---
title: "Announcement or newsletter, which should I send?"
description: "Short and timely for everyone, a center, or a room is an announcement. A longer titled update that is also emailed is a newsletter. One family is a message."
type: overview
updated: 2026-10-09
canonical_url: https://help.nestlicare.com/owners/faq/announcement-or-newsletter
roles: ["super_admin", "center_admin"]
platforms: [web]
---
Send an **announcement** for something short and timely, and a **newsletter** for a longer update you also want in parents' inboxes.

- **Short, timely** ("Closed Friday for snow", "Picture day Tuesday"): an **announcement**. Send it to everyone, one center, or specific rooms. Parents see it in the app and get a notification. Teachers can post announcements to their own rooms too.
- **Longer update** (the monthly roundup, curriculum themes, a welcome letter): a **newsletter**. It's a title plus plain text. It shows in the app feed and is emailed to parents once email sending is switched on for your daycare. Newsletters are for admins.
- **For one family**: neither. That is a **message**, a private thread. Never use an announcement for something meant for one household.
- **A child's moment-to-moment day**: the **feed**, which teachers fill as the day happens. You never "send" it.

Full comparison: [Announcement, newsletter, message, or feed?](/owners/communication/choose-the-right-way-to-reach-parents). Related: [Post an announcement](/owners/communication/post-an-announcement), [Send a newsletter](/owners/communication/send-a-newsletter).