does a great job covering Houston County, reporting on what folks in Centerville, Perry and Warner Robins care about,” GTLN executive editor Caleb Slinkard said. “It is time we have a website that reflects the quality of our local reporting, one that makes it simple for our readers to access our stories.”

The Georgia Trust for Local News is part of the National Trust for Local News, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening community news by working with communities to make the at-scale, transformational changes needed for established community news organizations to thrive and remain deeply grounded in their communities. NTLN operates state-level trusts in Colorado and Maine, in addition to Georgia.