Impact

As journalists, we’ve covered stories that no one else has touched. We’ve rallied for the LGBTQ+ community, Medicare for All, affordable housing. Most importantly, we hold local government – and local police – accountable.

• Somebody has to push the Virginia DEQ to hold a first, and then a second, public hearing to try to keep Northrop Grumman from dumping tons of pollutants into the air and our groundwater; remember how the DEQ tried to get away with a public notice in The News Virginian, whose circulation is under 1,000 three days a week now?
• Ditto for there needing to be somebody to remind the Waynesboro School Board that it can’t just hire a new superintendent from within, when the data from the state Department of Education show that our schools are failing, miserably, and are in need of a fresh set of eyes to get things moving back in the right direction.
• Somebody has to press the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office and the Virginia State Police on the officer-involved shooting that took the life of a Staunton man last year, about which there may always be questions, given what happened, and the rush to judgment on the part of the people that are elected to show impartiality in such matters.

Inside AFP

Our team includes a mix of award-winning journalists, authors and broadcasters who are good at diving into what’s going on, digging up facts and telling interesting stories.

A few stories that take you inside AFP:

• The ‘free’ in Augusta Free Press isn’t entirely free: There’s a cost to doing business
• ‘Hoo keeps UVA Athletics accountable anymore? That would be us, here at AFP
• Our local news desert is that much more deserted now
• Waynesboro, Staunton, Augusta County considered ‘news deserts’: What that means
• We don’t report news to make money, we make money to report news
• #TeamAFP isn’t afraid to speak truth to power: We need you to be on our team
• 24 years and counting: AFP marks anniversary of July 2, 2002, launch
• Back in the day: Sports Illustrated used to be the highlight of my week
• We sold AFP in 2022: Now the site is back under our 100 percent full control
• AFP dang-near killed me five years ago: Still here, chasing the dream
• Thought exercise: How Waynesboro is different, if Augusta Free Press never existed
• The Washington Post vs. Augusta Free Press: Who’s got your back more here?