A metro newspaper celebrates its long legacy as July marks 85 years in business for The Omaha Star.The community-based news outlet has been in circulation since World War II.”Some people say, ‘That’s still around?’ Yes, it is. And I need you to know that,” publisher and owner Teri Sanders said.Sanders grew up reading The Star, the only Black newspaper in Nebraska. She knew the owner, Mildred D. Brown.”I had always admired what The Star stood for, what it meant,” Sanders said.Sanders had the chance to do something bold when the paper’s ownership was looking for a change in 2020.”And I thought, I want to buy this because I want to take it into the future,” she said.Now Sanders is the new owner, and she cut the ribbon Thursday, marking 85 years of covering good news.”And it’s not just about the North Omaha community, which is what it used to be, but we’re about the Omaha community as a whole,” she said.She says her life goal is to bring the paper back to 5,000 subscribers and write with fresh ink on an already historic legacy.”My family are all adults. My husband died several years ago. So this is what I have to do. And I always say I’m going to do this until my jets are on ‘E’ and I am more than full right now,” she said.Sanders says you can also find The Omaha Star on their website, on social media and in her new three-minute morning podcast.
A metro newspaper celebrates its long legacy as July marks 85 years in business for The Omaha Star.
The community-based news outlet has been in circulation since World War II.
“Some people say, ‘That’s still around?’ Yes, it is. And I need you to know that,” publisher and owner Teri Sanders said.
Sanders grew up reading The Star, the only Black newspaper in Nebraska. She knew the owner, Mildred D. Brown.
“I had always admired what The Star stood for, what it meant,” Sanders said.
Sanders had the chance to do something bold when the paper’s ownership was looking for a change in 2020.
“And I thought, I want to buy this because I want to take it into the future,” she said.
Now Sanders is the new owner, and she cut the ribbon Thursday, marking 85 years of covering good news.
“And it’s not just about the North Omaha community, which is what it used to be, but we’re about the Omaha community as a whole,” she said.
She says her life goal is to bring the paper back to 5,000 subscribers and write with fresh ink on an already historic legacy.
“My family are all adults. My husband died several years ago. So this is what I have to do. And I always say I’m going to do this until my jets are on ‘E’ and I am more than full right now,” she said.
Sanders says you can also find The Omaha Star on their website, on social media and in her new three-minute morning podcast.
