Black Lens News
December 2020 issue
TypeMonthly newspaper
PublisherSandra Williams
Founded2015
Headquarters1312 N. Monroe Street, #148
Spokane, WA 99201
Circulation700. Issues monthly (as of 2016)[1]
Websiteblacklensnews.com

Black Lens News is a monthly African-American newspaper based in Spokane, Washington.

History

The newspaper was founded in 2015 by Sandra Williams who acts as the newspaper's publisher and editor.[2][3] Williams, who partly grew up in the Spokane area, remembered that the region used to have the newspaper African American Voice, which covered topics relevant to the Black community.[4] She got the idea for creating a new newspaper for the Black community while her father was dying and came out with the first issue in January 2015.[4] A U.S. Justice Department report noting the disproportionate use of force on African Americans in Spokane shaped her vision for the paper, and was the focus of its first lead story.[5] The newspaper was originally twelve pages and has expanded to 20.[4] It contains Black news highlights from other sources both local and in the larger world as well as local sections such as its "It Takes a Village" section which highlights accomplishments of local people and a regular column "Thoughts from a Grandmother".[4] The newspaper primarily circulates through Black churches and businesses and contains a directory of Black-owned businesses.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Black Lens News celebrates 1 year anniversary". INBA Weekly. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Black Lens News. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Black Spokane residents are 5 times more likely to be arrested, new data show". Spokesman.com. 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Black Lens offers Spokane a different view of the news". Spokesman.com. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  5. ↑ Brown, Jared (February 10, 2020). "Black Lens monthly newspaper celebrates 5 years of sharpening Spokane's perception of racism in the community". spokesman.com. Spokane, Washington: Spokesman Review. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  6. ↑ "The Black Lens covers the positive to counter negative news on blacks". The Fig Tree. Retrieved 12 December 2020.


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