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Founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock, the Omaha World-Herald provides news, commentary, information and advertising that encourages readers to become involved in the world around them. The World-Herald is a statewide Nebraska newspaper, and delivers to more readers in southwest Iowa than any other Iowa newspaper.

In 1963, Peter Kiewit purchased The World-Herald to ensure the paper would continue to be locally owned. In his will, Kiewit provided for the newspaper to be sold to its employees, and it has been employee-owned since 1979. The World-Herald is the largest employee-owned daily newspaper in the United States.

The Omaha World-Herald has had only five publishers in its history: Gilbert M. Hitchcock (1885-1934); Henry Doorly (1934-1955); Walter E. Christenson (1955-1966); Harold W. Andersen (1966-1989); John Gottschalk (since 1989).

Freedom Center

The Omaha World-Herald Freedom Center is a fully integrated, state-of-the-art newspaper production facility located in downtown Omaha. The Freedom Center features an offset printing system that permits easy color and page expansion and superior quality print.

Facts about the Freedom Center

Presses can run up to 75,000 newspapers per hour.