Ink newspaper is a weekly publication targeted to Northeast Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

's Black community. Based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

, Ink is published by Diversity Media Group, Inc., a locally-owned, family-owned company founded in 2001 by siblings Vince Robinson and Terri Miller.

Description

Known for its use of design, color and photographs, Ink has distinguished itself with its consistent coverage of local issues and events. The paper has a weekly circulation of more than 9,500 readers thanks to a combination of paid subscribers, single-copy purchasers and free distribution to more than 100 area Black churches in Fort Wayne, Kokomo and Marion, Indina. Ink has been honored with a number of awards including the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce Diversity Business Award, the NAACP's Media Award and the U.S. Small Business Administration's Indiana Journalist of the Year award for editor-in-chief Vince Robinson.

Sister publications

Ink's sister publications include

• Fort Wayne Reader, a twice-monthly arts and entertainment newspaper
• Fort Wayne Black Business & Professional Directory (also known as the Fort Wayne Black Pages), an annual listing of Black businesses and professionals in Northeast Indiana.