Our Subscribers
CNS serves more than 90 news organizations in Richmond and across the commonwealth, including:
¶ Metro dailies such as the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press of Newport News
¶ Smaller daily newspapers including the Free-Lance Star in Fredericksburg, the Daily Progress in Charlottesville and the Progress-Index in Petersburg
¶ Weeklies in Northern Virginia, Tidewater, the Richmond suburbs and the state’s southern and western regions
¶ NBC, CBS and ABC affiliates in Richmond and Hampton Roads, as well as NPR stations and WTOP News Radio
¶ Digital startups like RVA Hub, Inside NoVa, Potomac Local, LocalKicks and RichmondBizSense
Moreover, we feed select stories to The Associated Press, which distributes them to its clients throughout the country and the world. As a result, CNS stories have been published by The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, the Charlotte Observer, U.S. News & World Report and many other leading news organizations.
In addition, we partner with the CNS program at the University of Maryland. Maryland CNS distributes many of our stories to its clients, including the McClatchy News Service.
In 2017, CNS staffers collectively wrote and distributed more than 200 news stories, plus photos, videos, graphics and social media content. Each story is usually published by multiple news outlets. Overall, the students accumulated more than 1,000 “clips” for their portfolios. Here is a sampling:
Here are the newspapers and other media outlets that receive CNS stories:
Altavista Journal (Campbell County)
Amelia Bulletin Monitor
Ashland Herald-Progress
Bedford Bulletin
Bristol Herald Courier
Bristow Beat
Brunswick Times-Gazette
Caroline Progress
Catholic Herald (Arlington)
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Chesterfield Observer
Commonwealth Times
Culpeper Times
Daily Press (Newport News)
Decide Smart
Eastern Shore News Delmarva Now (Accomack-Northampton)
Emporia Independent-Messenger
Emporia News
Fairfax Free Citizen
Fairfax Times
Falls Church News-Press
Farmville Herald
Fauquier Now
Fauquier Times
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
Galax Gazette
Gay RVA
Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal
Greene County Record
Halifax Gazette Virginian
Hampton Roads Alt Daily
Henrico Citizen
Hopewell News
InsideNoVa.com (Northern Virginia Media Services)
KerrLakeGuide.com – LakeGastonGuide.com
Local Kicks
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Lynchburg News & Advance
Martinsville Bulletin
Maryland CNS
Mechanicsville Local
NBC12
Northern Neck News / Westmoreland News
Northern Virginia Daily
Orange County Review
Patch (Northern Virginia)
Potomac Local
Powhatan Today
Prince William Times
Progress-Index (Petersburg)
Quail Bell Magazine
Rappahannock News
Rappahannock Record (Kilmarnock)
Rappahannock Times (Essex and King & Queen)
Richmond2Day
Richmond BizSense
Richmond Free Press
Richmond Outside
Richmond Times-Dispatch
RVA Hub
RVA Mag
Shenandoah Valley Now
Smith Mountain Eagle
Smithfield Times
South Hill Enterprise
Southside Daily (Virginia Beach)
Southwest Times (Pulaski)
Southwest Virginia Today
Star-Tribune (Chatham-Pittsylvania County)
Staunton News Leader
Suffolk News Herald
Sussex-Surry Dispatch
Tazewell Free Press
The Patriot (Pulaski County and Radford)
Tidewater News (Franklin, Southampton, Isle of Wight)
Tidewater Review (West Point, King William, New Kent, King & Queen)
University of Richmond
VCU InSight
VCU Libraries
Village News (Chesterfield)
Virginia Business
Virginia Free Citizen
Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg)
Virginia Mountaineer (Buchanan County)
Virginia Star (Scott County)
Virginian-Pilot
Warren County Report
Warren Sentinel
WAVY
WCVE Public Radio (Richmond, Heathsville, Chase City)
WFXR-TV (Roanoke)
Williamsburg-York Daily
WRIC
WTKR
WTVR
WVCW
WVTF/RADIO IQ
Wythe News
Wythe News Smythe County