New York – The Newspaper Project, the grassroots organization launched last month to support constructive discussion about newspapers, released its second round of advertisements today.

The two ads, scheduled to run in newspapers nationwide, feature the taglines “Defending Freedom Daily Since 1776,” promoting the role of newspapers in our democracy as the eyes and ears of the American people and “America’s First Portable Information Device,” stressing the high quality journalism that newspapers provide.

Both ads will be available at newspaperproject.org and on the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association web site at http://snpainfo.org/NewspaperProject.

The Newspaper Project also announces that Mike Luckovich, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated cartoonist, has contributed two original cartoons about the importance of newspapers. The cartoons are available for downloading.

The Newspaper Project’s website attracted more than 40,000 unique visitors in its first three weeks, said officials of the organization.

To learn more and download the latest advertisements and Luckovich's cartoons, visit the Newspaper Project web site.

The Newspaper Project was started this year by newspaper executives to encourage information and ideas about the importance of newspapes to American society.

The organization's first ads were launched Feb. 2, and pointed out that more people read newspapers on Super Bowl Sunday than watched the big football game, which attracted a TV audience of 95 million.