The Jewish Daily Forward and the Jewish Journal, two of the American Jewish community’s most trusted news sources, are working together to expand their coverage and help readers connect with the Jewish community in Greater Boston, nationwide and around the world.
Beginning in August, the Journal’s print edition will include a selection of news, interviews, features and arts coverage from the Forward’s correspondents worldwide. And the Journal will launch a new website, hosted by the Forward, to provide users with a rich online experience worthy of the Jewish Journal’s in-depth coverage of the metropolitan Boston Jewish community.
“This is another step on a road we have been traveling for a century, toward providing the most comprehensive and credible coverage of American Jewry and the Jewish world,” said Forward president and publisher Samuel Norich. “Because we believe a robust Jewish press is essential to the health of our communities, the Forward is pleased to work with the Jewish Journal to better serve Boston’s Jewish community, and we look forward to extending this collaborative model to publications in other localities.”
In this partnership, each organization will retain its editorial and financial independence. The Forward, by working with the Journal, will extend its exposure in the Boston area and benefit from the Journal’s thorough knowledge of its community. The Journal will gain access to the Forward’s extensive experience in national and international journalism, digital media and marketing.
“We’re laying the groundwork to expand beyond our traditional base on the North Shore,” said Barbara Schneider, publisher of the Jewish Journal. “By partnering with the Forward, we can maintain our hyper-local approach to covering communal news and provide a more valuable service to the Greater Boston community.”
Schneider added, “Everyone wins. The Jewish Journal benefits, the Forward benefits, and – more importantly – our readers and web users benefit from our ability to do more for them together than we can separately.”
About The Forward
The Forward is a legendary name in journalism, chronicling the American Jewish story for 116 years. As a nonprofit, user-supported media organization, it remains committed today to serving the Jewish community and society’s greater good with a national, Jewish perspective, strengthening Jewish engagement with independent reporting and diverse commentary on current issues and the arts, in English and Yiddish, that meet the highest standards of public service in journalism and cultural expression.
Its news, analysis, features and arts coverage reach an audience of millions through the Internet at forward.com, as well as in newspapers published in both English and Yiddish. Its journalists are regularly seen and heard on CNN, MSNBC and NPR, and its coverage is regularly cited by major outlets such as the New York Times, Israeli media and international wire services. The Forward’s excellence has been recognized with numerous professional journalism awards for reporting, editorials, design and web content.
About the Jewish Journal
The Jewish Journal is a nonprofit, independent, local paper that shines a light on all aspects of Jewish communal life in the Greater Boston area, while offering a broad spectrum of opinion on its op-ed pages.
Founded in Swampscott in 1977, the Jewish Journal is now based in Salem. Its mission is to inform, engage, educate and connect the Jewish community in the Greater Boston region. The newspaper is distributed free to families in more than 60 cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts, and mailed to subscribers in other states. It is also available online at jewishjournal.org.