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The Shreveport Journal was an American newspaper originally published by H. P. Benton in Shreveport and Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana.[1] In operation from at least 1897, it ceased publication in 1991.

History

The name The Journal was adopted on February 17, 1897. Previously the publication had been known for several years as The Judge. William E. Hamilton, another of several early owners, obtained the newspaper about 1900 and held it until 1911, when it was acquired by the Journal Publishing Company, with A. J. Frantz as the president and Douglas F. Attaway Sr. as secretary. By 1918, Attaway had acquired controlling interest; in 1925, he became the president and publisher. Upon the senior Attaway's death in 1957, his son, Douglas F. Attaway Jr., succeeded his father as both the president and publisher.

Viacom. He was also a former chairman of the board of Newspaper Production Company and the Attaway Newspaper Group, Inc.[3]

In 1972, Attaway wrote an article on a total eclipse, the phenomenon in which the moon totally blocks the rays of the sun, which occurred on July 10 of that year. Attaway and his long-term photo editor, Jack Barham, journeyed to New York City to observe the two-minute eclipse, having found their desirable spot of view under the

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.[4]

In 1974, Attaway recruited Stanley R. Tiner from the rival

conservative and earlier segregationist under Attaway and a previous editor, George Shannon.[5]

The Times and The Journal once shared a building at 222 Lake Street, although they were separately owned and editorially independent. The Times remains at the Lake Street location, but has moved operations to an adjacent building in recent years.[citation needed]

Closure in 1991

On January 29, 1991, Beaird announced that The Journal would terminate its daily operations two months later on March 30. The publication had steadily lost circulation and hence critical advertising revenues during the preceding decade. Readership dropped from a peak of nearly 40,000 to barely 16,000. "There just comes a time when it becomes uneconomical to go on. It was a very tough, sad decision," Beaird said.[6]

Though The Journal had closed as a daily paper in 1991, Beaird contracted an agreement with The Times to carry on its

op-ed page called "Journal Page", which permitted continuing editorial comment approved by Beaird and managed by his editor, Jim Montgomery (1945–2013), also a native of Webster Parish. The "Journal Page" finally ended its run on December 31, 1999.[2]

Under Beaird, The Journal won several important prizes, including the

Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi, won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its reporting of Hurricane Katrina the previous year.[8]

Notable people

In addition to the aforementioned George Shannon, Stanley Tiner, and Jack Barham, other notable Journal staffers include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "About The Shreveport journal. (Shreveport, La.) 1902–1991 – Chronicling America". The Library of Congress. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Shreveport Journal Collection (1921–1990)". lsus.edu. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  3. Shreveport Times
    , February 22, 1994
  4. ^ "Douglas Attaway and Jack Barham, "Eclipse Splendor: Two Minutes of History," July 28, 1972". nauticom.net. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  5. ^ "Tiner announces candidacy for post representing District 4", Minden Press-Herald, December 15, 1987, p. 10
  6. ^ a b "Shreveport Journal ends publication after 96 years", Minden Press-Herald, March 31, 1991, p. 1
  7. ^ Beaird obituary, Shreveport Times, April 20, 2006
  8. ^ The Pulitzer Prizes for 1970
  9. ^ "Craig Flournoy". linkedin.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.[self-published source]
  10. ^ "Bill Keith". pelicanpub.com. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  11. ^ Mann, Robert. "About Robert Mann". bobmannblog.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2013.[self-published source]
  12. ^ William McCleary, "Remembering Rupert Peyton (1899–1982) Journalist and State Representative, North Louisiana History, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Winter 2009), p. 22
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