The Times-Journal June 4, 2008 | |
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Southern Newspapers |
Publisher | Tricia Dunne |
Managing editor | Emily Kirby |
Founded | 1878 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 811 Greenhill Blvd. NW Fort Payne, Alabama, 35967 |
Circulation | 5,000 (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) |
Website | times-journal.com |
The Times-Journal newspaper is published twice a week in Fort Payne, Alabama and serves the DeKalb County, Alabama region. The Times-Journal was a Southern Newspapers publication for 60 years before selling to Patrick Graham in 2019,</ref> along with sister papers in Albertville and Scottsboro. The Times-Journal resulted from the merger in 1959 of the Fort Payne Journal, first published in 1878, and the Times-New Era. The latter newspaper was the product of the 1951 merger of The DeKalb Times and The Collinsville New Era.
In 2008, of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the Times-Journal had the nineteenth highest daily circulation.
The Times-Journal won numerous awards from state newspaper associations, such as the Alabama Press Association and the Associated Press Managing Editors.
Weekly Post
The Weekly Post was a weekly newspaper published in Rainsville, Alabama, by Southern Newspapers and serving the DeKalb County, Alabama region. It was founded in 1986 by Carey and Teri Baker. In 2010 the Times-Journal absorbed the smaller Weekly Post.
Awards
2018 Better Newspaper Contest - Alabama Press Association
Year | Award | Place | Recipient |
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2018 | Best Humorous Column | 1st | Bradley Roberts |
References
- "About the Times-Journal". Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- "Graham purchases Times-Journal". Times-Journal. 22 August 2019 . Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- "Newspapers on Microfilm". Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Hardbound Newspapers". Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "2008 Rate Update January 1st - June 30th: APA Daily Newspapers" (PDF). Alabama Press Association. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- "Alabama APME Contest Winners". Mobile Press-Register. 4 May 2008. p. B2.
- "Weekly Post, Times-Journal merge". The Weekly Post. 23 February 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- Langan, Jaclyn. "APA Better Newspaper Contest Award Winners Announced" (PDF). Alabama Press Association. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Today's Times-Journal front page at the Freedom Forum website
- Official website (Archive)
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