The Avonlea Herald

"The Avonlea Herald" is the 13th episode of Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series.

Summary
Under the guidance of Rachel Lynde, who has always had a 'nose-for-news', the children start up The Avonlea Herald, a weekly newspaper. Anne works hard to be made editor and then in her enthusiasm, takes over all the departments. Initially frustrated with 'her staff', she comes to realize that it is her own attitude that is the problem.

Voice cast
Main cast
 * Wayne Robson as Matthew Cuthbert
 * Bryn McAuley as Anne Shirley
 * Emily Hampshire as Diana Barry/Amy
 * Ali Mukaddam as Gilbert Blythe/Lloyd

Recurring cast Guest cast
 * Patricia Hamilton as Rachel Lynde
 * Dalene Irvine as Felicity King
 * Kyle Fairlie as Felix King
 * Adrian Truss as Mr. Gresham
 * Andrew Craig as Perry
 * Phil Williams as Mr. Breen
 * Kim Kuthable as Miss Evans

Crew

 * Additional Animation: Hanho Heung UP Co Ltd
 * Assistant Background Coordinator: Meagan Bennell
 * Assistant Background Supervisor: Alexander Ahilov
 * Assistant Director: Luc Latulippe
 * Associate Producer: Christine Davis
 * Audio Post Production: Access Post Production
 * Audio Recording Studio: Manta Eastern Recording
 * Background Coordinator: Warren Shepherd
 * Background Key Coordinator: Laura Dundas
 * Background Keys: Grozdana Bukvic, Branislav Perkovic, Lin Qiu
 * Background Painters: Sandra Albornoz, Julio Del Hierro, Marisa Fidanza, Svetlana Ristic, Trevor Morgan, Kamen Nikolov, Lazar Oljaca, Dalibor Simic, Mei Tsao, Bojan Zoric, Alexander Ivanisevic, Dejan Dimitrijevic, Mark Seagram, David Roman, Steve Murray, Ben Shannon, Sladjana Samardzija, Jodi Shuster, Bojana Videkanic
 * Background Supervisors: Dejan Ostojic, Vladan Ignatovich
 * Casting Voice Director: Jessie Thomson
 * Character Designers: Mark Ackland, Peter Emslie, Dan Haskett, Andrew Shortt
 * Clean Up Artists: Diana Berson
 * Colour Assistant: Brenda Wood
 * Colour Styling: Paper Raven
 * Colourist: Mark Kueper
 * Compositors: Brian Harriman, Brad Husband, Carin Macinroy, Ian Marrs, Jason McCallum, Glen McLeod, Steve Sanderson
 * Design Coordinator: Jane Sobol
 * Digital Painters: Derek Geldart, Christian Huffman, Karin Jeffrey, Maria Teresa Q. Jocson, Laleh Ladjevardi, Tania Nikolova, Editha Payumo, Christopher Peckham, Catherine Roebuck, Brendan Sack, David Volf
 * Director: Lilliane Andre
 * Director of IT Services: Greg Battle
 * Evening Paint Supervisor: Christina Helmer
 * Executive for TV Ontario: Pat Ellingson
 * Executive Producers: Kevin Sullivan, Trudy Grant
 * Ink & Paint Supervisor: Seamus O'Keeffe
 * Jr. Character Designer: Robin Boyko
 * Layout Artist: Blayne Burnside, Mike Dobson, Chris Hayes, Terry Lenko, Kent Madden, Eugene McDermott, Kevin McDonald, D.Moreira Pocinho, Colin Nordell, Barry Oehm, Joanne Rice
 * Layout Assistant: Mario Di Cesare
 * Layout Coordinator: Brent Ackland
 * Layout Supervisor: Ted Collyer
 * Location Designer: Mike Brooks, Mark Komza
 * Music: Peter Breiner
 * On-Line Editor: Bernie Clayton
 * Off-Line Editors: Mhairi Kerr
 * Overseas Animation Supervisor: Alex Greychuck
 * Posing Artists: Rochelle Ansley, Jeff Astolfo, Ian Blum, Blair Kitchen, Wayne Lee Pack, Lisa Luxton, John Mahovlich, Jeff Size, Phillip Williams
 * Posing Assistant: Mario Di Cesare
 * Posing Coordinator: Brent Ackland
 * Posing Supervisor: Scott Glynn
 * Post Production Supervisor: Jane Humphreys
 * Producer: Marilyn McAuley
 * Production Accountant: Loretta van Hart
 * Production Assistant: Remi Fernhout
 * Production Coordinator: Meredith Caplan
 * Production Manager: Cherri Hurst
 * Prop Designer: Edward Chee
 * Recording Engineer: Bill Hermans
 * Re-recording Mixer: Paul Edwards
 * Special Effects Designer: Raymond Pang
 * Story Board: Greg Woods, Mitch Mazner
 * Story Board Coordinator: Nick Hehn
 * Story Board Revision Artist: Mike Dobson
 * Story Editor: Michael MacLennan
 * Timing Director: Dave Cox, Phil Shibli
 * Writers: Michael MacLennan

Behind the scenes
Casting
 * Kim Kuhteubl (Miss Evans) also provided the voice of Alice Lawson in Anne: Journey to Green Gables (2005). She was incorrectly credited as Kim Kuthable.
 * Philip Williams (Mr. Breen) also played Mr. Duncan in Road to Avonlea (1990–1996) and Thomas Lynde in Anne (2017–2018).

Distribution
This episode was first released on Volume 3 DVD, along with "Oh, Brother!". It was later released as part of the DVD box set Volumes 1-3, which includes five other episodes, namely "Babysitter Blues", "One True Friend", "The Sleeves", "Butterflies!" and "Oh, Brother!".