National Newspaper Carrier Day 2024

Reason to celebrate: September 4, 2024 is National Newspaper Carrier Day.

Newspaper Carrier Day celebrates the life and employing day of Barney Flaherty, which was the initial paper carrier (or paperboy), employed in 1833 by Benjamin Day, which was the publisher of the New york city Sunlight newspaper at the time.

Newspaper carrier potentially saves customer's life

The day Uranga-Moran called also happened to be National Newspaper Carrier Day, a day she said not everyone recognizes. Uranga-Moran also said people are usually surprised to know carriers work every day of the year without vacation unless they get ...

National Newspaper Carrier Day celebrates those who bring news to your door

Once a first job for many kids, newspaper delivery is now largely a job for adults. National Newspaper Carrier Day celebrates the history of newspaper delivery that stemmed from enterprising kids.

A thank you to our carriers

Saturday, Oct. 10, is International Newspaper Carrier Day and The Press & Guide would like to take this chance to say thank you to our carriers. This special thanks goes out to the hardworking carriers who deliver the newspaper to homes, businesses and ...

Throwback Thursday: Salute to newspaper delivery boys

Take a step back in time to remember old-school newspaper delivery boys with the State Journal's latest throwback gallery. It comes just in time for International Newspaper Carrier Day, which is Oct. 10. Newspaper carriers used to be mostly young ...

It's Newspaper Carrier Day! 16 Celebrities Who Had Paper Routes

In 2006, the Associated Press wrote that the paper boy “has gone the way of the milkman.” But we still revere this humble profession and childhood rite of passage—especially Oct. 12, International Newspaper Carrier Day. Take the chance to thank your ...

Happy Newspaper Carrier Day!

Today is National Newspaper Carrier Day. Now I do not blame you if you did not know this as there is a higher chance that you do not have one delivered than there is that you do. More and more people are using digital news providers instead of having ...

Giving thanks to newspaper carriers and recognizing Kiwanians for their milestones

Since then, countless individuals have picked up newspaper delivery routes and became key contributors to the newspaper industry. Each year the newspaper industry designates one day as International Newspaper Carrier Day, a salute to the hundreds of ...