GateHouse Media newsrooms had a record 228 newsrooms make the Inner Circle for the second quarter of 2012.

Inner Circle evaluations focus on prints initiatives such as reader involvement, print and online promotions and alternative story formats; and online initiatives, such as Facebook, website updates, galleries, video and community blogging.

The previous high for GateHouse papers in the Inner Circle was 214 in third quarter of 2011.

Here is the list of Inner Circle papers:

ARKANSAS
The Daily Siftings Herald
Gurdon Times
Helena World
Hope Star
Nevada County Picayune
Newport Independent
Stuttgart Daily Leader
The Sun-Times
White Hall Journal

CALIFORNIA
Mount Shasta Herald

COLORADO
Fowler Tribune
La Junta Democrat-Tribune

CONNECTICUT
Norwich Bulletin

DELAWARE
Community Pub
Dover Post
Middletown Transcript
Milford Beacon
Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times
Sussex Countian

ILLINOIS
Berwyn Life
Brookfield Suburban Life
Bolingbrook Reporter
Cambridge Chronicle
Carol Stream Press
Chillicothe Times-Bulletin
Daily American (West Frankfort)
Downers Grove Reporter
Du Quoin Evening Call
East Peoria Times-Courier
Elmhurst Press
Galva News
Geneva Republican
Glen Ellyn News
Hinsdale Suburban Life
Journal Star (Peoria)
Kewanee Star Courier
La Grange Suburban Life
Lemont Reporter
Lisle Reporter
Lombard Spectator
McDonough County The Voice (Macomb)
Morton Times-News
Murphysboro American
Orion Gazette
Pekin Daily Times
Rockford Register Star
St. Charles Republican
The Carmi Times
The Courier (Lincoln)
The Daily Leader (Pontiac)
The Daily Register (Harrisburg)
The Geneseo Republic
The Journal-Standard (Freeport)
The Olney Daily Mail
The Register-Mail (Galesburg)
The State Journal-Register (Springfield)
The Times Record (Aledo)
Washington Times-Reporter
Westmont Progress
Wheaton Leader
Woodford Times

IOWA
Hamburg Reporter

KANSAS
Andover American
Augusta Daily Gazette
Dodge City Globe
El Dorado Times
Kiowa County Signal
Leavenworth Times
McPherson Sentinel
Morning Sun
The Newton Kansan
Pratt Tribune

LOUISIANA
Ascension Citizen
Beauregard Daily News
Donaldsonville Chief
Leesville Daily Leader
Plaquemine Post South
Southwest Daily News

MASSACHUSETTS
Abington Mariner
Arlington Advocate
Ashland TAB
Beacon-Villager
Bedford Minuteman
Belmont Citizen-Herald
Beverly Citizen
Bolton Common
Bourne Courier
Braintree Forum
Bridgewater Independent
Brookline TAB
Burlington Union
Canton Journal
Cape Ann Beacon
Carver Reporter
Chelmsford Independent
Cohasset Mariner
Concord Journal
Country Gazette
Danvers Herald
Dedham Transcript
Duxbury Reporter
Easton Journal
Framingham TAB
Halifax-Plympton Reporter
Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle
Hanover Mariner
Harwich Oracle
Herald News
Hingham Journal
Holbrook Sun
Holliston Tab
Hopkinton Crier
Hudson Sun
Ipswich Chronicle
Kingston Reporter
Lexington Minuteman
Littleton Independent
Malden Observer
Mansfield News
Marblehead Reporter
Marlborough Enterprise
Marshfield Mariner
Medfield Press
Medford Transcript
Melrose Free Press
MetroWest Daily News
Milford Daily News
Natick Bulletin and Tab
Needham Times
Newton TAB
Northborough-Southborough Villager
Norton Mirror
Norwell Mariner
Norwood Transcript and Bulletin
Old Colony Memorial
Patriot Ledger
Pembroke Mariner and Express
Provincetown Banner
Randolph Herald
Raynham Call
Reading Advocate
Rockland Mariner
Roslindale Transcript
Salem Gazette
Saugus Advertiser
Scituate Mariner
Shrewsbury Chronicle
Stoneham Sun
Stoughton Journal
Sudbury Town Crier
Swampscott Reporter
Taunton Daily Gazette
The Beacon
The Bulletin
The Enterprise
The Register
The Sandwich Broadsider
The Sentinel
Tri-Town Transcript
Wakefield Observer
Waltham News Tribune
Walpole Times
Wareham Courier
Watertown TAB
Wayland Town Crier
Wellesley Townsman
West Roxbury Transcript
Westborough News
Westford Eagle
Weston Town Crier
Westwood Press
Weymouth News
Wilmington Advocate
Winchester Star
Woburn Advocate

MICHIGAN
Coldwater Daily Reporter
Hillsdale Daily News
Holland Sentinel
Sturgis Journal

MINNESOTA
Crookston Daily Times
Montevideo American-News
Redwood Gazette
Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch

MISSOURI
Aurora Advertiser
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune
The Examiner
Hannibal Courier Post
Kirksville Daily Express
Lake Sun
Linn County Leader
Macon Chronicle-Herald
Maryville Daily Forum
Moberly Monitor Index
The Mexico Ledger
Neosho Daily News
Rolla Daily News
St. James Leader-Journal
Waynesville Daily Guide

NORTH DAKOTA
Devils Lake Journal

NEBRASKA
Syracuse Journal-Democrat

NEW YORK
Brighton-Pittsford Post
Corning Leader
Chronicle-Express
Fairport-East Rochester Post
Gates-Chili Post
Genesee Country Express
Greece Post
Henrietta Post
Hornell Evening Tribune
Irondequoit Post
Messenger Post
Penfield Post
Steuben Courier-Advocate
Utica Observer-Dispatch
Victor Post
Wayne Post
Webster Post
Wellsville Daily Reporter

OHIO
The Independent, Massillon
The Repository, Canton
The Times-Reporter, Dover-New Philadelphia

OKLAHOMA
Daily Ardmoreite
Shawnee News-Star

PENNSYLVANIA
Carbondale News
Echo Pilot
The News Eagle
The Record Hearld

WEST VIRGINIA
Mineral Daily News Tribune

Certificates will be sent to newsrooms that have made the Inner Circle, and scorecards will detail the categories missed for papers that didn't.