The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper is a minority-owned community newspaper
distributed in Madison, Wisconsin and neighboring areas. Reintroduced to
the Madison community in 1991 by the late civil-rights activist Betty
Franklin-Hammonds, former president of the Urban League of Greater Madison
(ULGM) and secretary of the local branch of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the paper has a circulation of
8,500 and an estimated readership of more than 22,000.
The Madison Times has received national and local
awards and recognition, for journalistic excellence and photography from
the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)- 2000 & 2003; and for
community service from the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, the United
Way of Dane County, the Madison-area Urban Ministry (coalition of
faith-based social justice groups), Joining Forces for Families, and
several neighborhood and community associations.
Its Purpose
The Madison Times focuses on positive and success stories in the African
American, Latino, Southeast Asian, and American Indian communities, as
well as other multicultural communities and disadvantaged sectors. It
delivers fresh reports and analyses/commentaries on issues important to
the lives of these communities, such as civil and human rights, education,
economic and development opportunities, housing, employment opportunities,
indigenous rights, environmental concerns, health care, and others. The
paper also stresses positive social and personal values, family and
community unity, and most importantly, encourages minority youth to aim
high and make a difference in their lives and the lives of others.
