The weekly also pressed for the end of racial discrimination in employment practices, spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan, and publicly endorsed anti-Klan politicians.

Eunice M. Trotter, a journalist for The Indianapolis Star, bought the weekly and brought in a new management style.

[4] The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper Online Collection (1899–2005) was introduced by the IUPUI University Library on September 25, 2011.

The Recorder's sections include News, Opinion, Around Town, Health, Business, Religion, Sports, and Education.

The Recorder Media Group offers customized services in order to meet the specific needs of each client.

These services include marketing, public relations, collaterals, graphic design, newsletter, publishing, script writing, strategy development, promotional advertising, and photography.

JAWS participants also write news and feature stories that are published in the newspaper and on the Recorder's official website.

[4] The Recorder is focusing on electronic expansion in order to reach younger audiences who are not as likely to read a printed newspaper.

The National Newspaper Publishers Association has honored the Indianapolis Recorder with many Merit Awards over the years.