S.D. press association announces partnership with nonprofit news organization, likely the first of its kind in the U.S. - Entrepreneur Generations

David Bordewyk

The South Dakota News Association announced today that it's entering a two-year partnership with South Dakota News Watch, a two-year-old independent nonprofit public service journalism organization. Under the agreement, SDNA will take on the day-to-day administrative and fundraising management for SDNW beginning Nov. 1.

This is apparently the first time a state newspaper association has paired up with a nonprofit journalism outfit in this way. As part of the deal, longtime SDNA Executive Director David Bordewyk will assume the executive director role at SDNW while continuing in his role at SDNA.

Letti Lister, board president of SDNA and the publisher and part-owner of the Black Hills Pioneer daily in Spearfish, hailed the move. "Reliable investigative journalism on topics that impact our citizens on a broader state-wide scale is paramount to the success and growth of our state, but it was missing here until South Dakota News Watch launched in February 2018," Lister said in the announcement. "Information is power and America needs journalists."

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