AFTER 20 YEARS, PUBLISHER CLOSES EAST COUNTY HERALD NEWSPAPER

East County News Service 

September 6, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) – Dee Dean, owner of The San Diego County Herald LLC, publisher of The East County Herald, a weekly community newspaper with a circulation of 15,000, has announced her retirement due to her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis. Dean also has ceased publishing the Herald with the final edition on Thursday, Sept. 6, which is the 20-year anniversary of her first edition.

Dean, who has lived with MS for 31 years, has been recognized for her weekly column called “Living with MS with Dee Dean.” The column chronicles the latest research and her findings about MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that interrupts the flow of information between the brain and body.

“I know I should have retired a couple of years ago. However, as some of you may know, I can be stubborn,” she said in her retirement letter to advertisers and readers. “I’m very proud of the beautiful photojournalism publication that has become a staple in our community. My goal has always been to give coverage and bring recognition to the nonprofits, charity organizations, service cubs, chambers of commerces and all the pageants in East County that went severely under-recognized for years. I think I have achieved that. It is my hope that you will remember The Herald fondly and smile.”

Known as East County’s only photojournalism publication, the newspaper had been distributed at more than 500 locations throughout San Diego’s East County region, stretching westward from SDSU.