The Rockdale Citizen is a newspaper

Newspaper

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 serving the community of Conyers, Georgia

Conyers, Georgia

Conyers is the only city in Rockdale County, Georgia, USA. It is twenty-four miles east of Atlanta. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,689. Census estimates of 2005 indicate a population of 12,205. The city is the county seat of Rockdale County. By 2009, the reported population was...

 and Rockdale County, Georgia

Rockdale County, Georgia

Rockdale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 70,111. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 82,052. Two years later, the population was 84,569. The county seat is Conyers.-Geography:...

, USA

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. The Citizen publishes five days a week, Tuesday through Friday and Sunday, serves as the legal organ for Rockdale County, and is available online. It is a member of the Georgia Press Association.

History

The Rockdale Citizen was founded by W. Thomas Hay as a weekly newspaper, and was first published on July 30, 1953.

The Citizen became a semi-weekly newspaper (Tuesday and Thursday) in 1972 and began publishing as a daily evening newspaper (Monday through Friday) in 1977.

In July 1996 a deal was made with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games for the Citizen to be distributed on the shuttles to and from the equestrian events at the Georgia International Horse Park

Georgia International Horse Park

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. In order to handle this, the Citizen had to switch to morning delivery and add a Saturday edition to provide results for Friday events and schedules for Saturday's events.

The Citizen launched a sister newspaper, The Newton Citizen, located in Covington, GA, in February 2000, and added a Sunday edition.

The newspaper is owned by Southern Community Newspapers, Inc. of Lawrenceville, GA. The company is made up of seven newspapers in Georgia: The Albany Herald (Albany, GA), The Clayton News-Daily (Jonesboro, GA), The Gwinnett Daily Post (Lawrenceville, GA), The Henry Daily Herald

Henry Daily Herald

The Henry Daily Herald is a daily newspaper in McDonough, Georgia and serves as the county's official legal organ. The largest circulation day is Wednesday 19,200 households. Friday is the second largest circulation day @ 8,200. To subscribe to this newspaper is $13 per quarter. It is delivered...

(McDonough, GA), The Jackson Progress-Argus (Jackson, GA), The Newton Citizen (Covington, GA), and The Rockdale Citizen (Conyers, GA).

External links

• The Rockdale Citizen website