Rufus (left) and Wilfred Woods inside the Wenatchee World’s press room. (Photo courtesy of Wenatchee World)

One of two Washington newspaper families featured in a terrific Legacy Washington-produced book is the subject of a new video that will be on our YouTube channel.

The 12-minute video, called “Kings of The World,” focuses on the Woods family, which has owned and operated the Wenatchee World for more than a century. It includes interviews with 96-year-old Wilfred Woods, the former publisher and father of the World’s current publisher, Rufus Woods, whose grandfather (also named Rufus) bought the north-central Washington newspaper in 1907.

The video is a collaboration between Legacy Washington and Simon Fox, a multi-media journalist who graduated from the University of Washington in 2015. Narrated by Legacy Washington author and historian John C. Hughes, the documentary focuses on the heirs of one the last remaining family-owned newspapers in the nation.

Pressing On: Two Family-Owned Newspapers in the 21st Century, written by Hughes and published as an e-book last January, also shines a light on The Seattle Times, owned by the Blethen family since 1896. Softcover printed copies of Pressing On are now available through our Online Store for $27.50, including shipping and handling.