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.
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