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From left: National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., ��app (WI) Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, NNPA Fund Chairman Karen Carter Richards, NNPA Chairman Bobby R. Henry and WI Managing Editor Micha Green attend the National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund (NNPAF) Messenger Awards in Savannah, Georgia, on June 26. (Mark Mahoney, Dream in Color/NNPA)

Black Experience

��app Among Top Honorees at 2025 NNPA Messenger Awards

by Stacy M. Brown June 27, 2025June 27, 2025

The ��app won first place in Layout & Design (Tabloid) and second-place awards in Education Reporting, Editorial Opinion, Entertainment Coverage, and Special Editions at the 2025 National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund’s Messenger Awards.

Residents, business owners express concerns around homeownership in the DMV during The ��app’s first House & Home listening session. (Zerline Hughes Spruill /The ��app)

Thriving In Black Homeownership Takes Collective Works

by Zerline Hughes Spruill June 11, 2025June 11, 2025

Noah Jones, a 2025 graduate of Ketcham Elementary School, expanded his Black history knowledge beyond the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali while perusing a Black Facts gift that D.C. resident and substitute teacher Emma P. Ward gave him. (Denise Rolark Barnes/The ��app)

The Informer, DCPS Substitute Teacher Make Black History Come Alive

by Sam P.K. Collins June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

Zwe Spacetime captured the first place title for The ��app's 43rd Annual Citywide Spelling Bee. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The ��app)

Zwe Spacetime, Homeschool Student and Sibling of National Spelling Bee Champion, Wins the 43rd Annual ��app Citywide Bee

by Sam P.K. Collins April 9, 2025April 10, 2025

**FILE** Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder and first publisher of The ��app, with his daughter Denise Rolark Barnes, current publisher of the newspaper. (WI photo)

Financial Literacy

Celebrating Legacy at The Informer

by Aimee D. Griffin April 2, 2025April 3, 2025

The ��app Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes celebrates the 60th anniversary of the newspaper during a gala held at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Northwest D.C. on March 28. (Kea Dupree/ ��app Gala Photographer)

��app 60th Anniversary Gala: A Celebration of Milestones, Legacies, Culture

by Jada Ingleton and Demarco Rush March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

**FILE** Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder and first publisher of The ��app, with his daughter Denise Rolark Barnes, current publisher of the newspaper. (WI photo)

Black Experience

The ��app at 60: ‘If It is to Be, It is Up to Me’

by James Wright Jr. and Micha Green March 26, 2025March 27, 2025

��app Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes with her father Dr. Calvin Rolark, founder of the publication. Rolark Barnes is continuing her father’s Black Press publishing legacy, with the media outlet celebrating 60 years. (WI file photo)

Black Experience, Black History

Born to Publish: Continuing the Black Press Legacy

by Micha Green March 26, 2025March 31, 2025

60 Years Strong: Reflecting on The ��app’s Enduring Legacy

by Jada Ingleton March 26, 2025March 31, 2025

**FILE** ��app Managing Editor Micha Green (seated right) with students from Archbishop Carroll’s Jim Vance Media Program in February 2023. (WI photo)

Highlighting The Informer’s Passion for Education, Building Future Storytellers

by Hamil R. Harris March 26, 2025March 27, 2025