Media kit · Faces of Grand Forks
Faces of Grand Forks Media Kit
One business per category. A yearly book of local business stories for Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.
Faces Media is a division of Spotlight Media.
Explore your market’s published package. Our team can help you choose your feature.
What Faces is
A paid local feature about your people.
Your business becomes the featured “Face of” its category in your market’s edition. We photograph your team and write your story.
A paid feature and storytelling program. You buy a media package. Our team checks that your business and category fit the market.
An award, a public vote or a “best of” list. Nobody is judged or ranked.
Each category has one business per market edition. Once it’s signed, it’s yours for that edition.
- Area
- Grand Forks and East Grand Forks
- Edition
- Public “Face of” stories online
- 2026 distribution plan
- About 23,000 copies.
- Planned mail audience
- Grand Forks and East Grand Forks homes and businesses; about nine in ten area households in the 2026 plan.
- Digital issue
- 2025 digital issue linked from the market website
- Your category
- Category availability is checked when you inquire.
Past editions
Real people in real editions.
Pages from recent Faces of Grand Forks editions.
How it works
From a question to your feature.
- 01Ask about your category
Tell us your business and the category you want.
- 02We check it
Market fit, category fit and whether it’s still open.
- 03You get your offer
Your category, your “Face of” title and your package. You sign to reserve it.
- 04Photos and story
We schedule your photo shoot and write your story from a short questionnaire.
- 05Approve and launch
You review the proof. Then it goes out in print and online.
Category rules
One business per category, per market edition. Once your agreement is signed, the category is yours for that edition.
A category question doesn’t hold a spot. A hold isn’t a sale until the agreement is signed.
You can suggest your “Face of” wording. Our team approves the title and matches it to your category.
A real location, service area or customers in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. A mailing address alone isn’t enough.
Packages
One feature, one category.
One-page feature
Photography, your written feature and the market’s multimedia package.
Two-page feature
A larger feature in the 2026 package. Ask about four pages.
Published 2026 prices and distribution plan. Ask our Faces team for current availability and a quote.
Your 2026 package
- Printed feature
One-, two- and four-page formats in your market’s annual edition. - Professional photography
A photo shoot for the people behind your business. - Digital issue and web story
Your written feature in the digital magazine and on the market website. - Photos and story to reuse
Use your supplied story and photography in your marketing. - Custom Faces badge
A custom “Face of” badge for your website, social profiles and marketing materials. - Trackable QR code
A custom QR code to help readers take the next step. - Local billboard promotion
Grand Forks iDigital billboard rotations for two months.
Your quote confirms the current package and production schedule.
Questions
- Where can I see past Grand Forks Faces?
- Browse published features on facesofgrandforks.com.
- Is Faces an award?
- No. Faces is a paid feature program. There’s no public vote, no judging and no “best of” ranking. Our team checks that your business fits the market and the category before we send an offer.
- Who can take part?
- A business with a real location, service area or customers in the market. A mailing address alone isn’t enough. We also check that your category fits and is still open.
- What does “one per category” mean?
- One business per category, per market edition. Once your agreement is signed, no other business in that category is featured in that edition.
- Can I pick my “Face of” title?
- You can suggest wording. Our team approves the final title and makes sure it matches your category.
- Does Faces guarantee leads or rankings?
- No. Faces gives you a professionally told local story and the exposure listed in your offer. It doesn’t guarantee leads, sales or search rankings.
Next step
Check your category.
Tell us your business. We check whether your category is open and send your current offer. Asking doesn’t reserve it.
Contact Spotlight Media
Call (701) 478-7768
Talk with our team about the next edition and your category.