USA. COUNTRY STUDIES: 2013

MISSISSIPPI. HATTIESBURG AMERICAN

This newspaper is mostky famous because of it's long history and always fresh latest news about the political life of the country.

The Hattiesburg American is a U.S. newspaper based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, that serves readers in Forrest, Lamar, and surrounding counties in south-central Mississippi. The newspaper is owned by Gannett Company, Inc.

History

The Hattiesburg American was founded in 1897 as a weekly newspaper, the Hattiesburg Progress. In 1907, the Hattiesburg Progress was acquired by The Hattiesburg Daily News. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the newspaper was renamed the Hattiesburg American. The Hattiesburg American was purchased by the Harmon family in the 1920s and was sold to the Hederman family in 1960. Gannett Company acquired the newspaper in 1982.

In the early 1960s, the Hattiesburg American spoke out against the development of the Republican Party in Mississippi. In 2005, the Hattiesburg American received Gannett's 10th Freedom of Information Award for outstanding work on behalf of the First Amendment. In 2009, Gannett began reducing its workforce, newsprint costs, and consolidating operations. Publication of the Hattiesburg Americanwas moved to Gannett's Clarion-Ledger facility in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2010, Gannett announced its intention to sell the 38,000 square foot building which houses the Hattiesburg American operations at 825 North Main Street, and an agreement was reached with a Hattiesburg Commercial Realtor to sell the building.

If reading all this history is too boring for you, then you can read just these short notes:

· The Hattiesburg American was founded in 1897 as a weekly newspaper known as the Hattiesburg Progress. In 1907, it was acquired by and became The Hattiesburg Daily News.

· Because of the U.S.’s entry into World War I, it was renamed the Hattiesburg American in 1917. The Harmon family bought the paper during the 1920s.

· It was sold to the Hederman family in 1960. The Hederman family kept it for more than 20 years until the Hattiesburg American was acquired by Gannett in 1982.

· HattiesburgAmerican.com was launched Dec. 1, 2000.

· Today, the Hattiesburg American serves Forrest, Lamar and surrounding counties, providing local news and information through several different channels including the daily newspaper, website, quarterly publications and magazines.

Here you can find more information about this great newspaper and look at it's own site:

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattiesburg_American

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/viewart/99999999/CUSTOMERSERVICE02/80506010/About-Hattiesburg-American

http://www.wdam.com/story/13280764/hattiesburg-american-puts-building-up-for-sale?redirected=true

https://twitter.com/hburgamerican

https://www.facebook.com/hattiesburg.photos

WICHITA EAGLE. KANSAS

Why I chose this newspaper? Maybe because it is the largest newspaper in Wichita, Kansas and surrounding area. So let's start discover for ourselves a world of this broadsheet.

The Wichita Eagle is a daily newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas. It is owned by The McClatchy Company, which publishes 31 other newspapers, including The Kansas City Star. It is the largest newspaper in Wichita, Kansas and the surrounding area.

Origins

The Eagle was founded and first edited by Marshall Murdock, and had its inception in the spring of 1872. Its chief competitor, the Beacon, launched in October of that year. Prominent newspaperman and politician Henry J. Allen was publisher of the Beacon for many years, and the two papers competed for 88 years.

In 1960 the Eagle purchased the Beacon. Both newspapers continued to be published, the Eagle in the morning and the Beacon in the evening. In 1973, Ridder Publications bought both newspapers. Ridder and Knight Newspapers merged in 1974 to form Knight Ridder, which combined the two newspapers into The Wichita Eagle-Beacon in 1980. In 1989, the Beacon name was dropped, and the newspaper became The Wichita Eagle.

