The idea to create a News Desk was born during a City of Cleveland Ward 7 community meeting in the summer of 2018. A multimedia platform, which includes a print, digital and audio edition to communicate with the community. The positive response was the beginning of the Ward 7 Observer.
The Ward 7 Observer was distributed to several Cleveland neighborhoods each month for over two years. 5,000 print newspapers were distributed to: AsiaTown, Fairfax, Hough, Midtown, and St.Clair-Superior. In August 2020, The Cleveland Observer (TCO) was launched in the midst of a pandemic and racial unrest and expanded to serve more communities in Cleveland, Ohio. With this expansion, TCO expanded to serve the neighborhoods of Central, Downtown, East Cleveland, Lee-Harvard, Broadway-Slavic Village, University Circle, and Glenville. The Cleveland Observer is a community-based news desk bringing trusted, newsworthy free content across Cleveland, Ohio.
