The Monitor (Texas)
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The Monitor is a newspaper in McAllen, Texas that covers Starr and Hidalgo counties. It was owned by Freedom Communications until 2012, when Freedom papers in Texas were sold to AIM Media Texas.[2]
The Monitor's Spanish-language sister paper, La Frontera, shut down in 2009.[3] It shares content with the Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald. Both are also owned by AIM Media Texas.
Both its former publisher, M. Olaf Frandsen, and its former editor-in-chief, Steve Fagan, have worked at Pulitzer-winning newspapers. Frandsen was editor-in-chief of the Odessa American in 1988 when the paper won the Pulitzer for spot news photography. Frandsen now is editor and publisher of the Salina, KS, Journal, a member of Harris Enterprises Inc.[4]
In 2017 The Monitor partnered with Quartz to report on the issues of climate change in McAllen and Reynosa. The project was funded by a grant from The Center for Cooperative Media.[5]
In 2021 The Monitor merged online with the Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald.[6]
References
- ^ "2023 Texas Newspaper Directory". Texas Press Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "AIM Media Texas, LLC acquires Texas newspapers". www.oaoa.com.
- ^ "Spanish language La Frontera ceases publication". KWTX. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prize Awards". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ^ Mădălina Ciobanu (15 September 2017). "Quartz is partnering with a local newspaper in Texas to investigate the effects of climate change". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "MyRGV.com | The Monitor | Valley Morning Star | Brownsville Herald".
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