Nicholas F. "Nick" Benton (born February 9, 1944) is the founder, owner, and editor of the Falls Church News-Press, a weekly newspaper distributed free in Falls Church, Virginia, and in parts of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Washington D.C. Benton has served twice as the president of the local Chamber of Commerce, been named Falls Church's "Pillar of the Community" twice and "Business Person of the Year" once. He has authored a weekly national affairs column in his periodical since the 1990s, and his support for gay rights put him on the cover of Metro Weekly as “Citizen Nick” in 2007.