It is one of two such major media outlets in the Danish-German border region, the other one being Flensborg Avis of the Danish minority in Germany.

[5] In 2013, the cooperation of the paper was expanded to include the largest Danish-language daily newspaper in southern Denmark, JydskeVestkysten.

Der Nordschleswiger editorial office produces two German-language radio news programmes every weekday, which are broadcast terrestrially on Skala FM in Northern Schleswig and on the internet via various local stations from northern Schleswig-Holstein, among other places.

Since February 2021 all content can be viewed at any time free of charge, without payment barriers and subscription obligations on the website of Der Nordschleswiger and via apps for iOS and Android devices.

[10] In May 2021, Der Nordschleswiger was awarded a prize for the switch from print to digital by the umbrella organization of Danish media.