2024 Reader Survey: What You Told Us

What You Like

You told us what you love about the stories we produce, and gave us feedback for a few changes we will implement in 2025:

• I think it should go bigger. It’s really the only women’s paper in the state.
• I lived in the SF Bay Area for many years and was so surprised to learn they didn’t have an equivalent, at least not one that I found. You have reason to be proud.
• It is local journalism that deals with large concepts through the lens of specific people.
• I appreciate that stories include Greater Minnesota as well as the Twin Cities metro area.
• It’s a touchstone in this Twin Cities community for women’s and human issues. It has a heart.
• I love its unique lens on the news, which I don’t find elsewhere, even at publications I admire such as MinnPost and Sahan Journal.
• Readers need as many opportunities as possible to learn how other people live and what they are working on. It truly helps to open people up to different perspectives and to be more understanding.
• Consistency year after year of recognizing women in the community and what they’re doing.
• Its grassroots nature. It is accessible online/in print. I find businesses in there I didn’t know about.
• The feminist approach to issues and projects. This is not easy to find.
• Wide variety of content. Its ability to speak to me about issues I care about and many I was not aware of.
• Highlights marginalized voices and increases awareness of events and services — and being available for free.
• Ads to women-owned business. I’ve been looking for this and hadn’t found it.
• It’s been a constant fearless voice in my life since my 30s.
• Learning more about the breadth of perspectives in our state, including stories that mainstream media miss.
• A strong independent source of content, presenting authors and ideas not covered in other media channels.
• Stories I don’t see elsewhere. Making connections or learning about women who aren’t in my usual circles.
• The stories and articles encouraging thinking about issues instead of telling me how to think.
• My ability to get it online now that I am no longer a MN resident.

Things We Can Work On

• I imagine further pushing marketing efforts would be helpful as I just came across this publication.
• It would be nice to find copies in smaller rural communities.
• I’d like more locations for print versions. When I have a choice, I always prefer print to online.
• I wish it was more widely available.
• I wish it was seen in communities as a major source of real local and national news about women. It is so valuable because it is really the only thing like it.
• Occasionally it would be nice to have a longer, deeper piece of writing. It would also be interesting to hear from women who have a more conservative political view than the typical Women’s Press reader. Is there any room for common ground and on what issues?
• It seems like the book article that used to exist in every issue is no longer included consistently. It would be nice to have that included again.
• I wish the stories could be even longer and more in-depth.
• More attention to rural change makers and young activists.
• Encourage people to write to you, so that there’s more of a community feel, with more people participating.
• I have a really heavy job emotionally, and sometimes I wish the Women’s Press had a few lighter stories.
• More ways to make a difference in lives of other women. As an older woman, who needs me still?
• I wish it could find stable funding.  It’s a community resource which seems to get by on the very minimum.  We deserve better.
• I want more folks to support and read it!!!
• I’d like some rich person to grant it for the next 30 years!