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The Oak Ridge Observer is a locally owned, weekly newspaper, which was launched in December 2004. You can find us at more than 70 locations in Oak Ridge and the surrounding area. The Observer begins arriving on stands at noon every Thursday, and was certified as a newspaper of general distribution for Anderson County in October 2006. This important recognition allows the county and all its cities, such as Oak Ridge and Clinton, to place their legal notices with us.
Our current distribution is 5,000 copies, and should that change, we will update our website immediately.
Contact our staff:
Danah Mitchell, news manager. (All press releases and submissions should go to Danah.)
Susan McGetrick, ad sales.
Melissa Bishop, ad design.
A. Conrad, circulation.
Mike Blackerby, sports editor.
Stan Mitchell, founder and owner.
Our mailing address:
The Oak Ridge Observer
969 Oak Ridge Turnpike, #281
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Our physical address:
The Oak Ridge Observer
40 New York Ave., Ste. 300
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Phone: (865) 483-1866 -- Fax: (865) 483-1630
MEET THE PUBLISHER
Stan Mitchell, the editor and publisher of The Oak Ridge Observer, has worked at three news papers following a four-year stint in the Marine Corps where he served in the infantry. He graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a BS in journalism from the College of Communications. Prior to being discharged as a Sergeant in the Marine Corps, he participated in Operation Silver Wake, the evacuation of U.S. citizens from Tirana, Albania, in 1997 as a member of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, Eighth Marines. He and his platoon members received Combat Action Ribbons for their service there. Stan currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce and the Young Professionals Group of Oak Ridge.
His most recent award is the Postma Young Professional Medal, awarded Dec. 1, 2009, by the East Tennessee Economic Council. Winners of past Postma Young Professional Medals include ORNL Lab Director Dr. Thom Mason and former Oak Ridge Mayor David Bradshaw.
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