About Us

About The Wakulla News…

The Wakulla News was established in 1895 and has been the county newspaper of record focusing on issues that are important to Wakulla County residents. The Wakulla News provides hard news, features, government news, community interest stories, and local sports coverage. Our readers encompass a wide variety of demographics, from the descendants of pioneer families in local fishing villages to families who are new to the area brought here by the close proximity to the state capital, two major universities, and a large community college. The Wakulla News has a paid circulation of about 5,500 hitting the racks each Wednesday afternoon and delivered by mail to subscribers every Thursday.

The Wakulla News publishes several special interest sections each year which include, but are not limited to, Green Living & Energy; a high school graduation section in May; a local hurricane guide in June; a Reader's Choice section in the summer; a Back to School section and a local Football section in the fall; political sections specific to election years; and a holiday greetings section every December.

Deadline for the printed News is Thursday at 5 p.m. for “need proof” advertising and Friday at 5 p.m. for camera-ready ads. Classifieds deadline is Monday at 11 a.m. Legal advertising deadline is Friday at 5 p.m.

News deadline is Monday noon for editorial content. Please submit news content as early as possible and electronically if possible, because we are unable to guarantee that an item will run a particular week in the printed publication.

Landmark Community Newspapers Inc. (LCNI) is the parent company of The Wakulla News purchasing the paper in July 2006. LCNI owns 58 paid newspapers in 13 states, 40 free newspapers and shoppers, 16 offset commercial printing plants, seven collegiate sports publications, and 30 special publications such as real estate guides and homes magazines. LCNI is a division of Landmark Communications, a privately-held media company in Norfolk, Va., with interests in newspapers and special publications, TV broadcasting, cable programming, outdoor advertising, and education.

About our staff…

William Snowden is the editor of The Wakulla News. He has been working for The News for the past 15 years covering courts, local government, and providing local cartoons.  William oversees the newsroom including the editing, writing, page layout and design of the printed newspaper, as well as updating our website content. Snowden is a fifth generation native Floridian born in Tallahassee.

Lynda Kinsey is the advertising sales representative for the News and has been handling display  advertising for advertisers with The Wakulla News for the past 12 years. Lynda also places online advertising on our website as well as the site's Marketplace ads. Lynda has been with The News for more than 20 years serving as office manager for the first eight years then moving into sales. Lynda has also served as staff photographer covering local events and activities around the county. Lynda has lived in Wakulla County since 1973 and is originally from Indiana.

Eric Stanton is production coordinator and IT assistant for The News. Eric has worked for The News for the past nine years and coordinates the graphics for advertising and page design for the production of the newspaper and all of its special sections and outside projects. Eric was born and raised in Wakulla County.

Denise Folh holds the inside advertising sales/front office position at The Wakulla News handling and routing all phone calls and walk-in customers. Folh brings graphic design, typesetting, and excellent customer service to The News. Denise also handles the obituaries for the News. Denise was born in Cuba and is bi-lingual in English-Spanish. She has been a resident of Wakulla County since 1997 moving up from Miami.

Jennifer Jensen is the reporter for The News.  Jennifer began working for The News in April 2010 and immediately hit the ground running covering the government beats, generating feature stories, and writing columns. Jennifer worked as a staff writer for a Landmark newspaper in Tennessee and brings sound journalism and page layout experience to The News staff. Jennifer was born in Ohio and moved to Florida with her family at age 8.

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