Evansville Courier & Press
Circulation 30,000 Monday-Saturday | 50,000 Sunday | |
Website | courierpress.com |
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The Evansville Courier & Press is a daily newspaper based in Evansville, Indiana. It serves about 30,000 daily and 50,000 Sunday readers.
History
The Evansville Courier was founded in 1845 by William Newton, a young attorney. Its first issue was printed two years before the city had a charter. The Evansville Press was founded in 1906 by
Both papers were separate and fierce competitors until 1937, when the Evansville Press
The E. W. Scripps Company sold the Press and bought the Courier in 1986. The joint Sunday edition was replaced by a Sunday edition of the Courier. The two newspapers continued to publish separate editions until the Evansville Press was discontinued as a separate newspaper on December 31, 1998. The Courier was renamed the Courier & Press.
In 2015, the newspaper was purchased by Gannett.[2]
Reputation and awards
In 2002, 2004, 2011 and 2017 the newspaper was named the state's "
The newspaper is known for its dedication to community service and commitment to education. As part of the newspaper's 150th anniversary, it planted 150 trees on the University of Southern Indiana campus. In recent years, the Courier & Press has introduced several new community recognition events. They include the 20 Under 40 award for emerging community leaders and Star Students, which salutes 90 outstanding high school juniors in southwest Indiana, west-central Kentucky and southeastern Illinois.
Notable contributors
- Karl Kae Knecht, cartoonist and photographer
- Edward J. Meeman, began his journalism career at the Evansville Press as a $4 a week cub reporter; later edited the Memphis Press-Scimitar and encouraged environmental reporting[3]
References
- ^ "1937 flood prompted operating agreement". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
- ^ "Gannett to buy Journal Media Group, including Evansville Courier & Press. The newspaper is no longer printed in Evansville, as Gannett sold the Courier & Press building on Walnut Street and reduced the staff by more than 50 percent". courierpress.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "Edward John Meeman". Tennessee Encyclopedia. January 1, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2015.