Introduction of civic journalism

The paper built its national reputation largely under the editorship of W. Davis "Buzz" Merritt Jr., one of the earliest and most vocal proponents of civic journalism (also known as public journalism) which believes that journalists and their audiences are not merely spectators in political and social processes, and that journalists should not simply report dry facts as a pretense that their reporting represents unadulterated neutrality, which is impossible. Instead, the civic journalism movement seeks to treat readers and community members as participants. With a small, but growing following, civic journalism has become as much of an ideology as it is a practice. The Wichita Eagle was at the forefront of this movement. For example, for elections held in 1990, the paper polled 500 residents to identify their top concerns for the state.

Recent events

The Eagle became part of The McClatchy Company when McClatchy bought Knight Ridder in 2006.

At this newspaper you can easily learn not just latest news, but a lot of interesting information on these topics too: business, sport, people's opinion about the news, home and gardens, pets and religions, restaurants, events and fashion.

All in all, I suppose that this broadsheet will bring joy and interesting information for everyone - from kids to elderly people.

Here are useful links:

http://www.kansas.com/

http://m.kansas.com/wichita/index.htm

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wichita-Eagle/109262609099606?group_id=0#

https://twitter.com/wichitaeagle

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. NORTH DAKOTA

At this state the most popular newspaper is the BISMARCK TRIBUNE. So I want to tell you some things about this tabloid.

The Bismarck Tribune is a daily newspaper printed in Bismarck, North Dakota. The Tribune is the primary daily newspaper for south-central and southwest North Dakota. Its average daily circulation is 31,081 on Sundays and 27,620 on weekdays. One notable reporter for the paper was Mark H. Kellogg.

The editorial viewpoint is conservative, though it endorsed John Kerry for president in 2004. The Tribune's first claim to fame was the 1876 report of George Custer's last stand at the Little Bighorn. In 1938 the paper won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service after publishing a series of articles called "Self-Help in the Dust Bowl."

Here it is nowadays' page of this newspaper:

And of course links of this magasine:

http://bismarcktribune.com/

https://twitter.com/bistrib

https://www.facebook.com/BisTrib

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bismarck_Tribune

It's my point of view but this newspaper offers you infornation about everything: sport, politics, food, health, house, lifestyles and it gives us information about tv programs, new books published and it is printed with small interesting games inside. So this newspaper really is worth reading!

Newspapers in Maryland. THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Searching the internet I decided to write some information about a famous newspaper called The Washington Examiner.

The Washington Examiner is a free daily newspaper published in Springfield, Virginia, and distributed in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal,Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. The Examiner is owned by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz,who purchased their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner. The Examiner's parent company, Clarity Media Group, also owns the conservative opinion magazine The Weekly Standard.The Examiner co-sponsored the Republican presidential debate in Ames, Iowa on August 11, 2011.

It was announced in March 2013 that the paper will stop its daily print edition in June 2013 and be replaced by a weekly print magazine^.

Distribution

The newspaper is supported entirely by advertisementsand is distributed in the Washington, D.C. area. The paper is available at most Washington Metro subway stations. It is delivered to 300,000 houses on Thursdays and 250,000 on Sundays. It is printed in a compact format. The Examiner covers world, national, and local news and sports. The Examiner's executive editor is Stephen G. Smith. The newspaper employs staff writers, news services, syndicated writers, and freelance writers.

Format

Generally, the format of the Examiner starts with a cover page with local headlines, as opposed to national headlines. The next 8-10 pages are devoted to local news. National/political news follows, with pieces about things such as entertainment, real estate, etc. mixed in. There are typically four pages of op-eds with both syndicated and exclusive articles. Several pages of legal advertisements follow, and the last pages are for sports news.

Political views

The Examiner's conservative writers include Byron York (National Review),

Michael Barone (American Enterprise Institute, Fox News Channel),

and David Freddoso (National Review, author of The Case Against Barack Obama).

The paper endorsed John McCain in the 2008 presidential electionand Adrian Fenty in the Democratic primary for mayor in 2010. On December 14, 2011, it endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, saying he was the only Republican who could beat Barack Obama in the general election, releasing a series of critical articles of Obama.