Reader Survey 2025

About the Chapel Hill News & Views Reader Survey 2025: We asked visitors to share their thoughts about Chapel Hill News & Views. Most questions were open-ended and unprompted, but two used multiple choice responses. Here’s what your neighbors had to say:

🗳️ Taste of Douglasville Reader Survey Results

Collected May 17, 2025 • 46 Respondents
Chapel Hill News & Views Booth at Taste of Douglasville

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💬 What Do You Like Most? (Open-ended)

The most frequently mentioned features were:

🗓️ Event Listings & Calendar Features – 13 mentions
🏘️ Local Coverage & Community Focus – 8 mentions
📸 Photography & Camera Club – 5 mentions
📰 Articles & Columns – 5 mentions
ℹ️ General Information on Businesses & Happenings – 5 mentions

Also noted and appreciated:
Coupons • Gardening Section • Restaurants • School Info • Church Ads • Yellow Pages • Summer Camp Info • Puzzle • Layout • Versatility • “Everything” • “Excellent”

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💡 One-Word Descriptions (Open-ended)

We asked readers to share the first word that came to mind when they thought of the magazine. Over 30% said “Informative.”

Most popular answers:

• Informative / Info – 14
• Great – 8
• Amazing – 3
• Awesome – 3
• Local – 4
• Community – 2
  Also: Essential, Insightful, Helpful, Fun, Family, Businesses, Images, Refreshing, Good, Thorough, Excellent, Ads

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📚 How Do You Read Each Issue? (Multiple Choice)

We asked: Which of these best describes how you read the magazine?

• 📖 I try to read through the entire magazine shortly after I receive it – 15
• 📆 I read the magazine in spurts throughout the month – 14
• 👀 I read a few articles but do not read most of it – 9
• 📰 I glance through it but rarely read the articles – 3

🟢 Nearly two-thirds of readers engage with multiple sections across the full month.

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⏳ How Long Do You Keep Each Issue? (Multiple Choice)

• 📬 Until the next issue arrives – 23
• 🗂️ I save old issues – 9
• 📆 One to three weeks – 9
• ⏰ One day to one week – 1
• 🚮 Less than a day – 2

🧾 72% of readers keep each issue for a week or more.

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✅ Do You Trust Us? (Open-ended)

Do you trust the content?

• ✅ Yes – 40
• 👍 Mostly – 1
• 🤔 Sometimes – 1

Do you trust the advertising?

• ✅ Yes – 43
• 🤔 Sometimes – 1

🟢 Extremely high trust levels for both editorial content and advertising.

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🏆 Is This Your Favorite Local Publication? (Open-ended)

• ✅ Yes – 40
• ❌ No – 2

📊 87% of respondents say this is their favorite local publication.

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📞 Have You Ever Contacted a Business After Seeing Their Ad? (Open-ended)

• 📲 Yes – 30
• 🙅‍♂️ No – 11

💼 Over 65% of readers have taken action based on an ad in the magazine.

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❤️ Is Chapel Hill News & Views a Positive Influence? (Open-ended)

• ✅ Yes – 43
• ❌ No – 0

✨ Every single respondent said the magazine has a positive impact on the community.

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🗣️ Reader Comments

“Awesome local magazine. I encourage my neighbors to read it too.”
“Essential to know and follow what’s going on in Douglasville and Villa Rica.”
“Glad to see it is still printing.”
“I love it and look forward to it.”
“Love the News & Views.”
“Pretty good. (I know—two words!)”

Note: The Taste of Douglasville is the largest annual event in the City of Douglasville. It is the major fundraiser for the Cultural Arts Council Douglasville / Douglas County. Each year, our West Georgia Community Magazine Chapel Hill News & Views is a Platinum Sponsor of the event. Our Chapel Hill News & Views Reader Survey 2025 asked the same questions that we ask each year. The survey consistently indicates the same thing from year to year. And that is that Events • Tips • Info are the things people like most about the magazine.

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