Exhibit 99.1

Dear TEGNA Stakeholders:

We are writing on behalf of the entire Board of Directors about a situation that recently came to our attention and which merits our response.

In January, a TEGNA shareholder nominated four candidates to serve on our Board of Directors. We offered to interview each of the four candidates and scheduled interviews with them. One candidate, Adonis Hoffman, asked us to postpone his interview and background check while he considered whether he had actual or potential conflicts that could interfere with service on the Board and whether he wished to move forward with his nomination. We agreed to his request to postpone the interview to allow him to consider such matters further. Late last week, he wrote a letter in which he apprised us of his conclusion that he did have conflicts and notifying us that he was withdrawing his candidacy.

However, Mr. Hoffman also added a second reason, noting his discomfort in working with Dave Lougee, due to an incident in 2014 in which he said Dave mistook him for a hotel car valet after an industry event which they had both attended. Mr. Hoffman, an African American, was understandably offended and upset by this incident. He also provided an account of his interactions with Dave in later years when they had further occasion to discuss the 2014 incident.

Dave immediately acknowledged the incident and has stated that he made a mistake for which he had apologized immediately at the time of the incident.

The Board of Directors approached this incident with utmost seriousness, given the concerns related by Mr. Hoffman. We immediately decided to do several things:

No information has come to our attention in connection with this review or otherwise suggesting Dave has ever been accused of any incident of a similar nature; nevertheless, we care about even one such incident and view this as a reminder of the importance of continuing down the path of our strong commitment at TEGNA to issues of diversity, equity and inclusion.

TEGNA’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Board, Dave and the entire Executive Leadership Team are committed to combating racism and ensuring our company reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. To promote employee engagement and cross-functional diversity and inclusion initiatives, in 2020 Dave drove and established:

To further strengthen accountability on diversity in the governance of our company, in 2020 Dave collaborated with the Board in its adoption of specific areas of oversight for each Board committee regarding how TEGNA approaches diversity:

As of December 31, 2020, TEGNA employed 6,427 full-time and part-time people. Our workforce is 46.9 percent female and 25 percent people of color. 33 percent of TEGNA’s Executive Leadership Team (Dave’s direct reports) are female and 33 percent are people of color. 22 percent of Officers and Managers, inclusive of the Executive Leadership Team, are African American. 6.8 percent of Officers and Managers, not including the Executive Leadership Team, are African American. Our Board of Directors is 42 percent female and 17 percent people of color.

In 2020, 37.3 percent of new hires were people of color and 31.4 percent of promotions were earned by people of color. In key news leadership positions, 4 of 10 news director positions filled since the beginning of 2020 are diverse hires or promotions, and more than 50 percent of news directors are female.

Earlier this year, the TEGNA Board, Dave and Executive Leadership Team developed aggressive five-year goals to further drive inclusion in our content team, content leadership roles, management roles and culture. While improving diversity and inclusion across all identities will be a focus, our first priority is addressing inequities for our employees representing communities of color.

These five-year goals specifically address improving Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) representation as follows:

To support these goals, the Company is implementing the following:

While we are proud of these steps in which TEGNA has shown leadership, we know more remains to be done and our letter today is a reminder of that. Our diversity, equity and inclusion work is a continuing commitment, and the Board of Directors, Dave and the Executive Leadership Team are devoted to making it a priority and an integral part of the TEGNA culture.

Sincerely,

Exhibit 99.2

Dear Colleagues,

I want to address an incident from 2014 that is likely to be in the media.

As you may know, a TEGNA shareholder has nominated candidates to serve on our Board of Directors. One candidate, Adonis Hoffman, recently withdrew his candidacy due to what he said were conflicts of interest, but he also cited a 2014 incident with me that took place following an industry event.

It’s important that you hear from me what happened. As I was leaving the event and looking for my car, I ran into Mr. Hoffman and mistakenly thought he was a hotel valet. Mr. Hoffman was understandably offended and upset. I immediately apologized to him and felt terrible. I don’t condone racism of any kind, I take full responsibility for this mistake, and am truly sorry for the pain I caused Mr. Hoffman.

As we have made clear on numerous occasions, our Board and management team have made it a corporate priority — and I have made it a personal priority — to further strengthen our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This unfortunate incident underscores just how important this work is for all of us. TEGNA has taken specific actions to ensure our people, content, and company reflect the communities we serve, and we have established numerical goals to drive continuous improvement in the years ahead. More information is available in TEGNA’s 2020 Social Responsibility Highlights. As this report shows, we are making important progress but there is so much more to be done.

Again, I wanted you to hear this directly from me. I hope my mistake doesn’t make you doubt my sincerity or that of the entire leadership team in our strong focus on improving diversity and inclusion at TEGNA.

Dave