Interested in republishing our content? 

The Santa Barbara News-Press is an innovative nonprofit newsroom dedicated community journalism. We want to help our community and democracy thrive, and that starts with an informed public. 

We encourage other outlets to republish our content — in print or online — for free, by following our guidelines. Here’s what you need to know: 

  • You must credit the Santa Barbara News-Press, any co-reporting partners and the full name of the author or creator. This includes bylines and all credit lines for photos, illustrations, videos, graphic illustrations and audio. The credit requirement applies to all content published or aired, regardless of platform.
  • If the originating article includes a tagline indicating contributions from other authors or outlets, content supported through grant funding or any information beyond the author’s biography and contact information, you must retain the tagline in your republication.
  • You may publish Santa Barbara News-Press-produced elements (i.e., staff photos, data visualizations, audio clips) with other content as long as the work is properly attributed to the Santa Barbara News-Press.
  • If publishing Santa Barbara News-Press content on a digital platform that allows hyperlinks, you must include either a link to our homepage (or the homepage of the originating outlet, if not our original story) or the original article URL. For social media platforms that do not allow hyperlinks (i.e., Instagram), please tag the Santa Barbara News-Press.
  • You may not republish photos or other content provided by third-party providers without payment or permission directly from the third party. For example, you may not publish handout art or photos credited to the Associated Press, Reuters or Getty without their permission. You may republish images or illustrations produced by the Santa Barbara News-Press.
  • You may trim stories for length and edit Santa Barbara News-Press content for style, but you must contact the originating newsroom about material changes and additions prior to republication.
  • The Santa Barbara News-Press owns the copyright to all work produced by its newsroom. When downloading and publishing content, you understand and agree there is no exclusive right to the content.
  • You must publish Santa Barbara News-Press content in front of online paywalls.
  • Newsrooms cannot systematically republish News-Press content via RSS feed or other automated systems.
  • You may not sell any Santa Barbara News-Press content.
  • You may not sell ads against Santa Barbara News-Press content, but you may republish our content on a page with ads you have already sold.
  • In the event of a correction or clarification, we ask you to publish the corrected or clarified information in the republished content.
  • For logos, please contact editor@newspress.com


All Santa Barbara News-Press content is published under Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND 4.0 unless otherwise indicated.