User:BmrASU/Northwest Citizen

= Northwest Citizen = The Northwest Citizen, shortened to NW Citizen, is a Bellingham, Washington based online newspaper in the United States. The newspaper started in September of 1995 as a personal weblog of the Northwest Citizen's founder and publisher, John Servais. John used the site as a way to raise awareness to happenings in the Bellingham area that he believed were going uncovered or being twisted by the Bellingham Herald. The Northwest Citizen is currently owned and operated by the Northwest Citizen's LLC, which in turn is run by founder John Servais, writer Dick Conoboy and editor Deb Gaber.

The Northwest Citizen prides themselves in being a site for the local citizens of Bellingham, Washington to have their voices heard. In their newspaper's mission statement they express that, "We [the Northwest Citizen] provide an online venue for local independent citizen journalists who write about local news and provide their perspectives on local issues. Columnists write what they want and post when they want."