In this week’s issue of Yes! Weekly, editor Brian Clarey shares his reaction upon learning — while on vacation — that his paper had been admitted into AAN after its previous attempts were unsuccessful:

It wasn’t something I could shrug off — we’ve been trying to become members of the association since we started the paper in 2005 . . . It also means the accomplishment of a longtime goal, and there’s a tremendous amount of satisfaction and release in that.