Our Time Press
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| The Local Paper With a Global View | |
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | DBG Media |
| Founder(s) | David Mark Greaves and Bernice Elizabeth Green |
| Founded | February 1996 |
| City | Brooklyn, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
Our Time Press is a progressive Brooklyn-based African-American community newspaper.[1][2] Co-founded by David Mark Greaves and Bernice Elizabeth Green and owned by DBG Media, publishers of Our Time Press, Inc. a privately held company.[3] As of 2016[update] the newspaper has a circulation of about 20,000 copies.[4][5]
Greaves described it as "an African-American paper. We speak from an African-American perspective, or at least try to..." The focus is on downtown Brooklyn through Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Flatbush, and Brownsville, though the subtitle is, "The Local Paper with the Global View."[6] It is the largest African-American owned and operated newspaper in Brooklyn.[7]
In 2000, the paper was described as "probably one of the most important progressive publications out there,"[1] Greaves is the son of the documentary filmmaker William Greaves.[8][9] Bernice Green is the daughter of community activist Janie Green. Errol Louis used to write a column for the paper.[10] The paper has a sister publication, Our Time at Home created by Green.[11]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Scher, Abby (August 2000). "Taking the Good (News) with the Bad". Resist Newsletter. Vol. 9, no. 1. ISSN 0897-2613. Archived from the original on February 27, 2001. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
- ^ Velluci, Michelle (July 28, 1998). "Paper to publish Brawley stepfather interview Aug. 2". Poughkeepsie Journal. pp. 2A.
An African American community newspaper says...
- ^ "Dbg Media". manta. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Our Time Press". mondotimes. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Our Time Press Media Kit [pdf]". Our Time Press. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Sen, Indrani. "Breaking Bread: David Greaves, Editor of Our Time Press". Voices of NY. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Our Time Press, the largest African-American owned and operated newspaper in Brooklyn, NY endorses Mayoral Candidate John Liu – the people's choice". UnityFirst.com. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Greaves, David (2021). "Interview with David Greaves". In Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Scott MacDonald (ed.). "William Greaves: Filmmaking as Mission" (Interview). Interviewed by Scott MacDonald.
- ^ Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma; MacDonald, Scott, eds. (2021). "Interview with David Greaves". William Greaves: Filmmaking as Mission. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231553193.
- ^ Edel, Raymond A. (August 15, 2008). "Errol Louis gets a morning show". The Record. p. 42.
- ^ About...Time Magazine. p. 27. Vols. 35–36.
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