About Us
About Us: The Granite State Observer (GSO) was first established in November 2019. Publication paused after the pandemic, resuming in the summer of 2023. The GSO is a sole proprietorship alternative quarterly hardcopy newspaper, and regularly updated on line journal.
Our focus is news, analysis, opinion, politics, culture, and history of interest to Granite Staters. We are based in the city of Concord, the New Hampshire state capital. We circulate throughout the state, by mail, delivery, and distribution at public establishments. Support subscriptions to the hard copy are available for $30.00 per year.Those interested in advertising with us should call or email us via the contact info shown here.
The GSO team brings to this endeavor extensive experience in journalism, public affairs, marketing, alternative newspapers, community newspapers, and technology. We welcome freelance submissions, assigned pieces, on line comments on posts, and letters. Letters to the editor in the hard copy have a 250 word space limit. We welcome lively, humorous, robust exchange of opinions and insights. Writers must identify themselves, take full responsibility for what they write, and indemnify GSO and it’s agents regarding losses, damages, or costs that may result from any claims by third parties, in connection with what they write. The publisher, in his sole discretion, shall determine what is or is not published here, and when. We will delete or decline to publish any content deemed abusive, inappropriate, libelous, or off topic. Any policy change will be published in this space.